Press Release
May 7, 2008
RedPrairie Improves Flow of Goods from Manufacturing to Store Shelf with latest E²e™ Supply Chain Execution Suite Release
New release provides synchronized flow of goods, tighter integration between WMS and TMS, advanced recall capabilities and embedded parcel manifesting functionality
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – RedPrairie Corporation, a world leading consumer driven optimization company, is introducing a new release of its E²e™ supply chain execution solution suite. The enhanced solution provides new and upgraded capabilities for better flow of goods, tighter integration between warehouse and transportation management solutions, advanced recall and quality assurance capabilities and new parcel manifesting functionality.
Better facilitation for the flow of goods – The new release offers enhanced functionality to manage diverse distribution environments. Comments Tom Kozenski, RedPrairie® Vice President Product Strategy, “Supply chain operations have undergone tremendous changes in today’s consumer driven marketplace. Storage warehouses are being retooled as flow-through processing centers where inbound and outbound shipments are synchronized to optimize the inventory flow in a multi-channel order fulfillment operation. This agile movement of goods must be visible and efficient.”
Tighter integration between WMS and TMS – Planning and synchronization of the movement of goods is shared between RedPrairie Warehouse Management (WMS) and Transportation Management (TMS) applications. The TMS can plan the sequence in which distribution orders are fulfilled by the WMS based on the most economical shipment plan meeting customer service requirements. The store shipment schedule is used by TMS to optimize routes and ensure that customer delivery agreements are met. The RedPrairie Collaboration Portal™ is used by carriers and suppliers to coordinate appointment scheduling within the WMS and TMS.
For inbound processing, the system offers flexible assignment and movement of received inventory for pre-allocated distribution. Tony Brown, SVP Global Supply Chain for J.Crew, says, “Expediting the movement of goods from receiving to outbound shipments is crucial to keeping shelves stocked while reducing handling costs. It’s an important part of our distribution strategy at J.Crew.”
Improved recall and quality assurance capabilities - With all of the recent publicity on major recalls of everything from children’s toys to meats, quality assurance is a critical inbound activity. The RedPrairie release offers enhanced web-based QA / Recall capabilities to enable track-and-trace from the point of origin to the ultimate destination. Paired with RedPrairie’s new E²e™ Business Process Platform, these capabilities make one-button recalls a reality.
Integrated parcel manifesting - With the new release, RedPrairie has embedded its parcel manifesting system within WMS and TMS to provide certified least-cost shipping by all the major parcel carriers. It handles domestic and international shipments and provides shipment visibility to the customer’s door.
“With Parcel shipments becoming a larger percentage of transportation spend, it has increased the importance of parcel manifesting applications,” says Adrian Gonzalez, Director Logistics Executive Council for ARC Advisory Group. “It is an especially critical factor for sectors such as retail, service parts and direct to consumer.”
“This new solution further enables synchronization of the flow of goods and information from manufacturing to the store shelf. The seamless flow is critical in the transformation to demand-driven business operations where real-time collaboration between suppliers, distributors, third party logistics providers and retailers is the foundation for agile supply chain and replenishment processes,” says Mike Mayoras, CEO for RedPrairie.
RedPrairie’s new version of the supply chain suite is now available in general release and is being implemented at many new client sites. The solution is being demonstrated for attendees of its 11th Annual User Conference, RedShift, held at the Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Miami, Florida.
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