Spring ISD Automates Distribution Center With BM Cloud ERP

The Spring Independent School District Distribution Center serves over 34,000 pre-kindergarten through twelfth-grade students, In addition to supporting the Maintenance & Operation, Campus and Child Nutrition inventory needs for the District. Spring ISD Distribution Center also act as a centralized receiving point for the entire district. The facility has close to 6,000 pallet locations and 5,500 shelf locations.

THE CHALLENGE

Spring ISD legacy system posed a challenge for the fulfillment of orders. The process implemented in the legacy system was seen as both cumbersome & complex. The systems could not provide adequate reporting necessary to make informed business decisions. This resulted in:

  • Lack of Scalability
  • Prevent integration between systems
  • Data Inconsistency
  • Unintentional complexities & inefficiencies

THE STRATEGY

A Single-source Solution that Directly Benefits Their Bottom Line and Exceeds Customer Quality and Delivery Expectations

As a first step, Atlantis team along with Spring ISD users performed a comprehensive discovery exercise for better understand and document the Spring ISD DC internal processes.

BM Cloud, a state-of-the-art solution with a single, holistic view of every aspect of inventory & replenishment solution optimizes the order fulfillment process.

BM Mobile helps warehouse users with day-today operations including picking, packing, shipping, labeling and improving inventory data accessibility.

  1. Complete automation with mobile devices
  2. No risk of errors from manually entered data
  3. Ability to increase order volume easily
  4. Guaranteed error-free data from BM Cloud ERP system
  5. Progression towards a paperless distribution center

CLIENT’S TESTIMONIALS

Spring ISD was tasked with sourcing a new Warehouse Management System that not only met the unique needs of our Distribution Services Department but that also fit within the parameters of our budget constraints. Atlantis Consulting group was able to provide a customized warehouse management solution that we seamlessly integrated into our current processes and implemented in the short span of 3 months. The Atlantis team took the time to learn our district processes and understand our previous challenges and then customize their solution to fit our needs. Care was taken in a phased training approach as the team created a test site specifically for training on each process step. Prior to go-live, Atlantis provided detailed procedure and instructional manuals and even conducted two site visits from Canada to Houston, Texas to ensure success. Our end users have commented on the system’s ease of use and the increased functionality while reducing manual processes and paperwork. The Spring ISD team has been most pleased with the hands-on service provided by the Atlantis group as we have been provided direct contact numbers for questions and customer service. Overall, the implementation has been vastly successful!

Nicole Barnett, Director of Distribution Services
Spring ISD – Distribution Services