Warehouse Management System

FORTE designed and built a new, automated 450,000 sq. ft. distribution center in Cincinnati, Ohio. A WMS needs analysis was performed, including vendor evaluation, selection and implementation.

FORTE provided an Operations Assessment to identify improvement opportunities within Maui Jim’s DC. The primary focus of the assessment included the pick line, material flow and layout, warehouse management system (WMS), and distribution processes.

FORTE worked with Keen to identify key business drivers and success factors, peer distribution approach in their vertical and to develop a cost and risk assessment.

FORTE performed a network optimization study that identified the need for a bi-coastal distribution center network. RoadRunner could keep their West Coast location and add a new facility in Columbus, Ohio.

FORTE provided Smith & Nephew recommendations on the existing distribution model and presented a range of options from complete in-house distribution to total 3PL distribution.

To handle Vera Bradley’s growth, FORTE originally designed a highly automated, 200,000 sq. ft. distribution center and integrated a Warehouse Management System (WMS) with material handling automation utilizing FORTE’s Smart Warehouse Suite™ software.

With a wide selection of styles, rue21 was growing rapidly, opening eight to 10 stores per month. With more than 750 stores in more than 45 states, they needed to cost-effectively improve operations to support not only their existing stores, but also the hundreds of planned retail stores.

FORTE identified a go-forward strategy for expansion by creating a model to simulate the effects of market growth on outbound transportation cost and service levels.

FORTE retrofitted and expanded the one-year-old sortation system with two new sorters serving a total of 100 lanes. The increase in lanes and decrease in pallet positions per lane eliminated manual RF scanning.

After a thorough WMS needs analysis, vendor evaluation and selection, we integrated the WMS with the new material handling system utilizing FORTE’s Automation Director™ WCS.

The Exacta warehouse management system (WMS) provides you with a suite of software applications that enable you to customize and view your warehouse system in ways that best benefit your business requirements.

Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based Furniture Outlets wanted to streamline processes in its 550,000-square-foot warehouse and strengthen the back end of the business to increase throughput and decrease cost associated with the supply chain. So the company turned to RedPrairie for a warehouse management solution.

Prior to RedPrairie, Furniture Outlets was managing its warehouse with an RF tracking system, and they needed full warehouse management system capabilities to gain efficiencies and accuracy. The solution lacked directed putaway, so tasks were linear and productivity was affected.

Marriott deployed RedPrairie’s VLM (Visual Labor Management) solution in 2000 at 262 full service properties and in 2006 rolled out RedPrairie’s Workforce Management Suite at 500 select service properties.

At ADS we differentiate ourselves based on the technology and services we can offer our customers. Our highly automated approach depends on the flexibility and versatility of the RedPrairie WMS - Paul Peavey, Director of Operations, ADS Gaffney Logistics Center.