Bob’s Discount Furniture Goes Live with RedPrairie Warehouse Solution

Furniture World Magazine

RedPrairie Corporation, a leading consumer driven optimization company, announced that Bob’s Discount Furniture has implemented RedPrairie’s Warehouse Management (WMS) in its Taftville, CT distribution center. Bob’s, the fastest growing furniture retailer in the Northeast, has gained visibility into inventory and achieved improvements in labor productivity and throughput since going live with the RedPrairie solution in November, 2007. Bob’s 900,000-square-foot distribution center supports 30 stores across the Northeast. The facility ships direct to stores, to drop-off points for home delivery and to third-party cross-dock facilities. Productivity gains have been made through improved picking and putaway processes in combination with less manual activity. “We are experiencing explosive growth and needed a solution to maximize productivity while giving Bob’s customers the best customer service. We’re very pleased with the tools RedPrairie has given us – providing visibility into warehouse operations and supporting our efficiency priorities. And the implementation support was phenomenal,” said Steve Caprario Vice President of Operations and Logistics. “Buying furniture is a major, yet personal choice for consumers. Once they make the big decision, they want their furniture perfect, available immediately, with the option to reject or return it if they change their mind. This poses tremendous pressure on furniture retailers’ distribution operations for speed, accuracy and flexibility. We are pleased to partner with Bob’s to provide visibility and productivity tools to make that level of customer satisfaction a continuing reality,” said Jerry Neville, Sr. Vice President for RedPrairie. About Bob’s Discount Furniture: Bob's Discount Furniture, the fastest growing furniture retailer in the northeast, with stores in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island. For more information, visit www.mybobs.com. About RedPrairie Corporation: RedPrairie is a world leading consumer driven optimization company. Built on an advanced Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) developed over the past 15 years, the RedPrairie integrated suite of solutions offers on-demand capabilities to over 32,000 sites worldwide for many of the world’s largest companies. RedPrairie’s E2e™ solutions synchronize people and products throughout the customer buying cycle to ensure goods reach the right place at the right time. At the point of sale, this means consumers have access to desired products and that the store is staffed with the right people to help them make their purchases. In the production cycle, it means suppliers and manufacturers time and synchronize shipments and production based on demand signals from the retailer. And in the back room of the store, it means having the least amount of inventory, solving the “last yard” problem of the retail supply chain. For additional information, visit www.RedPrairie.com.