Thomas Russell — Furniture Today,<\/p>\n
LAS VEGAS \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Case goods importer Modus Furniture has boosted its domestic warehouse capacity with a 250,000-square-foot leased operation in Fontana, Calif.<\/p>\n
The facility, which began shipping in March, replaces five warehouse locations totaling some 150,000 square feet the company occupied in the Los Angeles area.
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\nWhile Modus saw an 800% increase in volume shipped from the L.A. facilities between 2002 and 2012, the setup presented some logistical difficulties. For example, because of the limited space and dock facilities, the company experienced some stacking damages and some delays in getting the goods out the door.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Once we reached that point, we decided something had to change,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Jonathan Richey, company operations manager.<\/p>\n
Built in 2001, the newly leased facility has a minimum of 32-foot ceilings and 35 dock doors. It also holds about 1,000 containers of finished goods, compared with a total of 300 at the other facilities.<\/p>\n
Modus contracts with a third party logistics provider, Furnigistix, which provides labor and other needs to operate the facility.<\/p>\n
The facility utilizes an Enterprise Resource Planning system from Apprise Software. It allows the company to track real time data including inventory, billing and order status based on activity in the warehouse and sales and purchasing areas of the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s headquarters in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
The system also allows customers and company representative to track orders online.
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\n Since implementing the system, Modus has seen a number of improvements, including reduced handling damages and a reduction in the time it takes to move items from the storage to the staging areas of the warehouse.<\/p>\n
And thanks to sales and inventory tracking, the facility can ship most orders the next day. Before, it took at least two to three days to ship many goods because they had to be transported from the stocking warehouse to a distribution facility.<\/p>\n
Because most of the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s business is container-direct, the new facility still only handles about 30% of the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s shipments. The other goods are shipped through two smaller warehouses in Indonesia and China.<\/p>\n
Not all SKUs are available through the warehouse, the company said.<\/p>\n
Modus officials expect the facility to accommodate its needs for the duration of the five-year lease, through 2017.<\/p>\n
Jay Jewett, the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s general manager, said the facility allows the company to improve its service.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The product has been there, the designs have been there and the commitment has been there,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Jewett said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This will make us excel and bring us to the next level\u00c2\u00a0 in dealing with the majors.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
At this month\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Las Vegas Market, Modus Furniture will show in space B-662.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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