INTERNATIONAL INTIMATES & WISE WMS SOFTWARE
International Intimates Manages Logistics with Royal 4 Systems WISE WMS Software
Apparel Distributor International Intimates is a global distributor of ladies apparel, lingerie and children’s clothing. They provide value-added services that include pairing, hanging, packaging and tagging items for mass merchandisers like Wal-Mart, Federated Department Stores and Kohls.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Challenge
Solution
Coraggio and IT manager Joel Rose began an extensive evaluation process. They examined supply chain execution products from 15 different software suppliers and considered offerings from both large and small vendors. They selected the WISE system from Progress Application Partner Royal 4 for several reasons. “WISE was a great fit for our needs, right out of the box,” commented Coraggio. “But just as important, the system is so easy to program, due in part to the underlying Progress technology, that we readily enhanced functionality to meet our precise needs.
Results
WISE has helped International Intimates improve accuracy, productivity, reduce costs and produced a strong ROI. “The system paid for itself in one year,” said Coraggio. Today, when pickers have to fill orders from 8500 pickable locations in the warehouse, they use WISE RF technology to find inventory. The system provides instant updates to inventory as they fill orders, consolidates information and enables International Intimates to track orders and work in process in real time. Inventory accuracy, which is typically in the 90% range for warehouse operations, has hit 100% for International Intimates.
“In the 12 years that WISE has been supporting the logistics operations at Poiesz, WISE has proven itself as a stable Warehouse Management System for our supermarket distribution centers. A WMS in which you can quickly configure thanks to the flexibility of the application.”
“I wanted to share some good news with the Royal 4 team. We have gone from the high 80% range to consistently being above 99.5% on our daily inventory accuracy, and we have done this while increasing our on-hand inventory by 50%! It has not been an easy journey but we are here.”
“There are two things I look at when reviewing software systems – functionality and after-the-sale support. The WISE warehouse management system has provided superior functionality to our Distribution group since 2002. Royal 4 is the “gold standard” I use for evaluating vendor support.”
