OrePac Experiences Significant Benefits by Implementing
DMSi and Majure Data Warehouse Management System

Omaha, NE - OrePac has implemented the RF Navigator Warehouse Management System (WMS) by DMSi and Majure Data in their Phoenix, AZ; Sacramento, CA and Ontario, CA branch locations. Three systems are set to go live in August, October, and December of 2006.  The remaining four OrePac locations are scheduled to be implemented by 2007.

OrePac is a wholesale lumber, millwork, and building materials distributor headquartered in Wilsonville, Oregon. With over 750,000 square feet of warehouse space at 12 locations along the West Coast, OrePac needed a comprehensive WMS to improve warehouse operations, space and back-office efficiency, inventory accuracy and order fill rates.

"We saw it (WMS) as a necessity to improve inventory accuracy to drive shipping precision and reduce returns for wrong ships, which are expensive to the bottom line," says Alan Kirk, OrePac CFO. The right product, in the right quantity, in the right location, and better customer service from implementing their WMS system has created significant savings for OrePac.  While the initial investment is significant in any WMS, the short-term cost equals years of bottom-line benefits. Building Product Distributors experience an average return of 30 months or less on WMS investments.  

DMSi and Majure Data are scheduled to roll out the implementation of OrePac’s Warehouse Management System in all of their locations in a 24 month timeframe, due to the significant results OrePac has experienced from the system. “On a $300,000 shipping day, we used to have ten to sixteen hours overtime,” explains John Dutter, OrePac Building Products General Manager – Sacramento location. “Now, we have reduced our overtime hours to about two to six on those large days. In fact, we were down to two pullers on one of our busy days and still got out with minimal overtime.”

For more information about warehouse management solutions for the building products distribution industry, contact Jim Houser at dmsi@dmsi.com or Patrick Majure at pjm@majure.com.

About DMSi
For over 30 years, DMSi has been the leading business management solution for distributors of building material and forest products. Nearly 400 of North America’s top lumber, millwork, roofing, siding, laminate, drywall, and other building product suppliers use DMSi software to efficiently manage daily activities in 1,100 distribution yards, shops, warehouses and offices. For more information on DMSi software, call 402.330.6620, email dmsi@dmsi.com or visit www.dmsi.com.

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