April 7, 2014 – Casey’s General Stores has selected Softeon’s Warehouse Management System (WMS), Load Planning, Yard Management and Labor Management to improve efficiency and accuracy.
Casey’s General Stores Selects Softeon WMS to Increase Distribution Efficiency
Softeon selection based on advanced technology platform to support rapid business growth
Reston, VA, (April 7, 2014) – Softeon, provider of the industry’s most functionally-rich supply chain software, announced this week that Casey’s General Stores, a leading convenience store with over 1,780 locations in 14 Midwestern states, has selected Softeon’s Warehouse Management System (WMS), Load Planning, Yard Management, and Labor Management to improve efficiency and accuracy of its DC operations and drive additional throughput from existing DCs to enable them to support addition of new retail stores in the same physical footprint.
“The Softeon WMS solution will streamline the entire supply chain from receipt of product at the distribution center through delivery to the stores. Increasing visibility into real-time inventory will allow us to better plan picking of store orders from a range of food, beverages, tobacco products, health and beauty aids, automotive products, and other nonfood items,” said Bill Walljasper, Senior VP & CFO, Casey’s. “In addition, the solution will automate processes to improve truck load planning for weekly store replenishments that are currently in excess of 350 stores on an average of 47 routes per day.”
“We are honored to be selected by Casey’s as a key supply chain partner in their exciting time of growth,” said Gana Govind, President, Softeon. “Casey’s has a laser focus on both customer service and distribution cost management, and Softeon is pleased to provide supply chain software tools that will support them in this journey.”
This announcement continues a pattern of major customer wins for Softeon, especially in distribution-intensive industries. No other supply chain execution provider can link distribution center management solutions (WMS) with high performance delivery truck loading and routing optimization in one integrated system.
Recent customer wins for Softeon besides Casey’s/retail include logistics leaders in high tech, media distribution, third-party logistics, beverage, ecommerce and more.
About Casey’s General Stores
Casey’s General Stores, Inc. is a best-in-class convenience store chain that operates over 1,780 corporate owned stores in 14 Midwestern states. The Company is publicly traded on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the symbol CASY. Casey’s is best known for their made-from-scratch pizza and donuts, and currently employs over 27,000 people. For more information, visit the website at www.caseys.com
About Softeon
Softeon is a global provider of supply chain solutions from planning through execution. Our modern platform is engineered to reduce complex problems into simple solutions for a faster time to market and lower cost of ownership. Users can implement solutions incrementally to solve a specific challenge or deploy an integrated system. Configurable modules and rules-based solutions give market leaders the business agility they need to get ahead and stay ahead. Companies choose the flexibility and ease-of-use of the Softeon platform to drive higher business value and accelerate ROI. Deployment options include on-premise or in the cloud. For more information, please visit www.softeon.com.
