Motek's Priya WMS Delivers Immediate Return At J&B Cold Storage

J&B Cold Storage, a third party logistics public refrigerated warehouse (3PL PRW) cold storage facility providing freezer warehouse space to food wholesalers, processors, manufacturers, distributors and brokers, has dramatically improved its inventory management, productivity, and business capacity since going live with Motek's Priya(R) Warehouse Management System (WMS). J&B Cold Storage plans to standardize on Priya company-wide in 2008.

"In our business, we often receive customer's product with little or no notice, making it difficult to accurately track and manage inventory or invoice for storage, packaging and distribution. Priya eliminates this growth obstacle" said J&B's IT Director Bill Dettmann. "In fact, the weekend of taking Priya live we received an unexpected influx of orders from our largest customer. Luckily the Priya conversion went smoothly and we were able to handle the increased orders on this conversion weekend. Had we not been using Priya, we may have had to turn trucks and business away."

J&B Cold Storage identified Motek, the technology leader in cold storage 3PL warehouse management systems, as its growth strategy partner. The flexibility and comprehensive feature set in Priya enables J&B Cold Storage to support their customer's changing business needs. "Priya's unique ability to add or modify an order up to the time a truck leaves the facility gives J&B Cold Storage a significant business advantage, ensuring trucks roll with full loads and their customers maintain maximum supply chain flexibility," said Dawn Stramer, Motek's project manager for J&B. Priya also enables J&B to provide full traceability and accountability for their customers.

Food wholesalers, processors, manufacturers, distributors and brokers rely on 3PL's to facilitate their expansion. "In today's competitive 3PL environment, to deliver exceptional service and value, our customers must anticipate their customer's needs. By investing in technology infrastructure that allows them to respond faster and more accurately J&B demonstrates a commitment to their customer's that sets them apart," said Motek CEO Ann Price. "J&B's decision to use Priya to support their customer's growth reflects critical competitive thinking."

About J&B Group
J&B Group is a leading, privately held perishable food manufacturer and distributor serving the retail and foodservice industries. Collectively, J&B's business units total approximately $400 million-plus in annual sales revenue. Established in 1979, the company is based in St. Michael, Minn. J&B offers customers a variety of products and services including 3PL from a 2-million-cubic-foot public cold storage warehouse for refrigerated and frozen food; food distribution from a 125,000-square-foot radio frequency-controlled warehouse for distribution to 11 Midwestern states; meat production; transportation, and foodservice distribution for restaurants throughout its service area.

About Motek
Founded in 1991, Motek is the warehouse management software technology leader. Motek's single, all-inclusive product, Priya, is the only Tier 1 Microsoft Windows-based WMS available today. Priya manages and tracks all warehouse activity, inventory, equipment, and operators in real time with the use of wireless radio frequency computers, voice technology, and engineered labor standards. Because it runs on Windows, Motek's solution is cost-effective for the 50,000 square foot warehouse, yet powerful enough to handle the 1,000,000+ square foot warehouse. Motek's reputation for innovation began when the Smithsonian Institute recognized it for being the first RF WMS on a PC. Since then, Motek has been the first WMS on Windows, the first WMS with real-time engineered labor standards, and the first Windows WMS with voice recognition.

SOURCE: J&B Cold Storage