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that took place in Denver, CO. ���The learning curve was a challenge,��� says Kirshenbaum. However, ���Manhattan provided complete assistance from the beginning to the end of that initial implementation of WMS.��� One of the biggest advantages Manhattan Associates��� WMS offers to RNDC is absolute inventory control along with greater space utilization. RNDC is able to efficiently replenish products, which results in improved productivity for the warehouse crew. ���The ability to do cycle counting rather than wall-to-wall inventory��� is also essential for inventory management, Kirshenbaum adds. RNDC will be starting their ninth installation of Manhattan���s WMS, going live in February in Louisville, KY. After their ninth installation, the company has future plans to install the WMS in another eight locations. ���Our company has a reputation of being at the forefront of technology and we���re proud of our operations throughout our chain and Manhattan has been a great partner in providing a continued effort on our part to be the best in class distribution network within our industry,��� says Kirshenbaum. Cloverleaf Cold Storage, a Sioux City, Iowa-based, refrigerated warehouse firm, has relied on AccellosOne Enterprise 3PL thirdparty logistics management software since 2004 to maintain high levels of productivity and increase profits. ���Accellos��� concentration on the 3PL cold storage market has given them an extraordinary, in-depth awareness of the field and its challenges, and that is one of the primary reasons we selected them as our 3PL management solution,��� said Curtis Mastbergen, vice president of administration and finance for Cloverleaf Cold Storage in a case study. ���We wanted an expert in our field, not a vendor to whom cold storage was a sideline.��� Since implementing the Accellos software in many Cloverleaf Cold Storage facilities over the course of almost 10 years, Mastbergen noted the software has helped them to serve their clients both accurately and efficiently. ���We win a lot of customers with needs that our competitors can���t handle,��� Mastbergen mentioned. ���AccellosOne Enterprise 3PL is a big part of that.��� Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based Frankford Candy, a privately owned candy manu- facturer in the U.S., also utilizes Accellos��� management software. The candy company was looking to advance their electronic data interchange (EDI) capabilities to seamlessly work with trading partners. ���We can bring up a new trading partner in minutes, where before, it could involve weeks of frustrating back-and-forth among us, our EDI vendor and our trading partners,��� said executive vice president of Frankford Candy, Nathan Hoffman in a press release. ���Major retailers have very specific ways of doing things, and Accellos��� EDI for Dynamics AX accommodates them all very nicely.��� Since Frankford Candy has implemented Accellos One Pinpoint EDI for AX, Hoffman prefers to rely solely on the resources provided by the ERP solution. ���The most painful time in any new technology relationship is at go-live,��� said Hoffman. ���With the Accellos EDI solution, it was totally pain-free. There were no lost orders and no lost invoices���and so no lost revenue.��� Brooklyn and Astoria, New York-based Empire Merchants, LLC, a distributor of fine wines and spirits, is the largest wine distributor in metropolitan New York. The company Alcohol beverage distributor Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) uses Manhattan Associates��� WMS solutions. 48 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2013 ��� FOOD LOGISTICS www.foodlogistics.com