Press Release
January 12, 2009
RedPrairie Warehouse Management (WMS), Workforce Management (WFM), and Collaboration Portal will support Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES)
Solutions will manage AAFES’s large product mix in 11 warehouses worldwide
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – RedPrairie Corporation, a leading consumer-driven optimization company, has announced its Warehouse Management (WMS), Workforce Management (WFM) and Collaboration Portal solutions will support the Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) around the globe. A leading source of quality merchandise and services for U.S. military families, AAFES will deploy RedPrairie throughout its worldwide distribution network, with immediate plans to implement each system in two continental U.S. facilities.
RedPrairie’s solutions will manage AAFES’s large variety of products, ranging from food and beverage, to hazardous materials, to retail goods. In addition, the RedPrairie WMS will ship to a wide variety of store formats, including quasi-mobile installations, as well as permanent stores in several countries. The goal of the entire process is to improve efficiency within the supply chain by reducing lost inventory, optimizing labor, reducing safety stock, and lowering transportation costs.
“RedPrairie has always worked with a wide variety of products from company to company,” says RedPrairie CEO Mike Mayoras, “AAFES is an amalgamation of all those industries: food and beverage, retail, automotive, and much more. We’re proud to not only serve each of these verticals, but our men and women in uniform as well.”
About Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES)
The Army & Air Force Exchange Service is a joint command and is directed by a Board of Directors which is responsible to the Secretaries of the Army and the Air Force through the Service Chiefs of Staff. AAFES has the dual mission of providing authorized patrons with articles of merchandise and services and generating non-appropriated fund earnings as a supplemental source of funding for military Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) programs. To find out more about AAFES' history and mission or to view recent press releases please visit our Web site at http://www.aafes.com/pa/default.asp.
About RedPrairie Corporation
RedPrairie delivers productivity solutions to help companies around the world in three categories – workforce, inventory and transportation. RedPrairie provides these solutions to manufacturers, distributors and retailers looking to support business strategies that increase revenue, reduce costs and create competitive advantage.
With over 20 global offices and solutions that are installed at more than 34,000 customer sites in over 40 countries, companies trust RedPrairie workforce, inventory and transportation solutions to deliver an increase in productivity – with the flexibility to adapt as business needs change.
At RedPrairie, we understand today’s operational demands and we’re committed to delivering solutions that work. We’re committed to delivering solutions for the real world.
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