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Delivering Health and Happiness

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Technology Category	Functional Applications - Transportation Management Systems (TMS)
Applicable Industries	Healthcare & Hospitals Retail
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases	Fleet Management Supply Chain Visibility
Services	Training
Challenge	Walgreens, one of the largest drugstore chains in the United States, interacts with more than 10 million consumers a day across its 8000 stores in all 50 states. The company's aggressive expansion plan has resulted in a Walgreens store being located within five miles of approximately 76 percent of Americans. While this makes it extremely convenient for consumers to access the company’s wide range of products and services, it creates a significant logistic challenge for the retailer’s supply chain planners. Prior to implementing JDA Transportation Management, Walgreens relied on legacy software tools which were not able to keep up with the speed and complexity of the company's logistics operations. Read More
About Customer	Walgreens is one of the largest drugstore chains in the United States, with more than 8000 stores in all 50 states. The company interacts with more than 10 million consumers a day, offering a wide range of products and services including prescriptions, last-minute grocery or gift needs, photo prints, and beauty products. Thanks to an aggressive expansion plan, a Walgreens store is located within five miles of approximately 76 percent of Americans. This makes it extremely convenient for consumers to access the company’s products and services, but it also creates a significant logistic challenge for the retailer’s supply chain planners. Read More
Solution	Walgreens implemented JDA Transportation Management to optimize not only shipments to its 8000 stores, but also its inbound logistics from Asia and other parts of the world. The move to JDA ensured that Walgreens has the most advanced solution, which is critical to keep their business running at the speed it needs to. JDA Services conducted training classes for Walgreens' transportation planners, enabling them to apply the software to the company’s logistics challenges. The company also developed its own training content based on what was learned in those sessions and used that content to roll the software out to the field users. The user-friendly interface of JDA Transportation Management has also helped the company in recruiting new transportation planners. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Functional Applications - Transportation Management Systems (TMS)

Applicable Industries

Healthcare & Hospitals

Retail

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Fleet Management

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

Training

Challenge

Walgreens, one of the largest drugstore chains in the United States, interacts with more than 10 million consumers a day across its 8000 stores in all 50 states. The company's aggressive expansion plan has resulted in a Walgreens store being located within five miles of approximately 76 percent of Americans. While this makes it extremely convenient for consumers to access the company’s wide range of products and services, it creates a significant logistic challenge for the retailer’s supply chain planners. Prior to implementing JDA Transportation Management, Walgreens relied on legacy software tools which were not able to keep up with the speed and complexity of the company's logistics operations.

About Customer

Walgreens is one of the largest drugstore chains in the United States, with more than 8000 stores in all 50 states. The company interacts with more than 10 million consumers a day, offering a wide range of products and services including prescriptions, last-minute grocery or gift needs, photo prints, and beauty products. Thanks to an aggressive expansion plan, a Walgreens store is located within five miles of approximately 76 percent of Americans. This makes it extremely convenient for consumers to access the company’s products and services, but it also creates a significant logistic challenge for the retailer’s supply chain planners.

Solution

Walgreens implemented JDA Transportation Management to optimize not only shipments to its 8000 stores, but also its inbound logistics from Asia and other parts of the world. The move to JDA ensured that Walgreens has the most advanced solution, which is critical to keep their business running at the speed it needs to. JDA Services conducted training classes for Walgreens' transportation planners, enabling them to apply the software to the company’s logistics challenges. The company also developed its own training content based on what was learned in those sessions and used that content to roll the software out to the field users. The user-friendly interface of JDA Transportation Management has also helped the company in recruiting new transportation planners.

Impact #1	Reduced overall transportation spend via greater visibility and cost control
Impact #2	Improved delivery speed and agility
Impact #3	Decreased environmental impact by reducing mileage of the truck fleet

Impact #1

Reduced overall transportation spend via greater visibility and cost control

Impact #2

Improved delivery speed and agility

Impact #3

Decreased environmental impact by reducing mileage of the truck fleet

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Delivering Health and Happiness

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