Fashion Apparel and Accessories: Quick response logistics
In the fast-moving fashion world, flexible and cost-effective distribution solutions are vital to maximise competitive strength. Respond quickly to rapidly changing fashions, consumer demand patterns and seasonal trends. Handle an ever larger product range, which is increasingly being sourced from the Far East. Handle both ‘push’ (stock replenishment) and ‘pull’ (ship to order) flows efficiently.
We can help you to optimise your apparel and accessories warehouse logistics. Some examples are Urban Outfitters, Tommy Hilfiger, La Halle, VF Europe, DB Schenker, Marie Claire, NIKE and Simon Pérèle.
Urban Outfitters, one of the world's leading lifestyle specialty retailers and 'e-tailers', has selected Vanderlande to integrate an automated material handling system in its new distribution centre in Reno, USA. This facility will be handling orders coming in via the company's webshops.
Tommy Hilfiger improves productivity with new Vanderlande order consolidation system. In 2009 Hilfiger and Vanderlande designed a system expansion, that will significantly improve service level to the stores and will make sure the right products arrive in the stores at exactly the right time.
DB Schenker is one of the world's leading third party logistics service providers (3PL). The company works for one of the world's leading sportswear brands. Schenker operates an automated fashion sortation system at its distribution centre in Mechelen (Belgium). Vanderlande was chosen because of its experience with this type of system and because of their previous experience working with Schenker.
La Halle (discount apparel) in Châteauroux, France, decided to mechanise its goods receiving process with a fully automatic material handling system. By automating the goods receiving process, La Halle wanted to increase the warehouse performance to be able to cope with future growth. The system also takes care of a more direct supply of the operations area, corrects receptions easily, minimises the manual workload and improves throughput and working conditions.
From the VF Europe site in Prague (Czech Republic) retailers all over Europe are supplied with apparel and other products of well-known brands such as Wrangler, Lee, HIS, Tommy Hilfiger and North Face. VF Europe operates a carton handling system, which provides them with a very reliable system.
