Triplefin Boosts 3PL Productivity with Manhattan Associates Press Releases
ATLANTA - August 30, 2010 - Third party logistics provider (3PL) Triplefin LLC, a premier provider of outsourced order-to-cash business process solutions to leading companies in the pharmaceutical and consumer products industries, has implemented the Manhattan SCALE™ (Supply Chain Architected for Logistics Execution) portfolio of solutions from Manhattan Associates (NASDAQ: MANH) to optimize distribution processes in two new distribution centers (DCs) in Cincinnati, OH. Manhattan SCALE's flexible architecture enabled Triplefin to migrate nearly 40 clients to its new DCs quickly, on budget and without any service interruptions. Triplefin began by moving two clients per month to simultaneously accommodate the new Manhattan SCALE solutions while the company's old system was being phased out. "Manhattan Associates is a world-class, solid operation with reliable, flexible solutions that are well respected in the industry. It was the pinnacle provider we were searching for,...

Parlux Fragrances Sweetens its Competitive Capabilities with Manhattan Associates Press Releases
ATLANTA - August 9, 2010 - Parlux Fragrances, Inc. is an established, international designer, manufacturer and marketer of prestige fragrances and related products. The company is ranked among the top 100 cosmetic and fragrance companies in the world with brand names including Paris Hilton, Jessica Simpson, Queen Latifah, Rihanna, Marc Ecko , Josie Natori and Nicole Miller. Parlux Fragrance products are sold in more than 90 countries, carefully targeted to department and specialty stores, such as Belk, Bloomingdales, BonTon, Boscovs, Carson’s, Dillards, J.C. Penney, Macy’s, Neiman Marcus, Saks, Sears, Sephora, Ulta and Perfumania.To help compete against global giants in the perfume industry, Parlux selected Manhattan Associates' (NASDAQ: MANH) Warehouse Management solution from the Manhattan SCOPE® supply chain portfolio to support for its 250K square foot distribution center in New Jersey to help deliver quality products to its customers at a reduced cost and timeframe."It...

Manhattan Associates Customers Make Up More Than Half of Apparel Top 50 Press Releases
ATLANTA, July 29, 2010 - More than half of the customers named to the 2010 Apparel Top 50-an annual ranking of U.S. apparel companies-are customers of Manhattan Associates (NASDAQ: MANH). The rankings, based on each company's annual sales profit margin, include True Religion, Urban Outfitters, Under Armour and The Men's Wearhouse, all of which are live with a variety of solutions from the Manhattan SCOPE® supply chain portfolio to optimize their supply chains from planning to execution. The Apparel Top 50, published in the July issue of the publication, is found here: http://tinyurl.com/29y2fwl. "Manhattan's customers are leveraging our supply chain optimization capabilities to present a unified brand experrience across all channels," said Terrie O'Hanlon, senior vice president and chief marketing officer, Manhattan Associates. "Our Zero Disappointment Retail™ approach preserves current systems and investments by providing technology that seamlessly...

Sturm Foods Serves Up Accurate Inventory With Manhattan Associates Press Releases
ATLANTA - July 26, 2010 - Sturm Foods started as a dairy farm operation in 1905, providing eggs and dairy products to friends and family in Manawa, Wisconsin, located just outside of Green Bay. The company entered the private label distribution market in the 1970s and grew into a global dry grocery manufacturer for both the retail and foodservice industries, producing healthy drink mixes, instant cereals and a line of organic foods. With a customer base of large retail chains, each with specific order requirements, Sturm Foods implemented solutions within the Manhattan SCOPE® supply chain portfolio from Manhattan Associates (NASDAQ: MANH), to optimize supply chain processes in five of its distribution centers, all located in Manawa. "Our five distribution centers required one viewpoint that tied our inventory together," said Glen Bunnell, manager, information technology, Sturm Foods. "Before we partnered with Manhattan Associates, we couldn't really gauge our...

Frost & Sullivan Names Manhattan Associates as Asia Pacific WMS Provider of the Year 2010 Press Releases
Continued investment and success in region earn company WMS award for third year in a row SINGAPORE and ATLANTA - July 21, 2010 - Leading consulting company Frost & Sullivan has named Manhattan Associates 'Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) Provider of the Year in Asia Pacific for 2010'. It is the second year in succession that Manhattan has won this coveted award. Having won Frost & Sullivan's award for 'Best IT Systems Vendor for Warehouse Management' at the 2008 ASEAN Frost & Sullivan Transportation & Logistics Awards, Manhattan has earned three awards in as many years in the Asia Pacific region for its Warehouse Management Systems. The recipients of Frost & Sullivan's awards are benchmarked against the highest standards of measurement criteria and represent the best-in-class in Asia Pacific. All short-listed companies are evaluated by Frost & Sullivan based on actual measureable performance. The measured parameters include leadership in new product...

