Bookazine Completes Implementation of ORION™ WMS

Major book distributor uses ORION™ WMS to control rapidly moving inventory

3i Infotech (www.3i-infotech.com), a global provider of information technology solutions, announced today that Bookazine, a leading full-service book wholesaler, has successfully completed the implementation of ORION™ WMS solution to manage and control its 125,000 square foot warehouse and distribution center.

With access to more than 1.2 million titles and relationships with over 25,000 publishers world-wide, Bookazine turned to 3i Infotech when it realized it could not keep up with the rapidly growing number of titles and customers in its database. With ORION™ WMS, Bookazine has streamlined its warehouse operations to now handle full and partial cartons of books directly from the receiving dock, integrate with in-line scales to determine best fit in available slots and communicate in real time with its conveyor systems to sort and divert correctly. As a result, Bookazine is able to optimize its inventory and maximize warehouse productivity through the use of RF bar-coding, RFID tagging, and automated, handheld data collection devices.

"Bookazine needed integration tools that would complement its AS/400-based backend system and update common data systems across platforms. ORION™ WMS replaced a weak link in Bookazine's existing inventory process without affecting the positive features and benefits of the picking, packing and shipping function," said Sharad Vajpayee, VP of ERP Software for 3i Infotech Inc. "While integration with any third party software is never easy, we did it successfully without minimizing existing benefits"

"As our business continued to expand in terms of the number of titles and customers, our current software could not keep pace," according to Allan Davis, Vice President of Distribution for Bookazine. "We looked to ORION™ WMS to handle the increased volume and still keep up with the demands of the business."

"The rule-based logic of the system allows Bookazine to configure the warehouse to changing conditions, which are common in our industries," says Al Silon, Receiving Manager at Bookazine. "The exceptional reporting capabilities and manpower analysis enable us to quickly respond to product availability questions and properly schedule resources."

"In our business, space is at a premium and turnover of book titles is fierce," continued Silon. "We rely heavily on software's inventory control and management to suggest inventory moves to consolidate stock and free up inventory slots for the next shipment of book. As rapidly as consumer tastes change, so do the subjects and titles of books arriving on our inventory docks."

"The warehouse software has laid the foundation for Bookazine to achieve its goal of becoming a paperless distribution center," added Bookazine's Davis.

About 3i Infotech Inc
3i Infotech (www.3i-infotech.com) provides information technology solutions through its range of solutions for manufacturing, retail & distribution, insurance, capital market, banking & finance and e-Governance. It is one of India's top 5 software product companies and the fastest growing Indian software product company in FY 2004-2005, with respect to both domestic as well as overseas software product sales*. The company is SEI CMMI Level 5 compliant for its software business and ISO 9001:2000-certified for its Infrastructure Services and Business Process Outsourcing Operations.

Using its domain knowledge and through continuous investment in technologies, 3i Infotech helps corporations in their businesses through its expertise in enterprise-class software solutions, software services, information security consulting, system integration services, IT infrastructure and disaster recovery solutions. 3i Infotech serves customers in 45 countries has a presence across 5 continents.

* Source: Dataquest Special Issue: Industry Overview (July 15, 2005)

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Alok
3i Infotech Inc.
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Email: alok.bakshi@3i-infotech.com
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