Category: Press Release

HILLIARD, OH (January 21, 2013) – VARGO has launched a completely redesigned website, to better reflect their capabilities and industry focus. VARGO is a team of fulfillment and distribution center specialists with expertise in systems integration, DC process improvement, and specialized material handling equipment.

Using the new website, visitors can easily review VARGO’s extensive capabilities and experience within eCommerce/direct-to-consumer distribution, retail and wholesale distribution, and manufacturing. Within these industries, VARGO’s experience ranges from implementing lean, pull-based distribution methodologies and systems using its powerful COFE software, to traditional material handling systems integration, to providing a full line of standard and specialized material handling equipment.

VARGO’s thought leadership position in the industry is illustrated with a library of white papers, technical notes and success stories. Visitors can download these resources, and also sign up for the company’s newsletters, or schedule webinars to learn more about VARGO solutions.

HILLIARD, OH (July 18, 2012) – VARGO was recently awarded a contract by the global clothing and accessory retailer, to design and implement a lean, pull based ecommerce distribution center. At the heart of the turn-key lean distribution design is VARGO’s warehouse control system (WCS) called COFE™.

COFE is an acronym for Continuous Order Fulfillment for Ecommerce and is the first and only commercially available warehouse control system (WCS) that processes distribution center orders by applying “lean” methodologies to the order fulfillment process. In affect this creates a waveless type operation. It is typically installed between the warehouse management system (WMS) and the material handling subsystems, to expand the capabilities of the WMS. COFE integrates order management, machine control and labor to efficiently pull orders through the distribution center in a continuous flow.

In addition, VARGO will be procuring and integrating all the storage needs, conveyor, order fulfillment technologies, piece and shipping sorters, and traditional material handling equipment for this facility’s ecommerce operation. The new system is targeted to go-live in August, 2012.

HILLIARD, OH (July 17, 2012) – VARGO is pleased to announce the hiring of Mr. Art Eldred as its new Client Executive, System Sales. Mr. Eldred will be responsible for leading the company’s system sales team, and will focus on managing both direct-to-consumer and business-to-business sales opportunities and client relations.

Eldred has been a supply chain professional for over 22 years, and has managed the design and implementation of supply chain systems used by major retailers, distributors and direct-to-consumer, eCommerce clients. He most recently held the position of Client Executive with Kiva Systems who was has been acquired by Amazon, and also spent time with Unarco Automaton, Intelligrated, Dematic and DHL/Exel. His client experience includes brands such as Wal-Mart, Sysco Foods, Family Dollar, Limited Brands and Toys-R-Us.

Said Mr. Eldred, “I’m thrilled to be part of the VARGO team and am excited to help our clients take advantage of the unique value our warehouse control system brings to the ecommerce and B2B world. Using our one-of-a kind COFE WCS to apply ‘lean’ methodologies to processing of continuous order drops, allows our clients to efficiently scale and grow with their ever changing order profiles.”

According to Mr. Michael Vargo, President at VARGO, “Bringing in someone of Art’s caliber is very good news for VARGO, but most importantly, it’s good news for our clients. He is an outstanding problem solver and has a complete understanding of what it takes to run a distribution center at peak efficiency. Armed with our unique WCS software capabilities, Art will be positioned to help our clients bring their operations to a whole new level of efficiency.”

HILLIARD, OH (May 30, 2012) – Anda, Inc. recently opened a new “lean distribution” center in Olive Branch, Mississippi designed and implemented by VARGO™. VARGO was chosen for their unique approach to the lean distribution concept, which at its most basic level allows a distribution center the ability to fulfill orders faster, at lower costs and with much less reliance on mechanized equipment. The end result is a new facility that significantly reduced staffing needs and increased throughput compared to their other facilities.

Anda, Inc is a division of Watson Pharmaceuticals and primarily distributes generic and select brand pharmaceutical products to independent pharmacies, alternate care providers (hospitals, nursing homes and mail order pharmacies), pharmacy chains and physicians’ offices. In 2011, they shipped to 62,500 customer locations across all trade classes. The lean distribution system designed by VARGO allows Anda to assemble orders for both controlled and non-controlled substances while minimizing the need for large work in-process buffers. The highly efficient operation required a lower over overall investment in capital compared to traditional systems that were considered, and enabled an efficient and scalable use of labor to accommodate growth and peak curves in volume.