RKA Petroleum Companies, Inc. has selected ORTEC’s solution for demand forecasting (ORTEC Stock Replenishment) and vehicle routing (ORTEC Route Scheduling). The combined solutions will provide RKA Petroleum Companies with significant cost and time savings through optimization of the sales and distribution operations. Casesheet Challenges in the world of RKA Petroleum RKA Petroleum deals with many challenges and constraints, including rising fuel prices, strict legislation, strong competition and increased customer demand Tools that improve the fleet utilization and service levels of RKA, help manage these challenges and optimize within these constraints, are becoming increasingly important How RKA Petroleum aimed to optimize its world By implementing a combined solution, which handles the complexities of the petroleum vertical flawlessly, RKA aimed to improve the management of customer stock levels and optimize its route scheduling. The solution ORTEC Route Scheduling ORTEC Stock Replenishment The results + RKA is enabled to manage customer stock levels with clear benefits for both RKA and the customer + ORTEC Stock Replenishment supports making deliveries on a just-in-time basis while smoothing out variations in transportation demands + Higher service levels + The volume and frequency of deliveries are optimized + Dynamic, cost efficient transportation schedules + ORTEC Stock Replenishment serves as the company’s central fulfillment system, utilizing both historical data and real-time data + Cost and time savings: planning and administration + reduction in driver overtime + Reduction of the total number of miles driven and reduction of driver overtime Industrie: Oil, Gas and chemicals About RKA Petroleum: Petroleum Wholesaler, Marketer, and Distributor Distributes more than 325 million gallons of fuel The company specializes in gasoline, commercial fuels, governmental fuels, industrial and specialty fuels, E85, Ethanol, and Biodiesel and currently operates in over 24 states across the United States. Privately-held family business RKA Petroleum “ORTEC’s experience and knowledge of routing and order forecasting are world-class”