South African Retail Giant Foschini Improves Flow of Goods With Manhattan Associates at Cape Town Distribution Centers

February 17, 2010
Order Fulfilment Platform Supports Store Network Across Southern Africa
CAPE TOWN, South Africa and ATLANTA, Feb 17, 2010 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Global supply chain optimization provider Manhattan Associates (Nasdaq:MANH) today announced that Foschini Group, one of South Africa's leading fashion and lifestyle retail chains, has deployed Manhattan Associates' Warehouse Management solution (WMS) at two adjacent distribution centers (DCs) in Cape Town. The two facilities, covering 80,000 square feet (7,500 square metres) fulfil store orders for the Markham and Exact! clothing divisions. Manhattan and local partner Supply Chain Junction, a specialist supply chain consultancy focusing on the South African market, collaborated on the project to provide Foschini with an order fulfilment platform.

Foschini plans to roll-out the Manhattan solution across the remaining two distribution centers, also in Cape Town, in the coming months. These additional DCs comprise another 182,000 square feet (17,000 square metres) of warehousing space. Collectively, the four warehouses serve 14 trading divisions and 1500 stores across South Africa's nine provinces as well as neighboring countries Namibia, Botswana and Swaziland.

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Manhattan Associates(R) continues to deliver on its 20-year heritage of providing global supply chain excellence to more than 1,200 customers worldwide that consider supply chain optimization core to their strategic market leadership. The company's supply chain innovations include: Manhattan SCOPE(R), a portfolio of software solutions and technology that leverages a Supply Chain Process Platform to help organisations optimise their supply chains from planning through execution; Manhattan SCALE(TM), a portfolio of distribution management and transportation management solutions built on Microsoft.NET technology; and Manhattan Carrier Management, a suite of supply chain solutions specifically addressing the needs of the motor carrier industry. For more information, please visit www.manh.com.

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