Vasanta Group, which includes VOW, ISA Retail and Supplies Team, has signed up with global supply chain optimisation provider Manhattan Associate to support its distribution network.

Vasanta will deploy Manhattan Associates' logistics execution system, Manhattan SCALE™: Supply Chain Architected for Logistics Execution, at a new regional distribution centre (DC) in Normanton, West Yorkshire. The new, 200,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility replaces Vasanta's existing DC for the northern region, also in Normanton, and forms a cornerstone of the company's strategy to build a world-class supply chain infrastructure.

The existing distribution network is supported by a warehouse management system that is highly customised and therefore difficult and expensive to maintain. Vasanta decided it needed an advanced, flexible and modularised supply chain technology platform that could also be seamlessly integrated with its future ERP platform - Microsoft Dynamics AX - as well as with radio frequency technology and a new automated picking and packing system.