Manhattan Associates Reports Strong Second Quarter Earnings Per Share Press Releases
Company Posts Q2 Total Revenue of $77.6 Million, a 33% Increase Over Q2 2009 ATLANTA – July 20, 2010 – Leading supply chain optimization provider Manhattan Associates, Inc. (Nasdaq:MANH) today reported second quarter 2010 non-GAAP adjusted diluted earnings per share of $0.38 compared to $0.14 in the second quarter of 2009, on license revenue of $15.5 million and total revenue of $77.6 million. GAAP diluted earnings per share was $0.36 compared to a GAAP loss per share of $0.02 in the prior year second quarter. Manhattan Associates President and CEO Pete Sinisgalli commented, "We are pleased with our second quarter and first half 2010 financial results and our strengthening competitive position in the supply chain optimization market. Our continued investment in platform-based solution efficiencies and innovation is paying dividends both in terms of sales momentum and customer satisfaction." SECOND QUARTER 2010 FINANCIAL SUMMARY: Adjusted diluted earnings...

Fashion Biz Optimizes Supply Chain with Manhattan SCALE™ 2010 Press Releases
Manhattan Associates' supply chain execution solution enables rapid ROI and lowers the total cost of ownership SYDNEY and ATLANTA - July 12, 2010 - Global supply chain optimization provider Manhattan Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: MANH) today announced that leading wholesaler Fashion Biz (Aust) Pty Ltd has become the first customer in Australia to implement Manhattan SCALE™ 2010. Manhattan SCALE is a portfolio of distribution management and transportation management solutions built on Microsoft. NET® technology. It leverages sophisticated optimization techniques to improve the flow of goods throughout supply chains, which enables companies to tie together processes, data and workflows to increase order accuracy, improve deliveries and gain total visibility into inventory. Fashion Biz is one of the largest suppliers of apparel, including quality uniforms, work wear and promotional apparel (stock service and made-to-order) to the Australian market. Having originally established...

Manhattan Associates Announces Date for Reporting Second Quarter 2010 Financial Results Press Releases
ATLANTA — July 7, 2010 — Global supply chain optimization provider Manhattan Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: MANH) will release its second quarter 2010 financial results on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 after the stock market closes. The press release will be followed by a conference call hosted by Manhattan Associates' senior management at 4:30 p.m. EDT, also on July 20, 2010. Investors are invited to listen to a live webcast of the conference call through the investor relations section of Manhattan Associates' website at www.manh.com. To listen to the live webcast, please go to the website at least 15 minutes before the call to download and install any necessary audio software. For those who cannot listen to the live broadcast, a replay can be accessed shortly after the call by dialing +1.800.642.1687 in the U.S. and Canada, or +1.706.645.9291 outside the U.S., and entering the conference identification number 83562530 or via the Web at www.manh.com. The phone replay will be...

Ewing Irrigation Soaks Up Savings with Manhattan Associates Press Releases
ATLANTA - July 6, 2010 - Ewing Irrigation Products is one of the largest providers of professional quality landscape and irrigation materials in the United States. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Ewing prides itself on serving as a leading authority on water-conserving products, trends and best practices while providing landscape, irrigation and golf course professionals with the supplies they need to create healthy, sustainable environments. As the company grew into 195 locations and seven distribution centers (DCs) across the country, each totaling around 200,000 square feet, Ewing realized an inventory demand issue completely unique to its industry. "Fluctuating drought and rainfall conditions have a significant impact on our business- if there's too much rain there's no demand, if there's too little water, then rationing occurs," said Richard York, executive vice president and chief operating officer, Ewing Irrigation Products. Ewing implemented Manhattan Associates...

Manhattan Associates Becomes Leroy Merlin Supply Chain Partner Press Releases
Manhattan WMS, SCI and EEM solutions will help support business growth and the implementation of a new supply chain model PARIS and ATLANTA - July 1, 2010 - Global supply chain optimisation provider Manhattan Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: MANH) today announced that Leroy Merlin, one of France's leading home improvement retailers, has chosen Manhattan's Warehouse Management (WMS), Supply Chain Intelligence (SCI) and Extended Enterprise Management (EEM) solutions as the supply chain technology components to optimise and streamline its distribution operations. Prior to the selection of Manhattan, Leroy Merlin had been using a proprietary warehouse management system to manage inventory and the order fulfilment process. Based on projections that the company's product flows could triple over the next five years, Leroy Merlin decided it needed a new supply chain technology that would not only support that volume growth but would be capable of supporting an ambitious supply chain transformation...

