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New Zealand Publisher Transforms Distribution from Cost Containment to Revenue Generation

公司规模

1,000+

地区

Pacific

国家

New Zealand

产品

RouteSmart for ArcGIS
RouteSmart Online

技术栈

Geographic Information System (GIS)
Cloud-based Solutions

实施规模

Enterprise-wide Deployment

影响指标

Cost Savings
Productivity Improvements
Revenue Growth

技术

分析与建模 - 预测分析
功能应用 - 车队管理系统 (FMS)
平台即服务 (PaaS) - 连接平台

适用功能

商业运营
物流运输

用例

车队管理

服务

云规划/设计/实施服务
系统集成

关于客户

New Zealand Media and Entertainment (NZME) comprises seven daily newspaper publications, including New Zealand’s number one daily newspaper, The New Zealand Herald, as well as The Herald on Sunday and 23 community titles throughout the country. NZME maintains 2,000 delivery routes with news content reaching 2.2 million New Zealanders every month and sports and entertainment content reaching 1.1 million and 2.7 million, respectively. The company relies on 47 delivery contractors and thousands of drivers across New Zealand to distribute its publications. NZME faces the challenges of managing printing and distribution costs while also working to maintain circulation levels.

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挑战

Like most news organizations, NZME faces the challenges of managing printing and distribution costs while also working to maintain circulation levels. To distribute all of its publications, the company relies on 47 delivery contractors and thousands of drivers across New Zealand. In the previous business model, the contractors provided NZME with the number of hours required and the distance traveled, which was then used to determine the cents per copy delivery rates. Prior to RouteSmart, NZME conducted an audit process to verify the accuracy of contractor submissions. However, the small sample sets were never entirely comprehensive enough to reassure NZME that the routes were the most economically designed and that the submissions were verified by the contractor. They really had no way to be sure.

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解决方案

After examining the available solutions, NZME chose RouteSmart for its route optimization needs because of the company’s expertise in the newspaper publishing industry. Initially, NZME implemented RouteSmart for ArcGIS, the industry-leading, global solution that leverages the latest geographic technologies to produce highly accurate, efficient delivery routes. NZME began by using the solution for route planning and restructuring across all 47 contractors. Two years later, NZME began a second phase to streamline its operations: a two-year project to centralize distribution and optimize routing across their seven daily publications. Following that phase, NZME implemented RouteSmart Online, a cloud-based solution that enabled them to incorporate route information on third-party publications and provide it to NZME’s delivery contractors. Finally, after two successful phases, NZME extended its third-party distribution service to include two additional daily newspapers.

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运营影响

By resequencing their routes with RouteSmart for ArcGIS, NZME reduced overall route distance by 15%.
The company continues to refine route sequencing on an ongoing basis, ensuring transparency and contractor acceptance.
By centralizing distribution of all seven daily publications, NZME further reduced overall costs in this area.
NZME uses RouteSmart for ArcGIS to develop new cost-effective logistics solutions, which were then uploaded into RouteSmart Online, enabling a smooth transition within a 24-hour window to new routes and sequences.
NZME extended its printing capabilities to third-party publications, ideally positioning itself to integrate bulk transport and local distribution functions.

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