Brown-Forman Upgrades Warehouse Management System With Intermec and Catalyst Consulting.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers EVERETT, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2002 Brown-Forman Beverages Worldwide has completed an upgrade of its warehouse management system that already is slashing shipping errors and significantly increasing throughput. The new system uses automated data collection hardware from Intermec Technologies Corp. and SAP Console transactions and logistics execution system consulting from Catalyst Consulting. Brown-Forman, based in Louisville, Ky., produces and markets brands of wine and spirits, including Jack Daniel's For the running coach, see . For the British car engineer, see . For the American politician, see . Jack Daniel's is a Tennessee whiskey distillery and brand known for its rectangular bottles and black label. , Canadian Mist and Korbel. The company's new system uses Intermec 2455 and 2425 data collection terminals and 3400 series printers, as well as Intermec MobileLAN(TM) wireless local area network access points. Together, these devices automate Brown-Forman's material handling processes, label pallets and products for shipping, and deliver critical shipment and inventory data to the company's SAP enterprise resource planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. system in real time via the Intermec wireless network. Catalyst Consulting was a key partner in the warehouse management system implementation, providing standard and custom SAP Console transactions designed to support Brown-Forman's existing business processes. The system went live in January 2002. "With Catalyst Consulting and Intermec, we're able to continue to use the processes we had already created many years before to increase efficiency," said Chris Ford Christopher Joseph Ford (born January 11, 1949 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA) is a former professional basketball player and head coach. A 6' 5" (1.96 m) guard from Villanova University, he played ten seasons (1972-1982) in the NBA as a member of the Detroit Pistons and Boston , Brown-Forman enterprise solutions consultant. "And we're realizing the benefits of automating processes that used to be totally manual. We've already seen about a 20% increase in throughput and our shipping errors dropped from 3% to about 0.3%." In addition, Brown-Forman required a wireless network infrastructure that supported IP tunneling Carrying a protocol from another networking system within an IP packet; for example, transmitting NetWare IPX packets within IP. See tunneling. and roaming across subnets. "Intermec's dual-radio access points filled the bill and also provide for expansion in the future," Ford said. "We already knew Intermec as a solid company with a dominant presence in SAP environments," Ford said. "We'd been using their printers for several years and were pleased with the service and support we received, so Intermec was our first choice when we evaluated hardware vendors." About Intermec Intermec Technologies Corp., a UNOVA Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :UNA Una personification of honesty; leads lamb and rides white ass. [Br. Lit.: Faerie Queene] See : Honesty ) company, has been named Microsoft Corp.'s OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and Embedded Partner of the Year. Intermec is a leader in global supply chain solutions and in the development, manufacture and integration of wired and wireless automated data collection, Intellitag(R) RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) A data collection technology that uses electronic tags for storing data. The tag, also known as an "electronic label," "transponder" or "code plate," is made up of an RFID chip attached to an antenna. (radio frequency identification See RFID. ), mobile computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings systems, bar code printers and label media. The company's products and services are used by customers in many industries to improve productivity, quality and responsiveness of business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets , from supply chain management and enterprise resource planning to field sales and service. For information about Intermec, visit www.intermec.com. To learn more about how companies can benefit from Intermec's supply chain technologies, contact Intermec Technologies Corp., 6001 36th Ave. West, Everett, WA 98203-9280 USA; telephone 800/347-2636; or visit Intermec's web site at www.intermec.com. To learn more about UNOVA, visit www.unova.com. About Catalyst Consulting Services Catalyst Consulting Services Inc., a mySAP.com partner and Intermec Premier Solutions Partner, offers experienced R/3 consulting and integration services and is extending the reach of SAPConsole beyond release 4.6 and to all logistics applications. The company, while embracing SAP's strategic direction regarding its R/3 Logistics Execution System, offers products to complement and enhance the SAP standard Mobile Data entry transaction offering available as of release 4.6, making the functionality of integrated RF data collection available to all R/3 customers regardless of release level. Catalyst is focused on providing a vertically integrated SAP solution. For information about Catalyst Consulting Services, visit www.catalyst-pa.com. |
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