ATLANTA, Georgia, September 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The Createch Group and ORTEC announced that the companies have entered into a strategic relationship, to bring ORTEC's logistics optimization solutions to the Canadian market. The alliance will see The Createch Group distribute, implement and provide support services across Canada for ORTEC's Route and Load Optimization Solutions.

ORTEC's Routing Optimization Solution SHORTREC and Load Optimization Solutions LOADDESIGNER (stand alone) and LEO (embedded in SAP), help companies world wide with the reduction of their transportation costs and increased productivity by streamlining the processes involved in the transport and distribution of goods. The Createch Group brings extensive expertise in both logistics performance improvement and SAP solutions implementation.

"As a leading Canadian supply chain optimization and IT integration service provider, The Createch Group is the best choice to bring our advanced logistics optimization software solutions to enterprises across Canada", explained Corne Aantjes, President ORTEC North Americas. "The Canadian market will definitely benefit from the combination of The Createch Group in-depth expertise in logistics best business practices, and ORTEC's proven technology."

"We are excited to become ORTEC's exclusive distributor of LEO in Canada," commented Patrick Lambert, Senior Vice President, SAP Business Unit, The Createch Group. "We are looking forward to provide the SAP users' community with a proven solution, seamlessly integrated into their SAP system, to further optimize their transportation, route and load space planning process."

"This distribution agreement for SHORTREC and LOADDESIGNER is a great addition to our service offering and products portfolio of logistics solutions," said Michel Girard, Vice President, Logistics Performance Improvement, The Createch Group. "The implementation of ORTEC's advanced functionalities will allow us to further increase the efficiency in terms of cost and service level of our client's logistics operations."

About The Createch Group

The Createch Group is a Canadian leader in supply chain optimization and IT integration. Since 1993, the consulting firm offers services in manufacturing and logistics performance improvement, process reengineering, change management and information technology solution implementation. The company integrates proven solutions and applies leading business practices. To date, The Createch Group has carried out more than 2,000 projects and helped over 700 companies improve their processes and boost their profitability. For more information, please visit http://www.thecreatechgroup.com/.

About ORTEC

Founded in 1981, ORTEC provides optimization-based decision support software and consulting services for fleet routing, vehicle and pallet loading, network planning, workforce scheduling and order generation. The company has over 800 customers worldwide and 600 employees located in North America and Europe. For more information, please visit http://www.ortec.com/.

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CONTACT: Contact Details The Createch Group, Luc Poulin,
Vice-President, Marketing and Communication, +1-514-937-1188 ext. 433,
lpoulin@groupecreatech.com; Contact Details ORTEC, Christiane Nielsen,
Marketing Manager, +1-678-392-3100 ext. 3110, cnielsen@ortec.com