Cheney Brothers Selects Supply Chain Execution Solution from Manhattan Associates.

ATLANTA -- Food Service Distributor Chooses Advanced Slotting Solution to Gain Efficiencies in Picking and Replenishment Across Facilities

Leading supply chain solutions provider, Manhattan Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: MANH), will implement its supply chain solution at Cheney Brothers, Inc., one of the largest food service distributors in the South. Cheney Brothers will deploy Manhattan Associates' Slotting Optimization to support the company's expanding business, establishing the solution as the standard for optimizing warehouse space at both its existing facility and at its planned new facility. The slotting solution will help Cheney Brothers increase productivity, labor efficiency and customer service by ensuring the items are slotted in their optimal pick-putaway slots.

"Manhattan Associates provides the leading slotting optimization solution that is proven in the food industry," said Joe Haber, Cheney Brothers' chief information officer. "The importance of having a more efficient pick process and proper racking grew as the number of SKUs rose at our facility. Our commitment to a new distribution center became the catalyst for implementing a slotting solution that could support our growth as we open a new facility to better support our customers."

Manhattan Associates' Slotting Optimization solution provides Cheney Brothers with the ability to determine proper storage locations that will maximize space utilization, reduce replenishment trips and picking productivity in the distribution center (DC) resulting in increased throughput. The solution can ensure that items are slotted in proper rack types, utilizing racking requirements set by Cheney Brothers--such as storage capacity, volume balancing levels, slot sequencing, family grouping or seasonal parameters. "With the slotting solution, we can plan where to put an item before it even arrives at the DC," commented Haber. The solution also helps build stable pallets, slotting heavy or bulky items earlier in the pick path and smaller or lighter items for the top of the pallet, providing a safer environment for employees and goods.

Another key component in Cheney Brothers' selection of Manhattan Associates' slotting solution was its ability to query the data to easily produce user-friendly reports. "Slotting's query capability allows us to more quickly identify trends and anticipate and resolve issues," said Haber. "Operational users can query for item, location or any other warehouse-related data. For example, we can quickly determine the movement certain items have had in the last two months or which areas may be candidates for re-racking."

"Many customers leverage our slotting optimization solution to gain additional efficiencies out of their capital resources," commented Jeff Mitchell, Manhattan Associates' executive vice president, Americas. "Most companies consider optimizing existing resources crucial to their bottom line. Cheney Brothers recognized the benefits of having a slotting solution that could continuously optimize item slotting in its facilities and provide automated strategic product placement in pick zones according to the company's defined goals."

About Cheney Brothers

Founded in 1925, Cheney Brothers has grown from a distributor of milk and eggs into one of the largest Food Service Distributors in the South. Today, Cheney Brothers inventories over 15,000 items with yearly revenues exceeding $530 million. We stock a broad selection of products with national brand recognition, bringing you, our customers the quality and consistency that you expect and demand. Cheney Brothers realizes that our success depends on our customers' success. That's why our number one goal is to provide our Customers with unmatched service. That service dedication and success of our customers has made Cheney Brothers one of the fastest growing, respected and progressive food service distributors in the southeast. The future of our business depends on our ability to understand our customers' needs. Through innovative vision and advanced technologies Cheney Brothers will continually succeed in providing our customers with exceptional service.

About Manhattan Associates, Inc.

Manhattan Associates(R) is a leading supply chain solutions provider. The company's demand intelligence, advanced planning, supply chain planning, supply chain execution and business process platform capabilities enable its more than 1200 customers worldwide to enhance profitability, performance and competitive advantage. For more information, please visit www.manh.com.