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- RedPrairie's Warehouse Management/HF Improves Productivity and Efficiency at Furniture Retailer's Distribution Center
- Of late, El Dorado had more than $115 million in sales and moved 440,000 pieces of furniture through its distribution center. With so much merchandise on the move, the company's existing warehouse management system simply couldn't keep up. Their previous system was a batch barcode system used only for receiving,...
- Tags: RedPrairie, Retail, Vertical Industries, Sales Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales
- Case studies 2008-05-29
- RedPrairie Case Study: De Post - La Poste
- The central warehouse of De Post - La Poste stores all supplies for post offices across Belgium. Orders received before noon is dispatched the same day. As the system used in the warehouse has resulted in fewer picking and dispatching errors, post offices are also certain to receive the goods...
- Tags: RedPrairie, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2008-04-29
- RedPrairie Case Study: Kaplan Early Learning
- Kaplan Early Learning is a leader in the field of early care and education through its publishing and development of curriculum and assessment products. It specializes in providing products to schools, day cares, preschools, teachers, and parents that lay the foundation for early learning. Additionally, the company has a growing...
- Tags: RedPrairie, Kaplan Early Learning, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Software
- Case studies 2008-02-22
- RedPrairie Case Study: Merck Sharp & Dohme
- As a global, research-driven pharmaceutical organisation, Merck Sharp & Dohme MSD discovers, develops, manufactures and distributes a broad range of human health products in most major markets. The company wanted to improve warehouse efficiency and reduce inventory and also to combine customer focus and operational efficiency. The challenge was to...
- Tags: RedPrairie, Warehousing, Merck & Co. Inc., Sharp Corp., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
- Case studies 2007-08-30
- Greenlighting Efficiency: 7 Easy Steps to Reduce the Environmental Impact of Today's Supply Chains
- With increased international attention focused on the environmental impact of manufacturing and transportation, today's leading companies are using cutting-edge technology to "Go green" in another area that can make a dramatic difference: the supply chain. In addition to boosting a company's reputation in the minds of consumers, applying a "Green"...
- Tags: Supply Chain, RedPrairie, Financial, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Transportation, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2007-08-28
- RedPrairie Case Study: UniDrug Distribution Group (UDG)
- UniDrug Distribution Group UDG is a leading provider of warehousing and distribution services for major healthcare companies. The company needed a complete multi-client warehouse management system that could support process automation, provide real-time task management and control and interface seamlessly with numerous host systems. The system needed to address the...
- Tags: RedPrairie, UniDrug Distribution Group, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2007-07-25
- RedPrairie Case Study: The Works
- Founded in 1981, the Works is the UK's leading retailer of value books and artist materials with a unique product range that includes, stationery, greeting cards and giftwrap, music, videos, DVDs, games, puzzles and children's activities. The company needed a more reliable, automated and up to date warehouse management system...
- Tags: RedPrairie, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2007-07-25
- RedPrairie Case Study: XMA
- XMA operates as a specialist IT company, providing computer equipment, supplies and services to businesses, the public sector and schools and colleges. The company needed an automated, scalable, RF-technology controlled warehouse management solution capable of running a multi-site, multi-customer, real-time environment. RedPrairie delivered Warehouse management, a resilient, feature-rich, scalable, best-practice...
- Tags: RedPrairie, XMA, Product Marketing, Productivity, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2007-07-25
- Integrated Workforce Management Solutions: Improving Customer Service and Profitability
- In retail, competitive differentiation has never been more difficult. Consumers have an unprecedented number of choices - more products are available through more channels, often twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Increasingly, retailers are turning to service and the shopping experience to attract and retain customers. However, in...
- Tags: Customer Service, Workforce Management, RedPrairie, Retail Company, Labor Management, Retail, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2007-04-16
- The Bottom Line Benefits of Workforce Management in Retail Distribution
- Retailing is one of the world's most challenging and competitive industries. Regardless of the segment, "Brick & mortar" retailers, catalogers and online retailers face an environment characterized by intense competition - too many outlets or sites chasing too few consumers - and the need to invest heavily in information technology...
- Tags: Workforce Management, RedPrairie, Retail Company, Benefit, SCM, Retail, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2006-12-15
- Optimizing Global Transportation and Trade Logistics in Real-Time
- The intricate timing involved with same day delivery operations has a tendency to cause extra work and stress for Fleet managers today. Societal advances, such as internet shopping, has created smaller yet more frequent orders with tighter time windows for delivery. This environment is dynamic in nature and the ability...
