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Columbus CEO featured VARGO^®s partnership with WineDirect. Read the full story below:

VARGO Software Selected to Aid in Napa Valley Wine Distribution

Direct-to-consumer wine provider WineDirect will use VARGO software to improve efficiencies in its new fulfillment center.

Columbus-based distribution and fulfillment solutions provider VARGO announced that it was chosen to design and build a waveless material-handling system for WineDirect’s new Napa Valley fulfillment center, which is scheduled to be in use by late summer. The move to a bigger facility is prompted by significant growth in the direct-to-consumer wine industry.

VARGO enables distribution and fulfillment centers to function continuously, rather than in waves, through its Continuous Order Fulfillment Engine software. It says the new system will facilitate three times the shipment volume in half the time for WineDirect.

The agreement includes the rights to market Knapp’s OSR Shuttle and other products.

Vargo, a leading provider of warehouse execution software, material-handling system integration and equipment solutions, has signed a distribution agreement with Knapp, a company specializing in highly automated equipment lines and solutions.

Under the terms of the agreement, Vargo has the rights to market Knapp’s OSR Shuttle and other Knapp products as part of Vargo’s solutions.

“We are proud to be able to add Knapp’s product lines in the fulfillment solutions that we propose and design for our clients,” said J. Michael Vargo, president of Vargo. “Being chosen by Knapp shows a growth in the breadth of technologies that we can offer our clients. Being able to integrate additional technology into our solutions for customers will help ensure economical and on-time delivery results for them.”

Vargo has developed Continuous Order Fulfillment Engine (COFE), a warehouse execution system that controls all work resources from machinery to associates and organizes, optimizes, sequences and synchronizes the work effort.

Originally posted on Modern Material Handling, March 31, 2017

Under the terms of the agreement, VARGO maintains the rights to market KNAPP’s OSR Shuttle and other KNAPP products as part VARGO solutions.

VARGO, a Hilliard, Ohio-based provider of warehouse execution software, material handling system integration and equipment solutions, signed a distribution agreement with KNAPP Logistics Automjation, a Kennesaw, Ga.-based specialist in highly automated equipment lines and solutions.

Under the terms of the agreement, VARGO maintains the rights to market KNAPP’s OSR Shuttle and other KNAPP products as part VARGO solutions.

“We are proud to be able to add KNAPP’s product lines in the fulfillment solutions that we propose and design for our clients. Being chosen by KNAPP shows a growth in the breadth of technologies that we can offer our clients,” says J. Michael Vargo, president of VARGO. “Being able to integrate additional technology into our solutions for customers will help ensure economical and on-time delivery results for them.”

VARGO developed continuous order fulfillment engine (COFE), the warehouse execution system that enables retailers to better manage fulfillment in their distribution centers. COFE controls all work resources — machinery and associates — and organizes, optimizes, sequences and synchronizes the work effort.

Originally posted on Refrigerated & Frozen Foods Magazine, March 31, 2017

The agreement includes the rights to market Knapp’s OSR Shuttle and other products.

Vargo, a leading provider of warehouse execution software, material-handling system integration and equipment solutions, has signed a distribution agreement with Knapp, a company specializing in highly automated equipment lines and solutions.

Under the terms of the agreement, Vargo has the rights to market Knapp’s OSR Shuttle and other Knapp products as part of Vargo’s solutions.

“We are proud to be able to add Knapp’s product lines in the fulfillment solutions that we propose and design for our clients,” said J. Michael Vargo, president of Vargo. “Being chosen by Knapp shows a growth in the breadth of technologies that we can offer our clients. Being able to integrate additional technology into our solutions for customers will help ensure economical and on-time delivery results for them.”

Vargo has developed Continuous Order Fulfillment Engine (COFE), a warehouse execution system that controls all work resources from machinery to associates and organizes, optimizes, sequences and synchronizes the work effort.

Originally posted on Supply Chain 24/7 on March 31, 2017

DC Velocity Featured the new COFE^® features unveiled at ProMat. Read the full article:

Vargo adds mobility, analytics modules to WES platform

By DC Velocity Staff

Warehouse execution software (WES) provider Vargo today said it has added two modules, one for mobility and the other for analytics, to its “Continuous Order Fulfillment Engine,” known as COFE.

The “COFE View Mobility” gives decision-makers access to real-time information about their distribution center operations without being tied to a desktop, laptop, or workstation, Hilliard, Ohio-based Vargo said. From any device, managers can set daily production goals and track performance against those goals by shift. The system will provide early warning on performance and production issues to give managers ample time to react, Vargo said. It also helps allocate appropriate labor resources based on production goals and will recommend resource reallocation, if necessary, using actual production rates, Vargo said.

Managers will also be able to turn equipment on and off from their device without having to return to a desktop or control room, Vargo said.

The “COFE View Analytics module” provides managers with all of the features of the Mobility package as well as the ability to measure, visualize, and manage operations in real time to a much more granular level. It also offers flexibility to build individual custom statistical and analytical reports, Vargo said.

The module allows decision-makers to view visual presentations of operational data in a more in-depth way, to drill deeper into data for more granular details, to track and evaluate key performance indicators (KPIs), and to develop online dashboards and visualizations to improve processes, Vargo said. This reduces the need to sift through multiple external reports as well as the need to export data from various systems into another application to build cross-system reports and analytics.

The two modules, which must be purchased as a package, are expected to be available either late in the second quarter or sometime in the third quarter, Vargo said.

Modern Materials Handling covered the new features of COFE^® unveiled at ProMat. Read the full article below:

VARGO adds mobility, analytics modules to WES software

VARGO’s COFE Continuous Order Fulfillment Engine warehouse execution system (WES) has been enhanced with two new modules that enable mobility and analytics, announced COO/CFO Bart Cera in a press conference Tuesday.

By Sara Pearson Specter · April 4, 2017

VARGO’s (Booth S3937) COFE Continuous Order Fulfillment Engine warehouse execution system (WES) has been enhanced with two new modules that enable mobility and analytics, announced COO/CFO Bart Cera in a press conference Tuesday.

“The new modules give decision makers access to real-time information about their distribution centers from anywhere, on any device, including on the floor of their operations,” he explained. “Managers want to be among their equipment and their workforce to quickly identify areas for productivity improvements, and to see what people are doing.”

Browser-based, the COFE View Mobility module gives managers access to operating performance from their smart devices on the floor. It also provides forecasting and variance analysis, allowing managers to set production and labor goals for the day and track performance against those goals by shift, and sends alerts as an early warning on performance and production issues.

The COFE View Analytics module provides even greater ability to measure, visualize and manage operations in real time at a much more granular level, as well as allows creation of individual custom statistical and analytical reports.