Category: Press Release

HILLIARD, Ohio (November 16, 2022) — VARGO^®, a leading provider of material-handling systems integration, warehouse execution software and equipment solutions for major fulfillment and distribution centers, announces the retrofit of a brownfield facility for worldwide clothing and accessories retailer, Gap Inc.

VARGO^® completed a second customer experience center for Gap’s 550,000 square-foot Fishkill, NY campus including a new installation of its COFE^® WES Continuous Order Fulfillment Execution software to expand Gap’s ecommerce capabilities for capacity and timing for east coast distribution. With a June 2022 completion date, the additional customer experience center expands capacity for 500,000 peak day units and 325,000 peak day packages.

“We are very excited to continue to be an important partner of Gap’s growth strategy,” said Art Eldred, VARGO^®’s vice president & growth officer. “With every project we break barriers and improve output. It is exciting work and even more exciting to witness what is possible.”

HILLIARD, Ohio (October 10, 2022) — VARGO^®, a leading provider of material-handling systems integration and warehouse execution software was selected by a leading beauty retailer to reimagine its fulfillment network. The multi-project initiative is driven by expansive growth and will expand capacity, improve productivity and allow the retailer to get closer to their customers. Existing fulfillment centers will receive an upgrade to add automation and improve productivity. Additionally, a new class of fulfillment centers are being added to the network to increase capacity and position inventory closer to stores and customers.

“We are very proud of our team, the collaboration with our client and our vendor partners for the creative design and application of automation to solve the client’s needs,” said Bart Cera, president and COO. “VARGO^® is excited to be an instrumental part of our client’s supply chain transformation and their future success.”

The first project of the initiative tackles an existing omni-channel distribution center to process 750,000 units per day. The facility is being upgraded with automation across all functions in the operation. An inbound sorter and replenishment sorter from Hytrol will improve material flow from receiving to reserve storage to active picking. OPEX ® Perfect Pick ® ASRS’ will reduce touches in reserve storage. Additionally, OPEX^® SureSorts systems will provide and automated alternative to putwalls. Finally, a Dematic Multishuttle® will improve retail unit picking productivity. VARGO®’s COFE® warehouse execution system (WES) will orchestrate the flow of work throughout the new and existing automation. This project is expected to go live in January, with Phase II completion in the summer of 2023.

The second project of the initiative is implementing a new omni distribution center designed to fulfill 250,000 units per day. This facility will utilize similar inbound and replenishment processes with Hytrol conveyor and sorters. In addition, Locus Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) are being used to discrete order pick both retail replenishment and e-commerce orders. The new facility is expected to go live Summer of 2023.

VARGO^®’s COFE^® WES, warehouse execution software enables companies to connect to various automation technologies and seamlessly sequence and synchronize the various workflows for increased efficiency, operational effectiveness and simplicity. This allows the retailer to use the same WMS configuration across all the various types of automation in both facilities.

HILLIARD, Ohio (June 8, 2022) — VARGO^®, a leading provider of material-handling systems integration, warehouse execution software and equipment solutions for major fulfillment and distribution centers, recently went live with a new fulfillment center for a well-known, multi-store tire retailer.

VARGO^® implemented a custom-designed solution for this national tire retailer. The new solution can handle everything from rims to small trailer tires to huge off-road tires weighing 100 pounds. VARGO^®’s system allows for crossdocking of 4,500 tires per hour to 100 tire stores.

“The new facility offered Vargo the opportunity to improve the existing design and reduce touches in a very labor-intensive operation.” said Jeff Lammert, client executive, systems sales at VARGO^®. “The new facility reduces operating costs by getting closer to demand and reducing labor.  The system design includes the possibility of a future expansion to add 25% more capacity.”

VARGO^® creates industry-leading solutions to increase fulfillment capabilities and decrease order cycle times. VARGO^®’s solution for the national tire retailer significantly improved distribution processes and helped the client serve its customers quicker and easier.

HILLIARD, Ohio (June 1, 2022) — VARGO^®, a leading provider of material-handling systems integration, warehouse execution software and equipment solutions for major fulfillment and distribution centers, has announced the hiring of two new employees.

With the company’s continued growth, VARGO^® is excited to welcome the following new hires:

• David Brown – Software Support Specialist
• Jash Singh – Software Support Specialist

“In response to accelerated e-commerce growth and demand for innovative e-commerce fulfillment solutions, VARGO^® has continued to expand our software development and support team to better serve our clients,” said Bart Cera, VARGO^® president and COO, “and we are pleased to welcome David and Jash to our software support team. We know they will be excellent additions to our growing team.”

