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Industries: Retail and Apparel

Warehouse and distribution solutions for retail and apparel

Building a modern, automated warehouse in the retail and apparel space is essential to increasing operational efficiency while lowering costs. FORTNA partners with retail and apparel companies to design and implement technology solutions to decrease labor dependency, increase capacity and optimize inventory.

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Digital drives demand for enhanced omnichannel capabilities

Retail and apparel companies are undergoing unprecedented disruption, with omnichannel strategies such as ship-from-store, micro-fulfillment, and dark stores becoming essential. FORTNA partners with retailers and general merchandisers to boost these capabilities with automation, software and robotic solutions to meet rising customer expectations for seamless experiences and flexible returns.

Retail and apparel industry challenges

FORTNA understands these challenges and designs solutions that transform operations.

Labor

An aging workforce and shifting generations are creating labor shortages that drive up costs, limit availability and require additional safety measures. FORTNA’s customized solutions are designed to drive efficiency, ensure compliance and meet the evolving needs of your customers.

Labor and automation

Capacity

Consumer expectations for endless selection has driven SKU proliferation, requiring a strategic approach to managing capacity for a varied inventory. FORTNA can help you build a best-fit solution from an automation, software and robotics perspective to address a rapidly changing inventory mix.

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Omnichannel fulfillment

As consumer habits continue to shift, retailers need to be prepared to serve them in a variety of channels. FORTNA can help transform fulfillment operations to enable flexibility and address digital disruption and growth objectives.

Fulfillment solutions

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How to Manage the Surge of Returns

With customer expectations and brand loyalty often hinged on customer-friendly return policies and easy return shipping, a clear and concise returns management strategy can eliminate unneeded waste and boost sales. Learn how to plan for returns effectively while leveraging automation, regardless of your distribution facility or network size.

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Customer Success Case Study

Ulta Beauty: Transforming distribution to support growth

To support its growth plans, Ulta Beauty partnered with FORTNA to more than double distribution capacity. Following the design and build of three omnichannel distribution centers to support store-friendly shipments and a dedicated e-Commerce distribution center, the company has accelerated fulfillment, improved store operations, decreased out-of-stocks and reduced transportation and labor costs, among other benefits.

FORTNA has helped us to transform our distribution network to support our growth, deliver meaningful results and ensure our guest experiences are optimized.

Vice President Supply Chain Strategy & Systems

Ulta Beauty

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Faced with exponential omni-channel growth, Journeys partnered with FORTNA for an expansion of their Tennessee distribution center to increase capacity and throughput by 200%.

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FORTNA can help transform fulfillment operations to enable flexibility and address digital disruption and growth objectives

Data-driven solutions to accelerate performance

Data-driven

Scientifically proven proprietary modeling tools and algorithms allow FORTNA to design for maximum efficiency and outcomes.

Holistic approach

FORTNA designs solutions with a holistic perspective, considering upstream/downstream impacts on the entire operation and network.

Best-fit technology

At FORTNA, we identify and select appropriate and best fit technologies to optimize the solution.

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Warehouse automation solutions

FORTNA is your trusted partner for transforming your distribution operation. We help organizations manage labor costs, optimize inventory management, and leverage a wide range of automation solutions. Using our unique data-driven approach, we can identify the best-fit distribution center solutions to increase productivity, manage SKU proliferation and optimize warehouse processes.

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Intelligent software solutions

Intelligent software is essential to optimizing operations for maximum efficiency, reliability and flexibility. With an equipment and supplier agnostic approach to software, FORTNA designs and implements innovative and high-performance solutions for customers to power their operations with fast and accurate order fulfillment.

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