Discover Manhattan Associates in the news. Below you’ll find recent articles and media coverage of Manhattan Associates, our supply chain solutions, and our customers. From supply chain trade magazines to regional, national and international business publications, read what the press has to say about supply chain management.
Food Logistics, June 13, 2013 by Jeff Stout - The advance ship notice (ASN) is essentially an electronic communication from a vendor or supplier to its customer advising them that a shipment has been created against a purchase order (P.O.) with specific item(s) and quantities. At shipment level, an ASN can provide basic information about the order. More advanced ASNs can offer detailed information via case/pallet level license plate identification, which can be imbedded to include data elements such as end customer/ store, lot numbers, expiration dates, catch weight and even country of origin/ pedigree... View Article
Apparel Magazine, May 21, 2013 by Jordan Speer - Manhattan Associates announced the 2013 release of its Store Inventory and Fulfillment solution, which transforms store locations into efficient, omnichannel fulfillment centers. The solution offers benefits in three key areas: store order fulfillment, store inventory management, and store operations intelligence, enabling retail stores to execute e-commerce order fulfillment directly, increase inventory accuracy and manage omnichannel store activity.
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Apparel Magazine, May 21, 2013 by Jordan Speer - Women who order apparel from anntaylor.com or loft.com probably would never guess that their purchases may have been picked, packed and shipped from one of Ann Inc.'s brick-and-mortar retail locations, but today, that is very much a possibility. On its road to multichannel excellence, Ann Inc. made fulfilling from stores its first stop.
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Apparel Magazine, May 6, 2013 by Editorial Staff - Business must be booming at outdoor apparel maker and retailer Patagonia, which undertook a significant warehouse expansion and makeover at its Reno, Nev., distribution facility. The company upgraded to Manhattan Associates' Warehouse Management System, implementing a slotting optimization solution to improve material handling efficiency and flexibility that eliminated manual handling and order sorting.
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Chain Store Age, April 29, 2013 by Katherine Boccaccio - Manhattan Associates said that outdoor chain Gander Mountain has selected its Enterprise Order Management and Store Inventory & Fulfillment solutions to help drive omni-channel enterprise transformation.
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Apparel, March 12, 2013 by Jordan Speer - This week kicks off a 125-day celebration to mark the 125-year anniversary of Belk, founded by William Henry Belk in 1888. The occasion will be celebrated with 125 days of prizes and 125 days of giving — employees will be given work time to volunteer with local schools and charities — not to mention the launch of more than 125 exclusive designs.
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Georgia Trend, March 1, 2013 by Ben Young - Logistics doesn't exactly get a bad rap, but you won’t hear it discussed often at parties. In its broadest sense, the term means “the handling of the details of an operation.” Once applied specifically to the military, it has come to be most associated with transport: imports and exports, switchyards, trucks and trains, last-mile connections, inventory and supply coordination, truckers and loading docks – all the components of moving goods from one place to another.
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Modern Materials Handling, March 1, 2013 by Josh Bond - David’s Bridal, a national supplier of bridal gowns and accessories, offers a vast selection of designer wedding gowns in a variety of sizes in stock at each of its 300 stores. As recently as the late 1990s, the company supported 40 stores with a paper-based special order system and a manual distribution process. But, by installing a new warehouse management system (WMS) and slowly adding functionality over time, the bridal chain has been able to support growth and a near 100% on-time delivery rate of its gowns
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Beverage World, March 1, 2013 by Rod Daugherty - Beverage World featured Manhattan Associates Senior Director Rod Daugherty in its March issue about what food and beverage companies can do to hedge against inflation.
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Food Logistics, February 26, 2013 by Lara Sowinski - Fleet managers have a lot on their plate—a bevy of industry regulations, driver shortages, and budgets that are continually stretched to the maximum. When it comes to the foodservice side of the business, managing a fleet becomes even more complicated with refrigerated equipment, time- and temperature-sensitive product, and a less forgiving supply chain when exceptions occur.
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