News | October 18, 2006

Retail Distribution Management: Compliance Networks Announces Release Of New Retail Distribution Management Solution

Compliance Networks Offers Retail-Centric Distribution Management Solution Designed for Flow and Traditional Distribution Models

Compliance Networks announces the release of a new Retail Distribution Management Solution (rDMS). rDMS is a new product offering in the Warehouse Management arena architected specifically for the retail flow distribution model. rDMS fully supports the activities of central distribution centers, 3rd party logistics providers, and store receiving operations in both direct-to-store and central distribution models.

rDMS fully supports pre- and post-distributed purchasing models, with a design emphasis on retail-centric supply chains which yields superior support for vendor performance verification, floor-ready service support, and same-platform integrated store receiving functionality. rDMS is built on an open source platform resulting in faster, less disruptive and less expensive implementations. Designed to fully support retail enterprise processes, rDMS employs a retail best-practices process model and a best-of-breed exception detection/notification/resolution facility to leverage advance shipment information and optimize the retailer's investment in centralized distribution capacity.

Chief Architect John Burgess notes, "rDMS provides unparalleled trouble detection, notification, and management functionality that allows the retailer to maintain visibility into the status of trouble shipments and to minimize the impact of trouble shipments on productivity and throughput."

Greg Holder, CEO of Compliance Networks, states "rDMS represents a new paradigm in the WMS market place. A solution built for a Retailer to flow merchandise through the distribution center or store receiving dock as opposed to the traditional put away into stock and pick models. We understand what is ordered is not always what is shipped and we have the unique ability to maintain the integrity of the purchase order, the ASN and the actual receiving information."

About Compliance Networks, LLC
Compliance Networks is a leading provider of solutions that enable retail enterprises to optimize flow within their supply chain, and make informed supply chain decisions that ultimately increase shareholder value. Compliance Networks' suite of retail-centric distribution management solutions enables greater supply chain efficiencies by automating key processes, including vendor compliance and collaboration, vendor scorecards and certification, chargeback management, purchase order fill rate and accuracy measurement, and supply chain alerts. Compliance Networks is proud to serve leading retailers such as Burlington Coat Factory, Pep Boys and the Kohl's Corporation.