Lamps Plus Shines New Light on Supply Chain Efficiency with Manhattan Associates Press Releases
ATLANTA, June 28, 2010 - Lamps Plus is the largest specialty lighting retail chain in the U.S., with 45 stores throughout the western and southwestern states, in addition to catalogue and Internet sales. All retail locations and customers are served by an 800,000 square foot distribution center (DC) in Redlands, CA that houses approximately 15,000 SKUs including lighting products, ceiling fans and home furnishings. As Lamps Plus inventory continued to grow, it added auxiliary buildings near its DC and shifted product positions to maximize storage capacity. However, constantly changing SKU locations and a legacy tracking system that required extensive manual processing had a negative effect on operational efficiency. "We did not have a system that was going to take us to the next level- we were manually keying inventory movement from paper records, which meant that any errors made wouldn't be discovered for two days," said Clark Linstone, chief financial officer, Lamps Plus...

Urban Outfitters Supports Growth with Manhattan Associates Press Releases
ATLANTA - June 21, 2010 - Urban Outfitters delivers unique shopping experiences to highly defined customer niches from its specialty retail stores, web sites and catalogs. It offers differentiated collections of fashion apparel, accessories and home goods in its store locations including Urban Outfitters, for the 18 to 26 "mating and dating" age group, and Anthropologie, for women within the "nesting" ages of 30 to 45. Besides retail and direct-to-consumer channels, the company also has a wholesale division, which distributes Free People, bdg, and Leifsdottir labels to more than 1,000 stores worldwide. "With our continued growth and increasing sales straining our network, we decided to transform our supply chain processes with a long-term solution that could support operations across all of Urban Outfitters' multiple channels," said Ken McKinney, executive director of Logistics, Urban Outfitters. "We needed the capacity to handle high volumes,...

Goya Foods Selects Manhattan SCOPE® To Improve Efficiency, Lower Costs Press Releases
ATLANTA - June 14, 2010 - Goya Foods, the largest Hispanic-owned food company in the United States, has selected solutions from the Manhattan SCOPE® solution portfolio from Manhattan Associates (NASDAQ: MANH) to optimize its distribution and transportation processes. Goya will implement Manhattan's Warehouse Management, Slotting Optimization and Labor Management solutions in 12 distribution centers located in the United States, Puerto Rico and Spain, which will work with solutions from the Manhattan Transportation Lifecycle Management suite to optimize global distribution of more than 1,600 food products from the Caribbean, Mexico and both Central and South America. "Our supply chain upgrades will significantly improve the efficiency of the Goya Foods organization while driving down overall costs and improving service to our customers and vendors," said Peter Unanue, executive vice president, distribution for Goya Foods. "Manhattan's solutions will support our...

Under Armour Gears Up For Explosive Growth With Manhattan Associates Press Releases
ATLANTA, June 7, 2010 - Everyone from professional athletes competing before huge stadium crowds to people taking a jog around the park rely on Under Armour products to keep them dry and cool. As the company continues to develop and enhance its athletic gear, the Under Armour mission statement is always at play: To make all athletes better through passion, science and the relentless pursuit of innovation. The company's growth rate has been phenomenal since its inception in 1996, so much so that it had outgrown the processes that managed its footwear and athletic apparel distribution centers (DCs) for the previous ten years. This tremendous growth also underscored the need for improved inventory visibility and enhanced vendor communication to help prepare Under Armour for future growth. "We were simply bursting at the seams and had to upgrade our information systems," said Eric Olsson, director of distribution systems for Under Armour Inc. "Not only were we challenged...

Manhattan Associates Named Inbound Logistics Top 100 Logistics IT Provider for 2010 Press Releases
ATLANTA - June 2, 2010 - Global supply chain optimization provider Manhattan Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: MANH) has been named as a Top 100 Logistics Provider for 2010 by Inbound Logistics magazine. Every April, Inbound Logistics editors recognize 100 logistics IT companies that support and enable logistics excellence. Drawn from a pool of more than 300 companies, using questionnaires, personal interviews, and other research, Inbound Logistics selects the Top 100 Logistics IT Providers who are leading the way in 2010. Editors seek to match readers' fast-changing needs to the capabilities of those companies selected. All companies selected reflect leadership by answering Inbound Logistics readers' needs for simplicity, ROI, and efficient implementation. "Top 100 Logistics IT Providers such as Manhattan Associates empower supply chain management and logistics, and continue to offer innovative and practical solutions in the face of economic uncertainty. During 2010, Manhattan...

