victor allis former ceo headquarters s hertogenbosch netherlands . key people rob van egmond ceo 1 revenue undisclosed number of employees 1 000 website quintiq.com quintiq is a dutch company that develops planning scheduling and supply chain optimization software . the company is headquartered in s hertogenbosch and its north american headquarters are in radnor pennsylvania . contents 1 history 2 products 3 locations 4 clients 5 acquisition 6 references history edit the company was founded in s hertogenbosch den bosch in september 1997 by former bolesian employees including dr. victor allis . 2 allis and several colleagues initially began developing a scheduling application for an aluminum manufacturer as a side project . 3 it was offered first to allis s then employer but bolesian was not interested . 4 because the software they developed was highly configurable and thus of use to many other types of companies it was decided that a new firm should be created around the software . 3 preparing the software for sale to as wide a variety as possible of corporate customers took two years of development . 4 quintiq sold its software to a client for the first time in 1999 . 4 in 2011 two investment firms llr partners inc. and newspring capital ventures lp bought into quintiq giving them a 48 % stake in the company s ownership . 3 as of january 2014 quintiq was the number four supply chain management software provider in the world . 4 later in 2014 quintiq was bought by dassault systems . 5 the current ceo of quintiq is rob van egmond . 6 products edit quintiq s supply chain planning software has three layers or modules one based on service oriented architecture with both optimization and planning management features ; one that provides a variety of different templates for use in different industries ; and one customized for each quintiq customer . 7 unlike competitor software quintiq s uses ai pattern recognition to help customers manage their supply chain logistics . 4 other features of the software include adaptive capacity planning automated real time scheduling a multi function company planner a multi scenario macro planner materials management tools and proprietary algorithms for coordinating production with customer orders . 8 competitor software is more robust in a number of specific areas and for this reason some quintiq users employ both quintiq software and competitors products in a hybrid approach to supply chain management . 7 9 locations edit in addition to its world headquarters in den bosch and its north american headquarters in radnor quintiq has offices in melbourne australia ; shanghai china ; vantaa finland ; mannheim germany ; rome italy ; petaling jaya malaysia ; and london united kingdom . 3 clients edit notable companies and organizations which use quintiq software include copenhagen airport international shipping company dhl the united states federal aviation administration faa klm royal dutch airlines freight forwarder p & o ferrymasters and retailer walmart . 5 3 2 acquisition edit on july 24 2014 dassault systems announced plans to acquire quintiq for 336 million . 10 the deal was subject to regulatory approval in germany and austria . by october 2014 the sale was complete . 5 references edit http www.bloomberg.com research stocks private snapshot.asp privcapid 22478839 a b morris david z. 21 august 2015 . game on how chess computers became logistics masterminds . fortune magazine . retrieved 5 october 2015 . a b c d e quintiq supply chain planning software review page 1 . allsupplychain.com . 2011 . retrieved 5 october 2015 . a b c d e quintiq the planning puzzle . exceptional magazine . january 2014 . retrieved 5 october 2015 . a b c quintiq expertly solving planning puzzles . airport business . 22 october 2014 . retrieved 5 october 2015 . http www.idgconnect.com abstract 19100 c suite career advice rob van egmond quintiq a b quintiq supply chain planning software review page 2 . allsupplychain.com . 2011 . retrieved 5 october 2015 . quintiq supply chain management software review page 3 . allsupplychain.com . 2011 . retrieved 5 october 2015 . quintiq supply chain planning software review page 5 . allsupplychain.com . 2011 . retrieved 5 october 2015 . callus andrew 24 july 2014 . dassault to buy planning software provider quintiq . reuters . retrieved 29 july 2014 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title quintiq & oldid 735172083 categories software companies of the netherlands navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 19 august 2016 at 01 05 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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