14 Degrees Quenches Thirst for Growth with Manhattan Associates
January 23, 2017 at 05:00 pm
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Manhattan Associates, Inc. announced that 14 Degrees has completed a successful implementation of Manhattan’s warehouse and distribution management solution Manhattan SCALE. The deployment is part of a business transformation project designed to deliver an enhanced service experience for 14 Degrees’ customers and to drive continued business growth. Within just a few months of the solution’s deployment at its Port Melbourne distribution center in Victoria, Australia, 14 Degrees has reported accelerated goods flows, improved on-shelf availability for customers’ products, a 99.9% inventory accuracy level and a 25% gain in productivity. 14 Degrees now has a more flexible and streamlined distribution capability for serving the country’s leading wineries including Yering Station, Mount Langi Ghiran and Xanadu. The versatility of the Manhattan solution has enabled 14 Degrees to expand its service capabilities beyond wine to other products requiring temperature controlled storage and transport. Manhattan SCALE solves supply chain execution challenges for organizations in a whole range of industry sectors, whilst its scalability ensures companies can comfortably handle peak demand periods as well as grow their businesses over time. With 14 Degrees looking at new distribution markets including pharmaceuticals, the solution’s agility and capacity to support companies operating in multiple industries were central to 14 Degrees’ decision to deploy Manhattan SCALE. SCALE also offers a user-friendly interface, is easy for staff to learn, can be deployed quickly and boasts a high degree of configurability to meet the needs of diverse businesses.
Manhattan Associates, Inc. sells, deploys, services and maintains software solutions designed to manage supply chains, inventory and omnichannel operations for retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers, logistics providers and other organizations. The Company operates through three geographical segments: North and Latin America; Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA); and Asia Pacific (APAC). It provides companies the tools needed to manage distribution and optimize transportation costs throughout their entire commercial network. Its solutions consist of software, services, and hardware, which coordinate people, workflows, assets, events, and tasks holistically across the functions linked in a supply chain from planning through execution. These solutions also help coordinate the actions, data exchange, and communication of participants in supply chain ecosystems, such as manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, trading partners, transportation providers, channels, and consumers.