| ORGANIZATIONAL
INFORMATION |
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| Company |
Mercantile Stores
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| Location |
Fairfield - United States. |
| Source
of Reference |
Apparel & Home Technology, 1992, pp 8-9
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| Sales
|
$2,400,000,000 |
| Comments |
Supply chain project involving Warren
Featherbone(Apparel Manufacturer) and Milliken and Springs Industries
(Supplier to Warren Featherbone) |
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| IMPLEMENTATION
INFORMATION |
| Name |
Mercantile Stores |
| Location |
Fairfield, OH
United States |
| Industry
Segment |
Other |
| Revenue |
$ 2,400,000,000 |
|
Implementation Date |
From February 1991 to September of 2002 |
| Type
of operation |
Distribution, Retail |
| Systems
in use |
Legacy |
| WHAT
WAS DONE? |
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| TOC
Applications |
Distribution, TP applications |
| Software
implemented |
None |
| Processes |
Retaila nd Distribution
|
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| RESULTS
OF IMPLEMENTATION |
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| IMPLEMENTATION
RESULTS |
|
| Inventory
Decrease |
Decreased over 50% |
| Net
Profit |
Increased 100% |
| Return
on Assets |
Improved 135% |
| Cost
efficiency |
Store Space requirement decreased by 50% |
| Brief
summary |
Improvements
in supply partners as well - creating win-win. Mercantile's retail
store experienced gross margin increase of 135% and store space
decreased 50%, while Warren Featherbone improved margins by nearly 20%,
while improving turns from 2.5 to 4.5
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