Manhattan Associates Announces Support for Microsoft’s Smarter Retailing Initiative
Manhattan Associates’ Warehouse Management for Windows and Microsoft- Based RFID Solution Bring Superior Supply Chain Execution Performance to Retail Customers
NEW YORK – January 12, 2004 – Manhattan Associates®, Inc. (Nasdaq: MANH), the global leader in supply chain execution (SCE) solutions, today announced its support for Microsoft’s Smarter Retailing Initiative, a comprehensive solutions framework for unleashing the next generation of retail innovation. Manhattan Associates’ support for the initiative is the latest development in an ongoing relationship between the companies to bring leading-edge supply chain execution solutions to enterprises that rely on the Microsoft platform. Manhattan Associates’ Warehouse Management for Windows and Microsoft-based Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) solutions support the initiative by providing retailers with the most comprehensive Windows-based supply chain execution solution while ensuring their ability to reap the benefits of new, transformational technologies like RFID. As a result, retailers that follow Microsoft’s retailing vision have the platform and applications needed to lower costs and increase efficiencies as they optimize their supply chain execution activities.
Built on Microsoft technology, Manhattan Associates’ solutions enable retailers to reduce warehouse and logistics costs, increase SCE efficiency and leverage state-of-the-art technologies such as RFID. Warehouse and logistics management is vital to ensuring that retailers have the right products, in the right quantities, at the right places to meet consumer demand, and Manhattan Associates has a long history of delivering solutions to meet these needs.
"We are excited to be working with Manhattan Associates in the delivery of their supply chain solutions that support Smarter Operations," said Brian Scott, general manager, retail and hospitality industry solutions group at Microsoft Corp. "Warehouse Management for Windows and Microsoft-based RFID solutions complement the Smarter Retailing Initiative by enabling retailers to reduce warehouse and logistics costs, increase supply chain execution (SCE) efficiency and leverage state-of-the-art technologies such as RFID."
Manhattan Associates’ Warehouse Management for Windows helps to meet Microsoft’s Smarter Retailing Initiative by enabling retailers to quickly realize operational improvements and cost savings through increasing inventory and order accuracy, improving resource allocation and reducing cycle times. By leveraging Microsoft .NET in their solutions, Manhattan Associates has made it easier than ever for retailers to build end-to-end solutions that integrate all participants in the supply chain.
"The rapid pace of change in the retail supply chain and the introduction of new technologies like RFID present tremendous challenges to retailers. Retailers are being deluged with technology choices and have very little time to evaluate what works, what doesn’t and what internal resources can be better utilized," said Eric Peters, senior vice president, products and strategy at Manhattan Associates. "For more than 10 years Manhattan Associates has been a trusted guide for its customers, providing supply chain execution solutions and expertise that have reaped real-world benefits. Our offering, combined with Microsoft’s, gives retailers a proven solution they can rely on today and in the future. We are excited to support Microsoft’s Smarter Retailing Initiative by lending our supply chain expertise to the greater collection of retail technology expertise that it is amassing."
The introduction of RFID technology has changed the way retailers are viewing supply chain technology and it is shaping the technology decisions that retailers are making. Manhattan Associates’ Microsoft-based RFID Solution is the most feature-rich RFID solution available today. Utilizing Microsoft’s Internet Information Services (IIS), Microsoft’s SQL Server technology and Microsoft’s Windows CE for handheld devices, this solution merges Manhattan Associates’ core warehouse management functionality with RFID specific capabilities. The first solution to utilize Electronic Product Code (ePC) compliant printing technology to print RFID-tagged labels, Manhattan Associates’ Microsoft-based RFID Solution delivers easy RFID deployments and increased efficiency in the supply chain from sourcing to consumption.
For more information on Manhattan Associates and its solutions, please visit www.manh.com.
About Microsoft’s Smarter Retailing Initiative
The Microsoft Smarter Retailing Initiative helps retailers win today by leveraging current investments, and win tomorrow by easing delivery of new retail experiences. Consisting of Smarter Shopping, Smarter Selling and Smarter Operations, the Smarter Retailing Initiative is designed to close the loop between the retailer’s strategy, the in-store execution, and familiar technologies already in the consumer’s hands. More information can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/smartretail/.
About Manhattan Associates
Manhattan Associates Inc. is the global leader in providing supply chain execution solutions. We enable operational excellence through our warehousing and distribution, transportation and trading partner management applications. These integrated solutions leverage state-of-the-art technologies, innovative practices and our domain expertise to enhance performance, profitability and competitive advantage. Manhattan Associates has licensed more than 925 customers representing more than 1,400 facilities worldwide, which include some of the world`s leading manufacturers, distributors and retailers. For more information about Manhattan Associates, visit www.manh.com.
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