Tecsys Latin America Named Manhattan Associates GeoPartner For the Caribbean, Central America and South America Press Releases
ATLANTA - June 1, 2010 - Manhattan Associates (NASDAQ: MANH) announced today that Tecsys Latin America, Inc. (TLA) has been named a GeoPartner (geographical partner) to market, sell, implement and support the Manhattan SCOPE® and Manhattan SCALE™ solution suites in the Caribbean, Central America and South America. TLA is the leading warehouse management solution (WMS) provider in Latin America both in number of customers and implementations. "Our partnership with the global leader in WMS, Manhattan Associates, will strengthen our position and give local and regional companies additional options for supply chain expertise," said Gregor Nassief, president and chief executive officer, Tecsys Latin America, Inc. With offices in Miami, Caracas, Bogota and Santiago de Chile, Tecsys Latin America has over 150 customers in 15 countries throughout the region. To date, TLA has implemented warehouse management solutions in more than 140 distribution centers in Latin America...

Manhattan Associates Named to 2010 Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 Press Releases
ATLANTA - May 26, 2010 - Global supply chain optimization provider Manhattan Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: MANH) has been named to the 2010 Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100, a list of supply chain solution providers, consultants and other organizations that help lead the way in transforming companies' supply and demand chains. This year the magazine focused the criteria for its "100" feature on supply chain excellence and preparing the supply chain for the post-recessionary return to growth. The Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 is based on nominations from end users and solution providers, followed by categorization by the editorial staff of the magazine to identify applicants that best fit the stated criteria for the "100." Final recipients are featured in the cover story of the May/June 2010 issue of Supply & Demand Chain Executive, as well as online at www.SDCExec.com/SDCE100. "As the economy makes tentative steps toward recovery and growth,...

Lacoste Licensee Devanlay Selects Manhattan Associates Press Releases
Devanlay Group, the exclusive worldwide licensee for Lacoste branded products, has selected Manhattan Associates to optimize supply chain performance and enhance service levels PARIS & ATLANTA - May 25, 2010 - Global supply chain optimization provider Manhattan Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: MANH) today announced that Devanlay Group, the worldwide licensee for the manufacturing and distribution of Lacoste branded clothing and leather goods, has selected multiple components from the Manhattan SCOPE® supply chain solutions suite including Warehouse Management, Supply Chain Intelligence (SCI) and Slotting Optimization. The implementation project is already underway at Devanlay's international distribution center (NDC) in France. Devanlay's retail operations consist of a mixture of Lacoste branded stores as well as concessions within department and sportswear stores. Having previously been reliant on a proprietary supply chain system that had become outdated over time, the company...

Wincanton Completes First Deployments of Manhattan Associates’ Supply Chain Platform in France Press Releases
Leading logistics services provider completes first implementations of Manhattan's WMS and Supply Chain Intelligence solutions PARIS & ATLANTA - May 18, 2010 - Global supply chain optimization provider Manhattan Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: MANH) today announced that Wincanton has successfully completed the roll-out of Manhattan's Warehouse Management Solution (WMS) and Supply Chain Intelligence (SCI) solutions for its clients Isover and Supra. These two implementations are the first that Wincanton has completed in France and follow the company's decision in 2008 to select Manhattan Associates' solutions to support its entire European logistics infrastructure. Wincanton offers tailored logistics solutions that are adapted to the needs of its clients, proposing to operate distribution centers (DCs) owned by its clients or to supply a complete service operated in its own DCs. By embarking on a wide and ambitious plan to standardize its IT infrastructure right across Europe, Wincanton...

World’s Leading Appliance Company Spins Optimized Supply Chain Benefits With Manhattan Associates Press Releases
ATLANTA - May 11, 2010 - The supply chain plays a critical role for global corporations, and the value of an optimized network is never more apparent than following a major acquisition and/or reorganization. Whirlpool, the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances, provides an excellent example. After Whirlpool acquired Maytag in 2006, its supply chain encompassed more than 40 manufacturing facilities sourced from approximately 7,000 different suppliers in every region of the world. Those facilities not only import, but also export products to separate regions where they are then delivered to more than 30,000 retailers worldwide, while also delivering products to builders as well as consumers' homes within 48 to 72 hours. Whirlpool has, at any given time, 2.2 to 2.5 million units in inventory. "Whirlpool's supply chain is complex primarily because we're not only a manufacturer, but we also service tens of thousands of different retailers, along with our...