Manhattan Associates Redefines Warehouse Management for a Connected Commerce World
May 22 2018 - 8:00AM
Manhattan Associates Inc. (NASDAQ:MANH) today announced significant
improvements to its market leading Warehouse Management Solution
(WMS) to help retailers, distributors and logistics companies
remaster the art of fulfillment by improving order flexibility,
maximizing asset utilization and expanding mobile workflows.
Leading brands that formerly relied on retail partners to
distribute their products are racing to improve their revenues,
margins and customer relationships by expanding their
direct-to-consumer (DTC) business. According to Forbes, the number
of manufacturers selling directly to consumers is expected to grow
71% this year. However, traditional warehouses have not been
designed to handle small DTC orders.
Manhattan Associates now has improved its market-leading WMS
solution for today’s connected commerce world. The updated
solutions provide unprecedented order intelligence and
optimization, unmatched orchestration of man and machine and
unrivaled workforce agility and efficiency.
“The need for improved speed, efficiency, visibility and
accountability are reverberating throughout the supply chain and
are influencing warehouse operations,” said Eddie Capel, president
and CEO of Manhattan Associates. “Manhattan is proud to enhance our
market-leading Warehouse Management solutions with new intelligent
optimization, asset orchestration and workforce agility tools that
address these changing needs.”
Order StreamingHistorically, warehouses have
been designed as storage and deployment facilities for large, bulk
quantities with wave fulfillment being the most efficient way to
process these orders. Because traditional distribution centers
didn’t fully anticipate today’s volume of e-commerce shipping, the
industry has coped by building secondary facilities or dedicated
areas in the main warehouse. These separate areas carry significant
additional cost through their redundant equipment, inventory and
labor.
Manhattan has enhanced its Order Streaming capabilities to
produce a single, intelligent fulfillment optimization engine
capable of simultaneously processing wave, waveless and
flow-through orders in a single facility. Order Streaming
dynamically manages different fulfillment methods with reduced
order processing times, increased accuracy and higher service
levels, using machine learning to orchestrate activities between
workforce and automation assets.
Warehouse Execution SystemRecent advancements
in robotics and automation introduce many efficiencies to warehouse
operations, and it is common for multiple brands and types of
automation to be used within a single facility. Coordinating the
disparate technologies to work together, as well as with the human
workforce, requires an increasingly sophisticated integration layer
that can anticipate the workload needed from the overall Warehouse
Management System. Manhattan is the first company to embed a
Warehouse Execution System (WES) within a WMS to efficiently
orchestrate workflow across the full spectrum of resources.
Manhattan’s WES is built to integrate quickly and seamlessly with
any automation and can coordinate operations across multiple
sites.
“The use of robotic and automation technologies in the warehouse
clearly adds value but does not preclude the need for thoughtful
and efficient workflows,” said Capel. “By embedding WES
capabilities into our WMS, Manhattan is leveraging the industry’s
preeminent warehouse intelligence to orchestrate and maximize the
performance of every resource.”
Unified Distribution ControlIn its newest WMS
release, Manhattan is also delivering Unified Distribution Control,
a responsive and intuitive user interface (UI) that leverages
modern touchscreen technologies and data visualization techniques
to help supervisors see, diagnose, and fix anything from any
location. The company’s advanced analytics give managers a wide
perspective of warehouse performance with actionable insights and
respond to trends or issues in real time. The interface also
includes an associate version that helps streamline task completion
and reduce training times, giving users a consistent and familiar
experience on both fixed stations and mobile tablet form factors
across all major operating systems.
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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 fulfillment center, you are ready to reap
the rewards of the omnichannel marketplace. For more information,
please visit www.manh.com.
Press Contact:Rick FernandezManhattan
Associates
678-597-6988rfernandez@manh.com
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