VARGO®’s COFE^® (Continuous Order Fulfillment Engine) was the first and remains the most advanced Warehouse Execution System (WES). COFE^® excels in complex e-commerce distribution environments through its ability to synchronize and sequence all the work necessary, in real-time, across all fulfillment resources – people, process and technologies.

HILLIARD, Ohio (May 12, 2022) — VARGO^®, a leading provider of material-handling systems integration, warehouse execution software and equipment solutions for major fulfillment and distribution centers, installs their Continuous Order Fulfillment Engine (COFE^®) warehouse execution system (WES) in a world renown, high-end fashion retailer’s North Carolina fulfillment center to drastically improve peak records.

VARGO^®’s COFE^®, a WES that works in real time to organize, sequence and synchronize all warehouse resources —equipment, people and processes. COFE^® is a waveless WES that enables continuous flow picking to minimize order cycle times, maximize efficiency and eliminate waves and buffers.

VARGO^® implemented COFE^® in the fashion retailer’s existing fulfillment center in North Carolina with minimal physical changes, which meant little operational disruption to the distribution center.

“COFE^® improves efficiency and seamlessly manages expediency, which makes work more consistent though the operating day and makes peak season more efficient,” said Jeff Lammert, client executive, systems sales at VARGO^®. “Using COFE^® allowed the retailer to ship more orders faster than ever before.”

VARGO^®’s solution improved flow throughout the building to allow the fashion retailer to consistently exceed previous peak records for multiple days. The retailer was able to reduce the duration of peak season, completing the peak by December 3, 2021. The peak was extremely successful, doubling the percentage of orders shipped within 24 hours and reducing one full day from the average click to ship cycle time.

HILLIARD, Ohio (May 5, 2022) — VARGO^®, a leading provider of material-handling systems integration, warehouse execution software and equipment solutions for major fulfillment and distribution centers, was selected by WineDirect, the wine industry’s leading fulfillment solution, to expand their fulfillment center to increase efficiencies.

Due to the pandemic, home delivery of wine has grown, leading to WineDirect installing the second phase of the packing sorter. VARGO^® added nine diverts and four take away lines to the existing packing sorter to help meet increased demand. A third taper was also added to the fulfillment solution. VARGO^®’s updates doubled the processing capacity of the fulfillment center, allowing for shorter order cycle times.

“VARGO^® was able to expand WineDirect’s fulfillment processes to meet the growth in demand for home delivery,” said Jeff Lammert, client executive, system sales at VARGO^®. “The installation of the second phase of the packing sorter sped up fulfillment processes by doubling their capacity.”

“Our partnership with VARGO^®, specifically their warehouse execution system and their proprietary Continuous Order Fulfillment Engine, enables us to properly align our key resources of people, product and processes to seamlessly scale our business”. David Dennigmann, WineDirect’s director of operations said. “The events of 2020 significantly increased our clients’ demand for home delivery so we also added additional capacity through the expansion of the packing sorter, enabling us to combine necessary scale and personalization to our process”.

The solution includes VARGO^®’s Continuous Order Fulfillment Engine (COFE^®), a Warehouse Execution System (WES) that works in real time to organize, sequence and synchronize all warehouse resources — equipment, people and processes. COFE^® is a waveless WES that enables continuous flow picking to minimize order cycle times, maximize efficiency and eliminate waves and buffers.

“VARGO^® designs flexible solutions to help retailers scale expected and unexpected challenges,” Lammert said. “Being able to expand to meet demands and changes is an integral part of VARGO^®’s custom-designed solutions.”

About WineDirect

WineDirect provides everything your winery needs to start, manage and grow your direct-to-consumer (DTC) business from wine club, ecommerce and point of sale software to fulfillment and marketplace distribution. With expertise in all areas of ecommerce and fulfillment and a longstanding commitment to wineries’ growth, we can help you at every stage in your development. Serving wineries worldwide, WineDirect is headquartered in Napa Valley with offices in Paso Robles, CA; Santa Maria, CA; Sherwood, OR; Glenwillow, OH; Vancouver, BC; and McLaren Vale, Australia. Learn more about how we are helping wineries succeed with DTC at www.winedirect.com