Release Details

Manhattan WMS Complements Initial's ERP System to Provide Complete Inventory Visibility and Tracking CapabilitiesPARIS and ATLANTA, Mar 24, 2010 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Global supply chain optimization provider Manhattan Associates (Nasdaq:MANH) today announced that Initial France, the French subsidiary of Initial, one of the world's leading offices and facilities services organisations, has successfully implemented Manhattan's Warehouse Management Solution (WMS) at its central distribution center (DC) in Gravigny, near Evreux, in France. With the help of Manhattan's Enterprise Integration Services (EIS) tool, Initial has also successfully integrated the WMS with its existing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, enabling Initial to provide its service centers throughout France with reliable and accurate supply chain and enterprise level data for the first time.

"With the strong growth the business had been experiencing and to maintain this momentum going forwards, we needed clear and comprehensive visibility on all inventory flows -- specifically the capacity to track goods in real time, all the time - so that our 60 service centers could be constantly updated on the status of orders up and down the supply chain," said Laurent Moulay, Textile Purchasing & Logistics director at Initial France.

To read the entire release, please visit http://www.manh.com/1295.

Receive up-to-date product, customer and partner news directly from Manhattan Associates on Twitter and Facebook. Just visit www.twitter.com/ManhAssocNews to follow our latest news and join the Manhattan Associates Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/ManhattanAssociates.

About Manhattan Associates, Inc.

Manhattan Associates 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 optimize 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(TM), a suite of supply chain solutions specifically addressing the needs of the motor carrier industry. For more information, please visit www.manh.com.

This news release was distributed by GlobeNewswire, www.globenewswire.com

SOURCE: Manhattan Associates

CONTACT:  Manhattan Associates
John Bird, Director, International Communications Strategy
+44 (0) 1344 318071
jbird@manh.com
Fourth Day Public Relations
Xanthe Vaughan-Williams
Kirsty Sewter
+44 (0) 20 7403 4411
xanthe@fourthday.co.uk
irsty@fourthday.co.uk