Manhattan Associates sees uptick in supply-chain business Articles and Recent Press
Never waste a good recession. Even though that lesson has been drilled into CEOs time and again, many aggressively cut R&D and key projects during tough times, just like they do with operating expenses. But when important capital investments are put on the back burner, companies risk future growth in what can be a penny-wise, pound-foolish move. Still, many did just that during the height of this recession — if one bellwether firm’s experience is indicative. Some had no choice, given the credit crunch. “Companies didn’t know where they would get cash, so they postponed investment,” said Pete Sinisgalli, president and CEO of Manhattan Associates. View Article

The Changing Landscape of Retail Implementations Articles and Recent Press
SupplyChainBrain, June 22, 2010 There is a clear transformation happening in the IT landscape for retailers. Systems are opening, innovation is increasing, decision-making authority is shifting, and cross-functional implementation teams are forming. All of this is delivering greater business benefits and reducing the total cost of ownership (TCO). View article

Manhattan Associates: Under Armour Achieves Record Product Shipments Through WMS Articles and Recent Press
Apparel, June 7, 2010Manhattan Associates reported today in a press release that Under Armour has achieved record product shipments through the implementation of the vendor's WMS. Under Armour selected Manhattan Associates' Warehouse Management solution (WMS) to manage processes in its footwear and apparel DCs, and leveraged Manhattan's Slotting Optimization to help make smarter decisions about where products should be placed in the warehouse, based on demand. Under Armour has also implemented Manhattan's Extended Enterprise Management (EEM) to provide automatic inventory updates that the company can communicate to its vendor network. View article

Under Armour Achieves Record Product Shipments with WMS Articles and Recent Press
RIS News, June 7, 2010 Under Armour selected Manhattan Associates' Warehouse Management solution (WMS) to manage processes in its footwear and apparel DCs, and leveraged Manhattan's Slotting Optimization to help make smarter decisions about where products should be placed in the warehouse, based on demand. Under Armour also implemented Manhattan's Extended Enterprise Management (EEM) to provide automatic inventory updates that the company can communicate to its vendor network. View article

Dennis Story, CFO of the Year Finalist Articles and Recent Press
Atlanta Business Chronicle, June 4-10, 2010 Through focusing on growth, profitability, cash flow and a strong balance sheet, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Dennis Story helped Manhattan Associates Inc. plot a course through the turbulent economy. View article

Retail All-Stars: Jim Calo, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Under Armour Articles and Recent Press
Consumer Goods Technology, June 2, 2010 by Christina Zarrello In a span of 13 years, Under Armour has transformed itself from a virtually unknown entity into a global brand worn by professional athletes around the globe. But as business boomed, its warehouse management system was no longer able to scale to its needs. Calo and his team went live with a warehouse management system from Manhattan Associates in 2008 from its Baltimore-based distribution center. "We were able to get footwear up without missing a beat," says Calo. In the future, Under Armour plans to add a new labor management solution. View article

State of WMS: Upgrade Time Articles and Recent Press
Modern Materials Handling, June 1, 2010 - by Bridget McCrea The grandfather of the supply chain software sector, the venerable warehouse management system (WMS), held on to the top spot in its class last year. Logistics Management’s 2010 Software User Survey revealed that these useful systems continued to gain ground in 2009 and will penetrate the market even more this year despite the continuing economic woes being reported by many of its traditional users. View article

Taking Stock - O’Reilly Automotive benefits from the science of inventory management Articles and Recent Press
Stores, June, 2010 - by Ed McKinley O’Reilly Automotive juggles 25,000 SKUs in smaller stores and as many as 65,000 in larger locations, says vice president of purchasing Gregory Beck. To reduce inventory and streamline the flow of goods, O’Reilly draws on its 14-year relationship with Manhattan Associates. Based in Atlanta, Manhattan Associates continually refines the underlying science of inventory control, staying in touch with customers’ changing needs. View article

Why Best Pick is Not Your Best Forecasting Option Articles and Recent Press
SupplyChainBrain, May 28, 2010 - by Rod Daugherty Demand forecasting has been the bane of suppliers, manufacturers and retailers for years. Considering the costly and detrimental consequences that poor forecasting can have on a business, it seems more companies would give this part of their supply chains more attention. But many don’t. For some, it is guesswork at best. View article

The Long View - With deeper visibility into its supply chain, a retailer shows more products to customers. Articles and Recent Press
Internet Retailer, May 27, 2010 - by Paul Demery It offers products that meet virtually any need of the serious or even not-so-serious cyclist. But multichannel retailer Performance Bicycle hasn't always been able to show online shoppers its entire inventory—which can cost it the sale, for example, of a Mongoose mountain bike that is ready and waiting in one of its warehouses. That's beginning to change, however, with a new web-based system designed to show web and catalog shoppers all the inventory Performance has available, whether it's in one of the retailer's four distribution centers, one of its stores, or available at a supplier set up and willing to drop-ship orders directly to the retailer's customers. View article

