Wehkamp Plots Double-Digit Growth Trajectory With Manhattan Associates
March 05 2019 - 8:30AM
Manhattan Associates Inc. (NASDAQ: MANH) today announced that
leading Dutch online retailer Wehkamp has selected Manhattan’s
Warehouse Management System (WMS) to run its new distribution
centre (DC) in Zwolle, Netherlands. The project, part of a €40
million investment Wehkamp is making in expanding and modernising
this DC, will eventually extend to Wehkamp’s other DCs in the
country. Wehkamp chose Manhattan’s WMS because of its
industry-leading functionality, because it can orchestrate and
maximise the performance of both human and automated resources and
because it will allow the retailer to scale order line volumes at a
20 percent growth clip.
With 2.7 million regular customers and more than 11 million
orders processed annually, Wehkamp is the Netherlands’ online
market leader in fashion, lifestyle, beauty and baby/childrenswear.
Its Zwolle DC, already one of the world’s largest automated DCs for
online retail at 360,000 square feet, is being extended to 650,000
square feet. Once this expansion is completed, Wehkamp will have
almost 1.5 million square feet of warehousing capacity in the
Netherlands and be able to process more than 250,000 order lines
per day.
Once Wehkamp began this DC expansion and modernisation project,
executives concluded that the company’s incumbent WMS would not be
able to keep up with its rapid growth or the additional associated
complexity. The company set out to find a single, future-proof
solution that could be deployed across its DCs, could efficiently
orchestrate workflow across both automated and manual resources and
could maximise product flow-through velocity.
Manhattan’s state-of-the-art WMS will provide Wehkamp with more
flexibility in terms of how it processes orders and returns,
maximise asset utilisation and support mobile workflows within its
DCs. The solution’s order streaming capabilities will allow the
retailer to simultaneously process wave, waveless and flow-through
orders, whilst its embedded Warehouse Execution System (WES)
capabilities will orchestrate workflow between its human workforce
and its various automated technologies, which include 550 shuttle
robots.
“Wehkamp has grown rapidly because we have made ‘offering the
ultimate customer experience’ our number one priority,” said
Maarten Tibosch, chief operations officer at Wehkamp. “Manhattan’s
WMS will help us develop a supply chain that is effective,
efficient, flexible and scalable to support our customers’ evolving
needs. This solution will maximise asset utilisation, accelerate
inventory flows and get goods to consumers faster.”
Pieter Van den Broecke, managing director, Benelux and Germany,
Manhattan Associates commented, “Manhattan currently works with the
top brands and retailers around the globe to help them navigate the
complexities of omnichannel fulfilment. With Manhattan’s WMS,
Wehkamp can be confident it will be able to deliver on its growth
and efficiency improvement goals so that it can make the lives of
all families in the Netherlands ‘easier and more
beautiful’.”
About Wehkamp Wehkamp is a large online
department store in the Netherlands. The company has more than 2.7
million regular customers and more than 500,000 visitors a day, and
it ships more than 11 million packages a year. Its product
assortment consists of more than 400,000 different items spanning
some 2,000 brands, mainly in the categories of fashion, living,
beauty and baby/children. Wehkamp sells large international brands,
local brands, small brands and exclusive brands, and produces many
private label collections. The company believes in cleverly
combining fashion and lifestyle with online technology and a great
shopping experience to offer its customers and partners a relevant
and compelling retail platform. More than 50 percent of its
customers now shop on their mobile devices, mainly via the Wehkamp
app. Any stock item can be ordered today, shipped free of charge
tomorrow and returned free of charge. Wehkamp’s mission is simple:
to make the lives of all families in the Netherlands easier and
more beautiful. For more information, please visit
www.wehkamp.nl.
About Manhattan AssociatesManhattan Associates
is a technology leader in supply chain and omnichannel commerce. We
unite information across the enterprise, converging front-end sales
with back-end supply chain execution. Our software, platform
technology and unmatched experience help drive both top-line growth
and bottom-line profitability for our customers.
Manhattan Associates designs, builds and delivers leading-edge
cloud and on-premises solutions so that across the store, through
your network or from your fulfilment centre, you are ready to reap
the rewards of the omnichannel marketplace. For more information,
please visit: www.manh.nl or www.manh.com/en-nl.
Press Contacts:Evy Moonen LewisTel: +31 (0)40 235
46 00ManhattanBenelux@teamlewis.com |
Martine
ToussaintManhattan AssociatesTel: +31 (0)30 214
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