Buxton Company to Implement WMS*Yantra; Leather Goods Leader Focuses on Retail Customer Service and Operations.ACTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 1998--Yantra Corporation today announces that the Buxton Company of Springfield, MA has licensed WMS WMS Warehouse Management System WMS Web Map Service (open geospatial consortium specification) WMS West Middle School (Rochester Hills, MI) WMS Workforce Management Software WMS Wechsler Memory Scale *Yantra Yantra is a Sanskrit word that is derived from the root meaning "to restrain, curb, check".[1][2] Meanings for the noun derived from this root include "that which restrains or fastens, any prop or support", "a fetter", "any instrument or machine", "an , Yantra's integrated warehouse and transportation management system. Buxton is a leading producer of high quality men's and ladies' personal leather goods under the Buxtonr and Doppr brands. Buxton will implement WMS*Yantra in their high volume pick/pack/ship warehouse in August 1998. Buxton's customer base is comprised of large national retail chains. WMS*Yantra will allow Buxton to expand its ability to satisfy retail customer requirements. "To satisfy customer needs, Buxton must continue to maintain a state of the art warehouse facility," said Frank Abbatomarco, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Buxton Company. "In comparing the various warehouse management systems in the market today, we believe that WMS*Yantra provides leading edge functionality within the four walls of the warehouse." The value-added service A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. of ticketing, once a requirement of only 9% of Buxton's customers 3 years ago, has become a growing, time consuming, labor intensive Labor Intensive A process or industry that requires large amounts of human effort to produce goods. Notes: A good example is the hospitality industry (hotels, restaurants, etc), they are considered to be very people-oriented. See also: Capital Intensive, Trading Dollars demand of approximately 30 - 40% of Buxton's 2000 plus customer base. WMS*Yantra will automatically produce the necessary customer labels on demand, eliminating manual data entry and reducing order turnaround time (1) In batch processing, the time it takes to receive finished reports after submission of documents or files for processing. In an online environment, turnaround time is the same as response time. . The system will provide Buxton a real time view of on hand inventory and, through cycle counting, eliminate the need for the warehouse to shutdown for physical inventory. "Our system will help Buxton meet their growing compliance demands, reduce chargebacks, and improve efficiencies. More importantly, it will allow Buxton to maximize its resource utilization and be more responsive to their customers' compliance demands," commented Devdutt Yellurkar, President & 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 Yantra Corporation. About Buxton Buxton was founded nearly 100 years ago in 1898 by the Buxton family of Springfield, Massachusetts Springfield is a city in Massachusetts, United States. It is the county seat of Hampden County.GR6 In the 2000 census, the city population was 154,082. . Founded as a novelty goods company, it has grown to be the leader in personal leather goods and travel accessories. Buxton enjoys tremendous brand recognition with consumers, by offering functional leather products made with quality craftsmanship and sold at affordable prices. About Yantra Corporation Yantra Corporation is a leading developer and marketer of high quality software products and services that address the logistics challenges of retail compliance, value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. services, and cost containment cost containment, n the features of a dental benefits program or of the administration of the program designed to reduce or eliminate certain charges to the plan. . It introduced WMS*Yantra, a system designed ground-up for supply chain execution, providing leading corporations with pick/pack/ship distribution operations with best-in-class integrated warehouse and transportation management capability. Yantra is headquartered in Acton, MA. For more information, call 1-888-2 YANTRA, visit the web site at www.yantra.com, or send an email to yantra_sales@inf.com. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: WMS*Yantra has an asterix (*) between WMS and Yantra that may not appear in all systems.
CONTACT: Yantra Corporation
Tamera Potts, 978-635-1422
tamera_potts@inf.com
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