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.
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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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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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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Retail Touchpoints, October 9, 2012 by Brian Kinsella - Retailers globally are terrified of being turned into “showrooms” for their online competitors. And their fear is real. Research firm Gartner reported that global mobile payment transactions will surpass $171.5 billion this year, up from $106 billion last year.
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Modern Materials Handling, October 2, 2012 by Francis Tomany - In today’s complex world, supply chain managers have multiple options to get products to customers.
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Supply and Demand Chain Executive, September 21, 2012 by Francis Tomany - Cost management shifts towards a continuous, granular cost-to-serve analysis model
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STORES Magazine, September 1, 2012 by Fred Minnick - “Bridezilla” became a popular term in the 1990s, when overly demanding brides began making news — normal, everyday women who just lost it amidst the stress of wedding planning. Now imagine a Bridezilla’s reaction if her dress wasn’t ready — even the sweetest lady could explode, with the likely result of a negative review plastered all over the Internet.
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Integrated Solutions for Retailers, July 1, 2012 by Matt Pillar - An inventory optimization and replenishment solution helped Lakeshore Learning Materials reduce inventory, stock outs, and labor costs
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Internet Retailer, May 9, 2012 by Paul Demery - Mexico-based retail chain Grupo Elektra plans to build an e-commerce presence far beyond its home turf, with a retail web site expected to launch this year in Argentina and another possibly in Guatemala, says Jorge Perez, director of I.T. for retail and supply chain systems. Elektra also plans to eventually sell online in the three other Latin American countries where it now operates stores, he adds.
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