Bear Creek Handles Holiday Rush with New Sourcing, Distribution and Productivity Solutions from RedPrairie.Business Editors WAUKESHA, Wis adv. 1. Certainly; really; indeed. v. t. 1. To think; to suppose; to imagine; - used chiefly in the first person sing. present tense, I wis. See the Note under Ywis. .--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 21, 2003 Leading Direct to Consumer Retailer Increases Inventory Accuracy and Labor Productivity for Improved Customer Service RedPrairie Corporation, a leader in global supply chain technology solutions, today announced that Bear Creek Bear Creek may refer to: Communities
1 City (1990 pop. 37,446), seat of Jackson co., S Mich., on the Grand River; inc. 1857. It is an industrial and commercial center in a farm region. & Perkins, has improved inventory accuracy to 99.97 percent and improved customer service at Bear Creek's Hebron, Ohio Hebron is a village in Licking County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,034 at the 2000 census. Geography Hebron is located at (39.963125, -82.492235)GR1. distribution center as a result of the September 2, 2003 rollout of RedPrairie's warehouse management and productivity management solutions. In a second phase of the implementation, Bear Creek will use RedPrairie's new sourcing module, DLx(R) SourceRight, to source orders from its distribution facilities in Hebron, Ohio and Medford, Oregon Medford is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. As of 2006, the city had a total population of 73,960.[1] The city was named in the 1880s by David Loring, a civil engineer working for the Oregon and California Railroad for his home town of Medford, , as well as from the three third party logistics providers (3PLs) it employs for the holiday rush. This will improve customer service by reducing shortages and substitutions while also lowering distribution costs distribution costs distribute npl → Vertriebskosten pl . Steve Dow, Sr. Vice President, Eastern Distribution for Bear Creek says, "We ship approximately 2 million packages in December alone, and our business continues to grow. We had outstripped our ability to support this growth with our paper-based batch inventory system." The paper-based inventory system required significant clerical input, resulting in Bear Creek's view of inventory being 4-6 hours behind. The new system will provide real-time vision of inventory to facilitate more timely decisions on allocation The apportionment or designation of an item for a specific purpose or to a particular place. In the law of trusts, the allocation of cash dividends earned by a stock that makes up the principal of a trust for a beneficiary usually means that the dividends will be treated as and sourcing. "We were doing a good job controlling our inventory with the paper-based system," adds Dow. "But inventory accuracy was only about 60 percent and we couldn't support more growth. Now our accuracy is 99.97 percent." Bear Creek researched six vendors before selecting RedPrairie for their comprehensive suite of products. "RedPrairie's products were further along than the competition's," noted Dow. "And their strategic growth matched Bear Creek's plans. It was easy to establish the ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). was there." Bear Creek's objectives for the new solution were to increase inventory accuracy into the high 90s to eliminate shortages, improve customer service by reducing product substitutions, and improve their unit cost of labor. This latter objective is being met with RedPrairie's advanced Productivity Management solution, which is helping Bear Creek to plan and manage labor usage in the distribution center. "The installation was flawless and invisible to our customers," says Dow. "We are already hitting our unit cost of labor and throughput The speed with which a computer processes data. It is a combination of internal processing speed, peripheral speeds (I/O) and the efficiency of the operating system and other system software all working together. 1. objectives. We look forward to expanding this into an enterprise fulfillment ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. approach through DLx SourceRight." Comments John Jazwiec, RedPrairie Company Leader, "We have a total focus on helping our customers achieve measurable logistics results with our solutions. We find that when customers share this dedication to achieving results, as Bear Creek does, implementations are invariably in·var·i·a·ble adj. Not changing or subject to change; constant. in·var  i·a·bil smooth and successful. We congratulate the Bear Creek team on
having a strong impact on their corporate growth and customer service
goals. We are proud to have assisted them in their significant
achievements."
About Bear Creek Corporation Medford, Oregon based Bear Creek is the parent company of Harry and David, America's premier direct marketer of fruit, and Jackson & Perkins, America's first and largest mail-order nursery business. For more information, access www.bco.com. About RedPrairie Corporation RedPrairie is a leader in global supply chain technology solutions that help customers achieve superior logistics results by driving out logistics costs and improving customer service. This is accomplished through an RFID-enabled suite of supply chain execution solutions (DigitaLogistix(R)) that provide the industry's leading transportation, productivity, and distribution management capabilities, augmented with components for real-time visibility, control and performance measurement. These solutions are deployed through an end-to-end results delivery system (the RedPrairie Approach) that ensures customer results achievement. RedPrairie is a leader in many markets, including high tech and electronics, consumer goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and , food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. , third party logistics, retail and wholesale, service parts, and make-to-order manufacturing. Customers include Hewlett-Packard, Sony, Procter & Gamble, Nestle, Panasonic, Georgia-Pacific, Eveready, Unilever, Exel, GE, Amazon.com, and many others. For additional information, call 1.888.624.8448, or access www.RedPrairie.com. RedPrairie is a trademark, and DigitaLogistix and DLx are registered trademarks of RedPrairie Corporation. (C) 2003 RedPrairie Corporation. All Rights Reserved. |
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