Improve goods flow from warehouse

RedPrairie's E2e supply chain execution software provides upgraded capabilities for better flow of goods, tighter integration between warehouse and transportation management.

RedPrairie Corporation has released its E2e supply chain execution software suite.

The enhanced software provides new and upgraded capabilities for better flow of goods, tighter integration between warehouse and transportation management solutions.

It also features advanced recall and quality assurance capabilities and new parcel manifesting functionality.

* Better facilitation for the flow of goods - E2e offers enhanced functionality to manage diverse distribution environments.

RedPrairie vice president.

Product Strategy, Tom Kozenski, said: "Supply chain operations have undergone tremendous changes in today's consumer driven marketplace.

Storage warehouses are being retooled as flow-through processing centres where inbound and outbound shipments are synchronised to optimise the inventory flow in a multi-channel order fulfilment operation.

This agile movement of goods must be visible and efficient".

* Tighter integration between warehouse management and transportation management - planning and synchronisation 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.

TMS uses the store shipment schedule to optimise 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.

SVP Global Supply Chain for J Crew, Tony Brown, said: "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 - 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.

Director, Logistics Executive Council for ARC Advisory Group, Adrian Gonzalez, said: "With Parcel shipments becoming a larger percentage of transportation spend, it has increased the importance of parcel manifesting applications.

It is an especially critical factor for sectors such as retail, service parts and direct to consumer".

CEO for RedPrairie, Mike Mayoras, said: "This new solution further enables synchronisation of the flow of goods and information from manufacturing to the store shelf".

He added: "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".

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 and Spa in Miami, Florida.

* About RedPrairie - RedPrairie Corporation is a world leading consumer driven optimisation company.

Built on an advanced Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) developed over the past 15 years, the RedPrairie integrated suite of solutions offers on-demand capabilities to over 32,000 sites worldwide for many of the world's largest companies.

RedPrairie's E2e solutions synchronise people and products throughout the customer buying cycle to ensure goods reach the right place at the right time.

At the point of sale, this means consumers have access to desired products and that the store is staffed with the right people to help them make their purchases.

In the production cycle, it means suppliers and manufacturers time and synchronise shipments and production based on demand signals from the retailer.

And in the back room of the store, it means having the least amount of inventory, solving the 'last yard' problem of the retail supply chain.

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