Largest Retailer in Mexico Meets Market Demands with Implementation of TRW's MARC Warehouse Management Systems.RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1999-- TRW TRW The Real World (TV reality show) TRW The Right Way TRW Tactical Reconnaissance Wing TRW The Retriever Weekly (University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD) TRW Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc Inc.'s (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : TRW) MARC Systems announced that Mexico's largest retailer, Grupo Liverpool, successfully implemented and went live with the MARC-CS warehouse management system (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 ). Working with MARC(TM) Systems, a leading provider of supply chain execution solutions, and SCAN, a third-party integrator, Grupo Liverpool went live operating at full production capacity at its 250,000 square foot warehouse in Camino Real de Toluca, Mexico on June 7. Mexico City-based Grupo Liverpool chose MARC-CS (Configured Solution) for its configurability and real-time functionality. The first warehouse to incorporate the MARC system, located outside of Mexico City Mexico City Spanish Ciudad de México City (pop., 2000: city, 8,605,239; 2003 metro. area est., 18,660,000), capital of Mexico. Located at an elevation of 7,350 ft (2,240 m), it is officially coterminous with the Federal District, which occupies 571 sq mi , is dedicated to "big ticket" items, such as furniture, major appliances, carpeting and electronics. Grupo Liverpool is using MARC-CS for all major warehousing operations including receiving, putaway, picking and shipping. "We needed a user friendly system that could support multiple languages, keep pace with our rapid growth, and help us better meet customer needs," said Jose Antonio Ruiz Antonio Ruiz is a Spanish footballer who played for Real Madrid and was part of their European Cup victory in 1959. , Manager of Information Systems for Servicios Liverpool, a division of Grupo Liverpool. "Y2K-compliant MARC-CS interfaces with our new sales order The sales order, sometimes abbreviated as SO, is an order received by a business from a customer. A sales order may be for products and/or services. Given the wide variety of businesses, this means that the orders can be fulfilled in several ways. system, in many cases enabling us to deliver merchandise the same day orders are placed." "To meet the needs of the increasingly competitive Mexican retail market, Liverpool was embarking on a new supply chain strategy across the country," said Bob Kennedy, vice president, MARC Systems. "MARC Systems and SCAN helped to execute a solution that replaced the home-grown, two decade-old legacy system and allowed Liverpool to take advantage of MARC's life cycle maintenance support desk." MARC-CS is a comprehensive warehouse management system designed for end-users seeking a standard, off-the-shelf packaged solution. The system is highly user-configurable and modifiable to meet individual warehouse or distribution operation needs. As part of MARC Systems product philosophy, all modifications made to the core package are further integrated into the on-going improvement of the product through version releases. MARC-CS runs in Unix and NT environments using Java under a network computing architecture (NCA (Network Computing Architecture) An architecture from Oracle for developing applications within a networked computing environment. It provides a three-tier distributed environment based on CORBA that uses program components known as "cartridges. ) framework with Oracle. Monterrey, Mexico-based SCAN (Sistemas Computacionales y Automatizacion Numerica SA de CV), an authorized reseller and certified systems integrator of the MARC product line, played an integral role in the integration of the Grupo Liverpool project and in MARC Systems' strategic operations throughout Mexico. About Grupo Liverpool Based in Mexico City, Grupo Liverpool operates three warehouses in Mexico City and Guadalajara. Grupo Liverpool also owns and operates 30 Liverpool and Fabricas de Francia stores throughout Mexico and five shopping centers in Mexico City, Monterrey, and Villa Hermosa. About TRW MARC Systems TRW MARC(TM) Systems is a leading global supply chain execution systems provider. Implemented in more than 200 sites worldwide, the MARC product line has been installed in a broad variety of industries, including pharmaceutical/healthcare, e-fulfillment/.com, third-party logistics, grocery/food services, automotive, high tech/electronics, specialty retail, apparel and publishing. The web-based MARC Systems provides tight integration through its communication layer, MARC eXchange Manager, to any home-grown or leading ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. , SCP/SCM or TMS TMS Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (alternative medicine for depression) TMS Test Match Special (sports - cricket) TMS Texas Motor Speedway TMS Transportation Management System TMS Toyota Motor Sales solution in addition to incorporating XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. technology to facilitate business-to-business communications. For further information, visit http://www.MARCsystems.com . About TRW, Inc. TRW Global Enterprise Solutions (GES GES GTN (Global Transportation Network) Exercise System GES General Estimates System (NHTSA) GES Ghana Education Service GES Government Economic Service (UK) ) provides management and e-business consulting, supply chain execution systems, enterprise planning, supply chain and manufacturing execution solutions to electronics, automotive, pharmaceutical, third-party logistics and telecommunications companies. For further information please visit http://www.trw.com/ges . TRW Inc. provides high-technology products and services to the automotive, aerospace and information technology markets worldwide. Corporate information is available at http://www.trw.com . |
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