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Delivering on Customer Promises

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Technology Category	Functional Applications - Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)
Applicable Industries	Automotive Food & Beverage Packaging
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation Warehouse & Inventory Management
Use Cases	Inventory Management Warehouse Automation
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services System Integration
Challenge	ATL, a fast-growing family-owned business offering mission-critical warehousing and logistics solutions to automotive, food and beverage, and packaging companies, among others, was facing challenges with its existing warehousing management system (WMS). The system lacked the flexibility and systematic traceability required to enable growth in the warehousing arm of the business and diversify in new products that required multi-level tracking. With plans to double business size over the next five years, accurate management and control of day-to-day warehouse operations was critical. The company needed a solution that could improve the speed and accuracy of its warehousing and logistics activities. Read More
About Customer	ATL is a fast-growing family-owned business headquartered in Foston, South Derbyshire, UK. The company offers mission-critical warehousing and logistics solutions to a wide range of customers, including automotive, food and beverage, and packaging companies, among others. With over a million feet of warehouse space, approximately 100 commercial vehicles and 150 trailers, ATL stores and delivers products for a wide range of customers. The company has plans to double its business size over the next five years. Read More
Solution	In 2017, ATL decided to implement JDA® Dispatcher Warehouse Management™ and JDA® Third Party Billing to increase the speed and accuracy of its warehousing and logistics activities. The implementation was led by Socius24, JDA’s UK-based reseller partner. The company launched JDA Dispatcher WMS on the Amazon Web Services platform, along with JDA Third Party Billing and the Socius24 developed User Service Portal (USP). As a result of its cloud-based implementation, ATL was able to quickly migrate about 30 percent of its customers to the JDA solution. The JDA solution enabled ATL to track products by location, weight and other detailed characteristics. They could define specific rules and make sure they are honored, ensuring the integrity of all the stock they manage for their customers. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Functional Applications - Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)

Applicable Industries

Automotive

Food & Beverage

Packaging

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Warehouse & Inventory Management

Use Cases

Inventory Management

Warehouse Automation

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

System Integration

Challenge

ATL, a fast-growing family-owned business offering mission-critical warehousing and logistics solutions to automotive, food and beverage, and packaging companies, among others, was facing challenges with its existing warehousing management system (WMS). The system lacked the flexibility and systematic traceability required to enable growth in the warehousing arm of the business and diversify in new products that required multi-level tracking. With plans to double business size over the next five years, accurate management and control of day-to-day warehouse operations was critical. The company needed a solution that could improve the speed and accuracy of its warehousing and logistics activities.

About Customer

ATL is a fast-growing family-owned business headquartered in Foston, South Derbyshire, UK. The company offers mission-critical warehousing and logistics solutions to a wide range of customers, including automotive, food and beverage, and packaging companies, among others. With over a million feet of warehouse space, approximately 100 commercial vehicles and 150 trailers, ATL stores and delivers products for a wide range of customers. The company has plans to double its business size over the next five years.

Solution

In 2017, ATL decided to implement JDA® Dispatcher Warehouse Management™ and JDA® Third Party Billing to increase the speed and accuracy of its warehousing and logistics activities. The implementation was led by Socius24, JDA’s UK-based reseller partner. The company launched JDA Dispatcher WMS on the Amazon Web Services platform, along with JDA Third Party Billing and the Socius24 developed User Service Portal (USP). As a result of its cloud-based implementation, ATL was able to quickly migrate about 30 percent of its customers to the JDA solution. The JDA solution enabled ATL to track products by location, weight and other detailed characteristics. They could define specific rules and make sure they are honored, ensuring the integrity of all the stock they manage for their customers.

Impact #1	Ability to capture product-level information for improved visibility and tracking
Impact #2	Increased stock integrity by defining expiration dates and other “rules”
Impact #3	Faster, more efficient and more accurate product scanning

Impact #1

Ability to capture product-level information for improved visibility and tracking

Impact #2

Increased stock integrity by defining expiration dates and other “rules”

Impact #3

Faster, more efficient and more accurate product scanning

Benefit #1	Quick migration of about 30 percent of its customers to the JDA solution
Benefit #2	Continuous increase in operational excellence through real-time data
Benefit #3	Potential to win important new contracts through improved performance indicators

Benefit #1

Quick migration of about 30 percent of its customers to the JDA solution

Benefit #2

Continuous increase in operational excellence through real-time data

Benefit #3

Potential to win important new contracts through improved performance indicators

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Delivering on Customer Promises

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