- Tags: Customer Service, RedPrairie, Logistics, Supply Chain, Transportation, Product Marketing, Roi/Tco, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Business Operations, Marketing, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2006-10-18
- The Lean Workforce
- Ever since the industrial revolution supplanted individual craftsmen as the means to get products to consumers, there has been a continual quest to drive time and cost out of the production and delivery process, what one now calls the supply chain. This quest is often expressed colloquially as "Better, cheaper,...
- Tags: Supply Chain, RedPrairie, Workforce, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2006-09-01
- Achieving Best Practice Performance in Automotive Parts Distribution
- Globalization and structural issues have caused the automotive market to become more competitive than ever, with pressure to deliver increasing levels of service at lower costs. The companies that establish themselves as dominant players in this market will have a streamlined supply chain that can deliver extraordinary customer service levels....
- Tags: Customer Service, RedPrairie, Best Practice, Globalization, Supply Chain, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Strategy, Management, Business Operations, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2006-07-24
- Creating the Demand-Driven Workforce
- As the 21st century is beginning to hit its stride, a tectonic shift has occurred in supply chain management. The factory-based push economy of the 20th century that made the U.S. a world powerhouse has given way to a retailer-focused pull economy where customer demand is the dominant force in...
- Tags: Supply Chain, RedPrairie, Supply Chain Operation, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Globalization, Transportation, Enterprise Software, Software, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2006-01-13
- TDG Achieves World First With RedPrairie's MARC WMS Running Under AIX on IBM System i5
- In a fast-moving global economy, TDG's customers are increasingly dependent on accurate, up-to-the-minute information about their extended supply chains. TDG's existing Warehouse Management Systems WMS lacked the ability to support new technologies such as RFID and could not deliver information easily via the Web. The company selected a new solution...
- Tags: Supply Chain, RedPrairie, IBM AIX, IBM Corp., TDG, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Leadership, Enterprise Software, Software, Management
- Case studies
- Testing Show SQL Server 2005 Exceeds Needs for Global Warehouse Management
- Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, RedPrairie has been helping companies better manage their warehouses for more than 30 years. Although about 95 percent of its customers used to deploy RedPrairie solutions using the UNIX operating system, the trend has reversed in past few years with now more than 70 percent asking...
- Tags: RedPrairie, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Databases, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Software, Operating Systems, Software, Data Management, Microsoft Windows
- Case studies
- Leading Food Service Chain Solves Reporting, Monitoring and Business Decision Challenges Through RedPrairie Performance Management
- Culver's needed a technology solution that could seamlessly integrate with their existing back office application and provide extensive performance monitoring and analysis to provide greater insight into their over 365 locations. The company needed a web-based platform that could provide a comprehensive performance management solution, along with the available resources...
- Tags: Food, RedPrairie, Monitoring, Culver, Performance Management, Business Intelligence, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2008-05-23
- Leading Video and Game Rental Chain Solves Forecasting and Scheduling Challenges Through Workforce Management
- Blockbuster Inc., is a leading global provider of in-home movie and game entertainment with approximately 8,000 stores throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia. At Blockbuster stores, appropriate staffing levels are crucial to providing top customer service. Understaffing has a severe impact on customer service and can result in abandoned...
- Tags: Workforce Management, RedPrairie, Blockbuster Inc., Video, Forecasting, Understaffing, Product Marketing, Games, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Marketing, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2007-11-13
- RedPrairie Case Study: UTi
- UTi is a broad-based, supply chain company offering a wide range of global integrated logistics to their worldwide customer base. UTi's Integrated Logistics team provides end-to-end supply chain solutions through dedicated and public warehouses, with a proven track record of reducing customer costs. With labor expense representing 65-70 percent of...
- Tags: RedPrairie, UTi, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Change Management, Supply Chain, Enterprise Software, Software, Tools & Techniques, Management, Business Operations
- Case studies 2006-12-06
- Wholesale Distributor Uses WMS to Double Inventory Turns and Optimize Warehouse Space Utilization
- Arthur Schuman is the largest importer of Italian and Italian style hard grading cheeses in the United States. Arthur Schuman needed a solution to support their 10% annual sales growth and aggressive acquisitions strategy. In order to manage this growth, they needed to optimize warehouse space utilization, improve inventory accuracy,...
- Tags: RedPrairie, Arthur Schuman, Sales Strategy, Roi/Tco, Sales Force Management, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Strategy, Sales, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Management
- Case studies 2007-05-02