Apparel's 2010 Innovators: Vera Bradley Articles and Recent Press
Apparel, May 26, 2010 Every company wants to grow and become more profitable. And while rapid expansion and growing popularity are both things to envy, they come with their own unique set of challenges. Those were the challenges facing Vera Bradley, the accessories company known for its colorful prints and quilted purses, when it decided to take on the big four challenge: automating ordering processes, implementing ERP and supply chain solutions, and moving into a much larger 200,000 square foot facility. At the time, the company's operations couldn't sustain the double-digit growth it was experiencing. View article

Vendor Insight: The Unified Forecasting Method Articles and Recent Press
Integrated Solutions for Retailers, May 24, 2010 - by Rod Daugherty Lost sales, increased costs, and poor customer service due to inaccurate forecasts, out-of-stocks, overstocks, unsuccessful promotions, markdowns, and out-of-season items play havoc with a company's bottom line. Not too many companies can remain profitable by writing off hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of merchandise on an annual basis or sitting idly by as its customer base erodes due to inadequate service. View article

World of Difference: Finally, Some Good News Articles and Recent Press
Supply Chain Brain, May 24, 2010 “Our main mission is to provide gainful employment for the visually impaired and totally blind,” says Greg Hernandez, distribution/ warehouse manager at Austin Lighthouse. “The workers pick orders, bring them to a production line, put them through a quality-control function and then take them to packing and shipping stations.” View article

Whirlpool Optimizes Visibility Inside and Outside its Warehouses Articles and Recent Press
Logistics Today, May 13, 2010 Whirlpool Corp., a manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances, determined that its supply chain required the flexibility, scalability and agility to address the different requirements across all of its channels while maintaining the customer service expected of the brand. Whirlpool implemented Manhattan Associates' Warehouse Management, Slotting Management and Labor Management from the Manhattan SCOPE Distribution Management solution suite to optimize its vast distribution network, along with the Extended Enterprise Management solution to optimize inventory visibility with vendors and trading partners. View article

Whirlpool Spins Flexibility and Agility into Its Supply Chain Articles and Recent Press
Retailing Today, May 13, 2010 The supply chain plays a critical role for global corporations, and the value of an optimized network is never more apparent than following a major acquisition and/or reorganization. Whirlpool, the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances, provides an excellent example.   View article

Of Platforms and Architectures Articles and Recent Press
RSR, May 11, 2010 - by Nikki Baird Last week I attended Manhattan's Momentum user group conference. At the event, Manhattan unveiled the completion of their transition to an integrated platform, enabled by a service-oriented architecture. Paula touched on some of the immediate benefits coming to distributed order management and some of the inventory and transportation benefits from a platform approach to optimization in her article last week. Personally, I think it's fantastic. I think that anyone looking to buy software should be pushing vendors hard on how much progress they may or may not be making in modernizing their internal architecture - it's one thing to have to deal with the mess that your own internal systems may represent, but the last thing you need is to perpetuate it by investing in technology that can't play in a modern architecture. View article

A Conversation with 'CMO of the Year' Finalist Terrie O'Hanlon, Manhattan Associates Articles and Recent Press
CMO.com, May 10, 2010 To help develop customer intimacy, a small number of key targets were identified and approached one-on-one to share their stories of supply-chain success with key influencers in the media and analyst community. Terrie O’Hanlon directed a new course of action to decrease the number of targets and focus on the right people in the right industry verticals with key messages and an intimate (stylized mailers, personalized URLs) delivery. View article

Supply Chain News: Manhattan Associates Momentum Conference Video Review and Comment Articles and Recent Press
SCDigest, May 10, 2010 - by Dan Gilmore SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore is just back from Hollywood, FL and the Manhattan Associates Momentum User Conference. His video trip report includes interviews with Manhattan CEO Pete Sinisgalli regarding Manhattan's new Platform product release and Gartner analyst Dwight Klappich on recent results from a Gartner-SCDigest survey, plus VF Corp.'s thoughts on multi-channel inventory and DC management, new thinking about replenishment optimization, and more. View article

Manhattan Associates Launches Supply Chain Visibility, Execution Solution Articles and Recent Press
Apparel, May 7, 2010 Manhattan Associates launches FieldSCOUT: Supply Chain Optimized for Untethered Technology. Working with handheld devices, FieldSCOUT is an application designed for the extended enterprise to deliver on-the-go visibility when users are occasionally disconnected. View article

New DC and New Technology Mean Fewer Touches Articles and Recent Press
Supermarket News, May 4, 2010 - by Mike Garry Faced with increasing competition and shrinking margins, Nature's Best decided it could gain greater efficiencies — and reduce touches — by consolidating its multi-building distribution center into a single warehouse. At the same time, it invested in new supply chain management technology from Manhattan Associates, Atlanta. Nature's Best selected three applications from Manhattan Associates' Scope Distribution Management product suite: Warehouse Management, Slotting Optimization and Supply Chain Intelligence. View article