Just the ticket for Blockbuster

摘要

New equipment and software at the retailer's McKinney, Texas DC promise higher efficiencies and accuracies as well as substantial cost savings. Clearly, Blockbuster's DC in McKinney, Texas doesn't have it easy. The 1 million square foot facility which includes two mezzanines with a total of 200,000 square feet, is the company's only DC. That means it processes orders 24/6 for 4,700 stores across the country. And when it comes to new releases, shipments must be coordi-natqd so they are available at all stores on the same date. Meanwhile, the inventory being handled continues to change as volume rises above 140 million units a year. What was once a business of only VHS tapes now includes mostly DVDs and games. In addition, what was primarily a rental business now includes retail sales as well as trading, The end result is as many as four stock keeping units (SKUs) for a single release.