DC Velocity - January 2011

problemsolved

Getting a WMS up and running in a hurry

The Problem: Golf cart maker
Club Car needed warehousing software
and it needed it fast.

Last May, the company decided to end its relationship with a 3PL and bring its receiving, staging, and sequencing functions back in house. It found a suitable warehouse for lease about 15 miles from its manufacturing plant in Augusta, Ga., but that left the question of what warehouse management software (WMS) it would use to run the operation.

What Club Car needed was an application that not only offered receiving, staging, and sequencing functionality but could also be integrated with its Oracle enterprise resource planning, manufacturing planning, and financial systems. And with a September start date for the new arrangement looming, the software had to be something Club Car could get up and running in a hurry.

The Solution: Club Car found the answer to its problem in RedPrairie’s On-Demand Warehouse Management solution. The software’s capabilities matched its needs on all counts. To begin with, the WMS offered the functionality Club Car was looking for. And because it’s delivered on an on-demand basis, the app promised quick and easy deployment as well as hassle-free integration with Club Car’s other systems.

That promise of quick and easy deploy-
ment is one of on demand’s primary
attractions for users. Under this business
model, the user essentially “rents” an
application from the vendor, which hosts
the software on its own servers. The user
obtains access to the application via a
standard Web browser; there’s no soft-
ware to install or maintain, and there’s no
need for costly integration work. As a
result, on-demand software deployments
typically can be completed in a matter of
weeks or even days.