SUN InBev, one of the world’s largest brewers, started a project to automate transport logistics. The project was developed by the CDC Group on the basis of the Optimum GIS geoinformation system (TMS). The list of the key goals of the project includes automation of the planning delivery routes, satellite monitoring of vehicles, and reduction of transportation costs owing to efficient safety control during the trip.

SUN InBev made a decision to implement the Optimum GIS system based on the results of the tender in which Russian and foreign suppliers of geoinformation systems took part. The software/hardware facility presented to the tender by the CDC Group not only provided solutions to all of the specified goals but also included innovative technologies that may significantly enhance control of the safety of automobile transportation.

For example, the updated version of the Optimum Forwarder mobile application for SUN InBev assumes that the driver is alarmed in case of small distance to dangerous points and segments of the road and drivers and dispatches are alarmed on case of overspeeding, and tilt and possible overturn of the vehicle. Also, the application notifies the dispatcher about rapid accelerations, slowdown, and turns of the vehicle during the trip; this information will make it possible to timely take necessary measures or identify obvious violations of transportation rules if breakage of delivered goods occurred. Different types of reporting on violations of movement parameters and transportation rules may be used to set ratings of drivers and analyze behavior of drivers in the process of driving and accidents.

Delivery routes will be planned and vehicles monitored at SUN InBev’s territorial distribution centers located in different Russian regions and information about transportation will be rapidly sent to the Moscow-based head office of the company. Thus, implementing Optimum GIS will enable the company to develop optimal routes for timely delivery of products, monitor deviations from those routes using GLONASS and/or GPS satellite navigation systems, and supervise behavior of drivers on roads to enhance safety of movement and transported goods.

In 2004-2007, the CDC Group gained useful expertise in automating mobile trade processes in the distributor network of SUN Interbrew. Later the company whose name was changed to SUN InBev became the Russian subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewer. Partnership between the companies continues on an ongoing basis.