Press Release

June 5, 2007

RedPrairie Pallet and Load Optimization Technology Ensures Efficient, Safe and Compliant Shipments for the CPG Industry

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – RedPrairie Corporation, a world leading consumer driven optimization company, announced today that its new Pallet and Load Optimization technology, part of its integrated E2e™ Solutions for Consumer Goods, reduces freight costs and product damage while improving shipment safety and compliance with customer and legislative trailer loading requirements. This unique two-stage optimization first efficiently directs the pallet build process, and then optimizes their placement during the loading of trailers.

CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods) and Food & Beverage manufacturers, with products such as paper, beverages and food stuffs that can be heavy, crushable and hard to stack, are facing many new challenges in complying with retailer mandates while addressing initiatives for “green” supply chains and cost reduction. At the same time, rising fuel costs, driver shortages and hours of service rules make it imperative that trailer usage is maximized within weight and balance limits of governing bodies. This all puts tremendous pressure on logisticians to optimize the pallet build and trailer loading processes.

RedPrairie has responded with integrated pallet and load optimization technology.
Comments Tom Kozenski, RedPrairie vice president product strategy, “Our customers came to us with these issues because they impact how they pick inventory and load trailers on a daily basis in their DCs. By integrating pallet build technology with our warehouse management workflows and trailer loading functionality with our transportation load optimization, we can address these challenges more effectively. This geometric analysis and load construction can increase trailer volume utilization by three to six percent.”

By integrating pallet and load optimization with the WMS, the most efficient inventory allocation and pick sequencing is performed to feed the pallet build process, minimizing travel time and labor cost. Integration to the TMS allows the load plan to comply with route sequencing and stop rules as well as rules for loading into freezer, cooler and dry goods trailer zones and segregation of incompatible shipments.

RedPrairie’s Pallet and Load optimization solution can handle non-standard shapes such as cylinders, barrels, totes and special packaging. It considers stackability, crushability, nesting and other positioning factors to build pallets and loads that are safe and minimize the potential for damage. And the trailer load plan computes weight over the axles and side-to-side balance specific to each trailer type to ensure compliance with transportation regulations. The result is shipments that are efficient, safe and compliant, and support initiatives for retailer compliance, green supply chains and cost reduction.

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RedPrairie Public Relations Contacts:

NORTH AMERICA
Kari Janavitz
+1 262 317 2526
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UK
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NORDICS, MIDDLE EAST, AND AFRICA
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MAINLAND EUROPE
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ASIA PACIFIC
Fauziah Osman
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