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Levin Furniture Expands with RedPrarie
May 18,
2011 by in UnCategorized 
By Home Furnishings Business in Retail Technology on May 19, 2011
Levin Furniture has gone live with RedPrairie's Fleet Management solution for complete route and load planning across its home delivery operations.
The system will run in tandem with RedPrairie's Warehouse Management solution, which Levin implemented at its distribution center in Smithton, Pa., over two years ago.
"A productive history, and a great ongoing relationship with RedPrairie played a big part in our decision to bring more of their technology online with our organization," says Levin's Ward Dingmann, vice president of operations. "Fleet Management has a great deal of functionality that other competitors we looked at were not able to match, including planning for the kind of demountable boxes we use with our vehicles. Meeting those unique requirements was something no other vendor could match."
Specifically, Fleet Management will plan and optimize both loads and routes for Levin's entire fleet, with the goal of significantly reducing cost of delivery. The company expects both Fleet and Warehouse Management solutions together to bring new synergies to Levins business, enabling enhanced efficiency across the entire organization.