SEA-LAND TO DEVELOP GLOBAL INVENTORY CONTROL SYSTEM

   Sea-Land Service has appointed Manhattan Associates Inc., an information
technology firm based in Atlanta, Ga., to develop a global inventory
management system.
   Sea-Land and Manhattan Associates will develop streamlined processes in
the Asian market that will "change global inventory management by shaving
weeks off of inventory cycle times," the IT firm said.
   Gary Gilbert, president of Buyers, the consolidation division of
Sea-Land, said that Manhattan Associates will "contribute to Sea-Land’s war
against inventory."
   The IT system will allow Sea-Land and its customers to predict overseas
shipments and plan accordingly to fulfill retailers’ orders.
   In addition, value-added services, previously performed for each
retailer by the manufacturers’ distribution centers, will be fulfilled by
Sea-Land in one of its port facilities.