Information visible across supply chain
August 1st 2008 Meachers Group's new
Warehouse Management
Information System has
been instrumental in
helping it secure an
agreement to provide
CooperVision with overflow
warehousing and local
distribution. Acquisition of
Ocular Sciences together
with year on year growth
has resulted in the company
outsourcing part of its
warehouse requirements.
As part of the agreement,
Meachers will undertake the
storage of raw materials and
quality assurance records at
its Nursling and Derby sites.
A key factor in awarding
Meachers the business was
the company's Warehouse
Management Information
System. Designed to run on
internally hosted and
managed file servers in
Southampton, the system
allows CooperVision access
to current stock levels and
movement figures over the
Internet.
The system provides
customers with accurate,
timely and complete
visibility of information
across the supply chain. It
uses radio and barcode
scanning technology to scan
goods in and out of
warehouses and provides
flexible communication
facilities to interface with
other systems.
"Meachers was able to
provide us with a
significantly improved
service offer", said Stephen
Green, buyer at
CooperVision. "We now
have the facility to place live
stock orders over the
Internet and know that they
will be delivered the next
day. Meachers service is
excellent and is proving to
be a great success." More articles from Meachers Group Holdings Ltd: | 
