ARC Advisory Group Ranks Manhattan Associates as ‘Leading Supplier of Warehouse Management Systems’

Manhattan Associates (NASDAQ: MANH) is ranked as the leading supplier of ‘Total WMS Software and Services’ in ARC Advisory Group’s Warehouse Management Systems Worldwide Outlook: Market Analysis and Forecast Through 2015.

ARC Advisory Group produces the annual forecast, which follows more than 80 WMS providers and gives a detailed analysis and forecast for the marketplace through 2015. The Manhattan Associates Warehouse Management <http://www.manh.com/distribution-management/warehouse-management> solution achieved a first place ranking in the following categories:
 
1.    Total WMS Software and Services

2.    Suppliers of WMS Software

3.    Base WMS Software

4.    WMS for Service Revenues

5.    WMS Implementation Services

6.    WMS Maintenance Services

7.    WMS in North America

8.    WMS in Latin America

9.    WMS to Tier 1 Customers

10.  WMS to Tier 2 Customers

11.  WMS to Tier 3 Customers

12.  Wholesale/Distributors

13.  Retail

14.  Apparel Retailers

15.  Grocery/Food & Beverage Retailers

16.  Home Improvement Retailers

17.  Department & General Merchandise Retailers

18.  Logistics Sector

19.  Core WMS Modules

20.  Labour Management Systems

21.  Warehouse Analytics

 
“Manhattan’s ranking in ARC’s Warehouse Management Systems Worldwide Outlook demonstrates our unique ability to deliver integrated solutions today that give our customers a short term path to success while also delivering long term value,” said Jeff Baum, senior vice president, International (Asia Pacific), at Manhattan Associates. “In addition to Manhattan’s first place ranking in the above 21 categories, we achieved a commendable second place ranking in ARC’s ‘Asia’ regional category. This was based on a strong year for Manhattan in Asia-Pacific in which we grew our regional year-on-year revenues by 32 percent.”

Baum continued, “Our entire suite of Distribution Management solutions is designed to give our customers flexibility and the ability to add complimentary solutions such as Distributed Order Management, Extended Enterprise Management and Labour Scheduling as their supply chain networks grow and mature over time. Already working with clients on over 60 countries, it is the very fact that we have such an extensive on-the-ground system implementation and support capability across the globe that is seeing Manhattan Associates fast becoming the supply chain systems vendor of choice for companies not just with locally focussed operations but for those with international operations and across which they wish to standardise their supply chain systems infrastructure.”

Manhattan Associates’ Warehouse Management, the core solution within the Distribution Management suite of the Manhattan SCOPE solution portfolio, is designed to optimise every component in the distribution centre—space, people, inventory and equipment— to conserve effort, fill orders faster and more accurately, save space and reduce inventory. In addition, Warehouse Management is engineered for optimal collaboration and communication with an extensive network of suppliers and partners.
 
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About Manhattan Associates, Inc.
Manhattan Associates continues to deliver on its 21-year heritage of providing global supply chain excellence to more than 1,200 customers worldwide that consider supply chain optimisation core to their strategic market leadership. The company's supply chain innovations include: Manhattan SCOPE, a portfolio of software solutions and technology that leverages a Supply Chain Process Platform to help organisations optimise their supply chains from planning through execution; Manhattan SCALE™, a portfolio of distribution management and transportation management solutions built on Microsoft .NET technology; and Manhattan Carrier™, a suite of supply chain solutions specifically addressing the needs of the motor carrier industry. For more information, please visit www.manh.com.