Reese Products Achieves Real-Time Inventory Accuracy with Eagle's RF Express for QAD MFG/PRO
11 December 2000
Reese Products Achieves Real-Time Inventory Accuracy with Eagle's RF Express for QAD MFG/PRO
KINNELON, N.J.--Dec. 11, 2000--Reese Products, an automotive industry supplier of hitching systems and towing accessories, recognized an opportunity to further the organization's excellence-centered distribution operation and seized it with RF Express(TM) for QAD MFG/PRO(R) enterprise applications."Because of the level of accuracy required by our customers, especially when 40 percent of our business operates in an EDI environment, Reese Products made a conscious decision to embark on an effort to provide unparalleled customer service," says John Doleys, director of information systems, Reese Products. "Inventory accuracy became the driving force to support the ability to eliminate physical inventories, and commit to fill improvement and cycle count accuracy on a real-time basis."
This Elkhart, IN-based division of Mascotech, which uses QAD MFG/PRO as their enterprise solution, launched Eagle Consulting and Development's RF Express for QAD MFG/PRO in one of their distribution centers before installing it company-wide. "With the success we've seen here, we're going to move this to other out-lying centers first quarter 2001," says Doleys.
Once the implementation was completed, results surfaced immediately. "In the first three days we knowingly stopped at least five cases of duplicate picks and over shipments," says Doleys. "This does not include other instances where the system flagged the picker of an error, allowing him to recover without reporting it to us. We can now prove exactly what and how much was picked and shipped to any customer in real-time."
Reese's experience is similar to experiences of other Eagle customers. "Our bar coding and data collection solution was specifically developed with QAD MFG/PRO and vertical markets like automotive in mind," says Bill Paone, vice-president of sales and marketing, Eagle.
About Eagle
Kinnelon, N.J.-based Eagle Consulting & Development is the leading provider of online, real-time automated data collection solutions to users of QAD MFG/PRO enterprise applications worldwide. Eagle provides "plug-and-go" bar coding and automated data collection capability, adding flexibility to QAD MFG/PRO at over 500 customer sites in 15 countries. For more information, visit www.eaglecondev.com or contact Bill Paone at +1-973-838-5006 ext. 119. RF Express(TM) is a trademark of Eagle Consulting & Development.
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