Dart Warehouse Corporation Improves
Shipping Accuracy with Upp's IRMS Software
Client Profile:
Dart Warehouse Corporation is recognized as a leader in transportation, catalog fulfillment, e-commerce, cross-dock and distribution operations. With an aggregate 4 million square feet in California and Illinois – and several million more in managed facilities in Colorado, New York, Kentucky, Texas, Georgia and Nevada – Dart annually ships $5 Billion a year in inventory for world-class clients such as Sears, Sears.com, Kmart.com, Lands' End, Spring Boost, Ubid, The Great Indoors, Sylvan Learning and 35 other leading enterprises.
Meeting Dart's many client demands required an event-driven, centralized and inherently flexible Warehouse Management System.
Solution:
Dart Warehouse Corporation is now able to provide high-quality, real-time information to both its clients and their end customers through the use of web enabled customer portals. The company currently manages over 15 integrations to unique client ERP solutions, all through a single point of management inside IRMS. Dart Warehouse Corporation operates IRMS on redundant Sun Solaris clusters, offering the utmost in data safety and business continuity. This architecture allows Dart the ability to minimize downtime, maximize scalability, and also provide the most integration options to its end customers.
Upp's IRMS Warehouse Management was deployed in Dart Warehouse Corporation regional facilities, including the Midwest Distribution Center – a 750,000 square foot facility. The implementation effort included multi-site project management, business process analysis and mapping, personnel and work management, leading system integration, and test plan development for systems quality assurance.
Business Value:
The solution has enabled Dart Warehouse Corporation to leverage technology, industry best practices and human capital to achieve 100% inventory and shipping accuracy, a .005 shrink rate and a 50% reduction in labor – providing customers with simplified management, lower costs, more reliable information and improved control.
