How American Eagle Outfitters Set Up Its New Fulfillment Center

The facility has a unique fulfillment operation that adapts to changing work volume requirements and available labor resources, said Steve Lyman, the retailer’s vice president of distribution, during a session at last week’s National Conference on Operations & Fulfillment in Orlando, Fla.

To ensure maximum efficiency, the company used a system installed by VARGO Adaptive Software that enables it to maximize the resources of a mix of its own warehouse employees and temps brought in from an outside company. American Eagle maximizes efficiencies in the following ways:
* workers operate in production lines;
* many workers contribute to make each package, and many packages are being made concurrently; and
* it automates workflow.