Day: 9 October 2020

Manhattan Associates Inc. has announced that one of the world’s leading beauty companies, L’Oréal, has chosen to implement Manhattan Active® Warehouse Management, a global, scalable and agile SaaS-based solution. The first implementation is due to launch by mid 2021, with worldwide deployment across L’Oréal’s distribution centres expected by the end of 2023.

“L’Oréal’s global network of fulfilment centres plays a significant role in making sure the right products reach consumers at the right time, with as little impact on the environment as possible. With Manhattan Active Warehouse Management, we have a solution that will improve our agility through the digitalisation, efficiency and productivity of our distribution centres,” commented Francisco Garcia Fornaro, group supply chain director at L’Oréal.

Manhattan Active Warehouse Management is the world’s first cloud-native enterprise-class warehouse management system capable of unifying every aspect of distribution, and never needs upgrading. Crafted entirely from microservices, this latest offering in the company’s suite of cloud-based Manhattan Active Solutions will usher in a new level of speed, adaptability and ease of use within L’Oréal’s distribution centres.

Henri Seroux, senior vice president, EMEA at Manhattan Associates continued: “We are so excited to have passed the rigorous global selection process and to be able to bring the innovation, scalability and agility of our cloud-native Manhattan Active Warehouse Management solution to L’Oréal’s global supply chain network. The planned worldwide roll out starts with Europe. With the Manhattan services team delivering the full-scale implementation, we will showcase the end-to-end capability we can offer multinational, industry leading brands like L’Oréal,” finished Seroux.

Rain and mud in the winter, as well as dust and dirt in the summer being dragged into the warehouse on the wheels of forklift trucks and the boots of employees can cause health and safety issues for those in the workplace.

Strata Sales have designed a mat to clean the wheels of forklift trucks, and the feet of anyone who walks across it.

Randal Thomas, Strata Sales Managing Director comments on the new product, Clear-Start: “We’ve sold forklift truck wheel cleaning mats before but realised our previous solutions were good but felt they could do better. There are other solutions available in the marketplace – hard, coarse mats that are tough but have a minimal absorbency and integrated systems with moveable parts that are at the top end of the market. But no tough, absorbent mats at an affordable price were available. So, we set out to source and develop one and we are delighted with our solution. We’ve developed a simple to install mat that absorbs up to 6 litres of moisture and 1400g of dirt per square metre – that’s 50% more moisture and an impressive 75% more dirt than standard floor mats!”

Clean-Start can also be used to kill germs and viruses with the addition of disinfectant, obviously invaluable in the current battle to keep workplaces Covid-19 free and employees safe.

Fulfilment & Logistics specialist 3PL, has been appointed by Ath-leisure brand 11 Degrees as their multichannel order fulfilment partner.

3PL has agreed a long-term contract that will see them deliver a tailored solution to provide order fulfilment solutions for all online sales and key retail accounts. The partnership will also allow the fashion brand to offer their customers an extended range of delivery options for online orders.

The announcement comes as 3PL continues to oversee millions of orders each year supporting an increasing number of high growth brands encompassing multi-channel operations from its various fulfilment centres.

“We are particularly excited to be welcoming Ath-Leisure leader 11 Degrees into our growing stable of high growth brands here at 3PL.” John Scully, Business Development Manager at 3PL, commented on the partnership “It was clear that the intelligent use of technology and data driven decision making on offer would assist the team at 11 Degrees with their dynamic and ambitious growth plans. We are excited to be working alongside the team at 11 Degrees on their journey.”

“We’re delighted to have chosen 3PL as our fulfilment partner and we look forward to working with them to deliver the next stage of our growth plans for 11°.” Andy Hayton, Director of 11 Degrees commented “Being able to provide a global service model with the flexibility to scale as we respond to demand, allows us to better connect with customers all around the world and build the brand in key markets, in an ever increasingly competitive space we must stay ahead, stay agile and continue to surpass customer expectations in everything we do.”