About Returpack
Returpack is the biggest player in the Swedish deposit-refund market. They are responsible for the collection, administration, and deposits for 2,700 stores around Sweden. Sweden enforces a monetary deposit refund on all cans and bottles for the purpose of recycling them. From previously having external transporters planning, Returpack decided to handle the transport planning in-house. To assist with this change, AMCS has provided a solution for managing transport planning and optimization.
Taking control of the transport
Historically, Returpack has relied on a total of 20 independent external transporters to plan and execute the transport and collection activity. Managing the collection operations in this way meant that Returpack lacked visibility of the day-to-day execution and control of the operational efficiency. So, to increase efficiency in the collection operation and ensure a high service level across all transport activities, Returpack decided to take over the transport planning themselves.
Returpack achieves success using the following AMCS solutions:
The lack of visibility of the external transport planning meant that we could not see if the transport planning and collection itself was carried out efficiently, but we believed there would be great efficiency gains in central planning
The AMCS Intelligent Route Optimization combines dynamic route planning and real-time optimization to increase efficiency and improve profits.
Read more on how Returpack have gained control of every inch of the planning as well as new insights.