Use Case
05/02/2025
Industry & Manufacturing, Logistics & Supply Chain
Shorr Packaging’s Success with SOLOCHAIN WMS
Since 1922, Shorr Packaging Corp. has established itself as a major player in packaging in the United States. Faced with…
Use Case
Challenges
- Browns uses a very customer-centric approach. The goal is to improve the customer experience to generate an increase in revenue
- The retailer needs to manage three warehouses at full capacity
- The highly automated distribution center requires the development of numerous custom processes
- The majority of the company’s retail stores are located in malls and have access to limited floor space. Browns Shoes required a system that can maximize the use of floor space to reduce costs and increase revenue
- Browns needed a solution that was flexible enough to handle the highly frequent changes inherent to a retail business. The solution also had to be compatible with the KNAP system
Solutions
- Provide accurate real-time visibility on inventory
- Provide accurate real-time visibility within operations
- Improve operational productivity
- Optimize inventory management to ensure stock rotation (FIFO)
- Optimize space utilization
- Increase customer order accuracy
- Leverage the use of the latest barcode technology to interface with Browns’ ERP system
- Provide a flexible solution that can adapt to Browns’ specific needs and evolve with new business demands
- Implement a system that is customizable and scalable
- Have the ability to handle stock requests and outgoing shipments
- Provide an easy way to timely execute and implement new ideas
Results
- Browns is now able to develop new processes in record time
- Browns has met all requirements for the management of facilities
- It is now possible to process and track an order from the time of online confirmation through to the outgoing email, without human intervention in less than 15 minutes
- The cost of fulfilling orders is now five times less than historically documented
- Browns is now able to manage individual store inventories and supply the most popular products in respective areas
- The solution ensures that goods meet the carrier on time and accurately
- Traceability has been enhanced: Inventory and shipping accuracy exceeded 99% after six months.
