kozy shack^® ENTERPRISES, inc. automates bi-coastal production and manufacturing facilities with 100% Microsoft Based Solution; realizes immediate Increase in productivity and visability

Motek’s Priya^® Warehouse Management Software gives popular dessert manufacturer the capabilities required to meet demand and continue nationwide expansion.

 

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – September 6, 2006 – Kozy Shack^® Enterprises, Inc., a leading manufacturer of refrigerated dairy desserts, has increased productivity in its New York and California production facilities by a combined 25% and significantly improved inventory tracking using Motek’s Windows-based Priya^® Warehouse Management Software (WMS). 

In 1995 Kozy Shack Enterprises added a new manufacturing facility in California in response to growing, nationwide demand for its high quality puddings and other dessert products among both retail and foodservice facilities.  Yet a lack of automation limited growth and prevented the company from taking full advantage of its bi-coastal manufacturing capabilities. 

“We realized that to manage our current demand and prepare for national expansion, we had to automate our facilities as quickly as possible with robust inventory management software that supported both production and 3PL distribution,” said Tony Leis, Supply Chain Manager at Kozy Shack.  “Only Priya offered the breadth and depth of capabilities as standard features that allows us to meticulously manage inventory and ship product based on real-time inventory and order information.” 

Using Priya, Kozy Shack increased efficiency and productivity in its manufacturing, a process that requires a minimum of three pick and ship waves: the raw product, cups and lids, and final packaging.  Kozy Shack relies on Priya to track and manage both gross lots of inventory, such as 1,000 pound bags of sugar as well as increments like smaller, pre-measured amounts of sugar, as they are picked and moved on pallets for use in production.  Once the desserts are packaged, the WMS directs the loaded pallets to refrigerated warehouses, maximizing the use of space and picking products for distribution to ensure fresh inventory based on date codes.

 With Priya, Kozy Shack has significantly reduced product loss due to short code or spoilage. “Kozy Shack needed a comprehensive, scalable supply chain management system in order for their business to meet demand and continue growing,” said Motek Service Director Dawn Stramer.  “Priya gives them the data they need now to streamline and improve their operations to meet surging demand for their products.

About Kozy Shack® Enterprises, Inc.

Tradition meets today’s consumer lifestyle in Kozy Shack® products. For almost 40 years, Kozy Shack® has been making the finest-quality, ready-to-eat refrigerated dairy desserts. Packaged for convenience, the puddings are slow-cooked in kettles complete with fresh milk and fine ingredients, and are available in ready-to-serve portions in the dairy case of the supermarket. Since 1967 Kozy Shack® Inc., a family owned business with more than 400 employees, has been dedicated to producing the best-tasting desserts, while upholding its high standards of quality and service. The growing company expanded its operations beginning in 1994 by relocating its manufacturing facility and corporate offices to Hicksville, New York. To support worldwide sales and distribution, Kozy Shack operates manufacturing plants in Turlock, Calif., and in Lough Egish, Ireland (60 miles north of Dublin).

About Motek^®

Founded in 1991, Motek is the warehouse management software technology leader. Motek's single, all-inclusive product, Priya, is the only Tier 1 Microsoft Windows^®-based WMS available today. Motek's reputation for innovation began when the Smithsonian Institute recognized it for being the first RF WMS on a PC. Since then, Motek has been the first WMS on Windows, the first WMS with real-time engineered labor standards, and the first Windows^®-based WMS with voice recognition.

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