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Chinese Based Supermarket Chain QKL Stores Selects Manhattan’s ILS Supply Chain Platform

Published: 19:37 28 Oct 2009 GMT

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Global supply chain optimisation provider Manhattan Associates Inc (NASDAQ: MANH) announced that Chinese based supermarket chain QKL Stores Inc (OTC: QKLS) selected Manhattan’s ILS™ (Integrated Logistics Solutions) system to support its expanding store network in China.


QKL is expanding its operations into the Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning Provinces and in the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia. QKL Stores sells a broad selection of merchandise, including groceries, fresh food, and non-food items, through its retail supermarkets, hypermarket stores, and department stores.


Manhattan Associates® has a 19-year heritage of providing global supply chain solutions to more than 1,200 customers worldwide. Manhattan ILS is a portfolio of robust, flexible and scalable distribution management and transportation management solutions built on Microsoft.NET technology. The solution manages all aspects of Distribution Centre operations. It also facilitates trading partner management and allows operational data to be shared across the enterprise and the wider supply chain.


Following a ‘rigorous’ vendor selection exercise, QKL Stores chose Manhattan on the strength of its solutions, the experience of its people and the local support capabilities it offers clients throughout China including a rapid deployment capability for Manhattan ILS.


The system will be installed initially at QKL Stores' regional distribution centre in Harbin, Heilongjiang and will allow the retailer to increase its picking options within the facility and introduce accelerated distribution techniques such as cross-docking and flow-through. The solution will be integrated with and complement other systems including radio-frequency (RF) technology and QKL Stores' merchandising and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.


Through its implementation QKL Stores expects it will improve its operations with increased inventory accuracy, reduced inventory carrying costs and increased productivity. The company will also streamline its transportation operations.


QKL Stores CEO, Mr. Alan Stewart commented on its needs-based selection of Manhattan’s ILS platform:


"We're embarking on an aggressive store expansion programme and whilst we needed a sophisticated distribution infrastructure, we wanted a proven and flexible supply chain technology platform that would not only support and facilitate our continued growth but could be deployed in a relatively short time frame ...  we have every confidence in the ability of Manhattan ILS to help us across this North-eastern part of China and to give us the positive return on our investment we are seeking both in the short and longer term."

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