Abercrombie & Fitch Selects Celarix to Improve Supply Chain Efficiency.Business/Technology Editors CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 2000 Web-Based Technology to Connect Leading Apparel Retailer With Trading Partners and Track Product Shipments Celarix, Inc. (www.celarix.com), dedicated to bringing real customers Web-centric collaborative technology to improve the global supply chain, today announced retailer Abercrombie & Fitch (A & F) will implement Celarix' Web-based Shipper SHIPPER. One who ships or puts goods on board of a vessel, to be carried to another place during her voyage. In general, the shipper is bound to pay for the hire of the vessel, or the freight of the goods. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 1030. Solution to connect with more than 45 trading partners and effectively manage product shipments coming from over 40 different countries. "Customers with complex distribution needs, like A & F, validate To prove something to be sound or logical. Also to certify conformance to a standard. Contrast with "verify," which means to prove something to be correct. For example, data entry validity checking determines whether the data make sense (numbers fall within a range, numeric data the pressing need to move logistics and transportation services online," said Evan Schumacher, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Celarix. "By connecting A & F with all its trading partners via a Web-based solution, the company will be able to communicate much more efficiently with all vendors, and improve its internal inventory and product distribution functions with a process that is smoother, faster and more reliable - good for both our clients and, in the end, the companies they work with on a regular basis." Abercrombie & Fitch sells upscale, casual apparel for men, women and children through a subscription catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. , the Abercrombie & Fitch Web-site and more than 300 retail outlets retail outlet n → punto de venta retail outlet n → point m de vente retail outlet retail n → nationwide, including Abercrombie & Fitch (adults), abercrombie (children) and Hollister Co. Celarix' Shipper Solution will be used by Abercrombie & Fitch to improve its retail planning, inventory and distribution needs through automatically tracking product movements for all of the company's orders, down to the SKU (StockKeeping Unit) The number of one specific product available for sale. If a hardware device or software package comes in different versions, there is an SKU for each one. SKU - stock-keeping unit level, from the time the shipments leave the factory until their arrival at the distribution center. Real-time updates and rules-based reports will alert shippers and managers to potential problems before they arise. About Abercrombie & Fitch A lifestyle brand, Abercrombie & Fitch operated a total of 325 stores at the end of October, including 71 abercrombie stores and four Hollister Co. stores. The Company also operates a kids' e-commerce website at www.abercrombiekids.com, an adult e-commerce website at www.abercrombie.com and publishes the A&F Quarterly. About Celarix, Inc. Based in Cambridge, Mass., Celarix, Inc. (www.celarix.com) was founded in August 1998 by experts from the supply chain, logistics, technology and transportation industries. By leveraging decades of logistics experience, Celarix brings real customers Web-centric collaborative technology to improve the global supply chain, whether they're moving products across the street or around the globe. Celarix provides a single, centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. logistics solution, delivered over the Web. The company offers applications that enable customers to connect with their supply chain partners, manage their logistics activities, analyze their logistics network performance, and procure To cause something to happen; to find and obtain something or someone. Procure refers to commencing a proceeding; bringing about a result; persuading, inducing, or causing a person to do a particular act; obtaining possession or control over an item; or making a person and sell transportation through the latest messaging technologies - ultimately providing retailers, manufacturers, distributors, carriers, freight forwarders An individual who, as a regular business, assembles and combines small shipments into one lot and takes the responsibility for the transportation of such property from the place of receipt to the place of destination. and other trading partners with the information they need to improve customer service and profitability. |
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