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HISTORY Stanley Works, Kannapolis NC Through 150 years of prosperity & growth, Stanley Works has been a worldwide manufacturer and marketer of tools, hardware and specialty hardware products for home improvement, consumer, and industrial use. Over those years, Stanley Works has earned a worldwide reputation for excellence. In order to retain that image, Stanley Works has rebuilt its distribution network and has implemented an advanced Warehouse Management System (WMS). Stanley Works has implemented the largest and most radical re-engineering program in its history. This included the consolidation of Stanley Works' four major division's distribution networks, into two state of the art facilities, known as the Stanley Customer Support Distribution Centers. The initial efforts of the distribution centers are aimed at developing stronger relationships with Stanley Works' key North American customers. The size and rapid growth of these customers have required Stanley Works to change the way they do business in order to remain competitive. The first steps required to achieve perfect customer service are the development of a common order management system and a consolidated distribution network shared across divisions. A shared distribution network strategy is driven by overall business requirements and supply chain strategy, not merely logistics cost savings. Today customers are requiring efficient replenishment capabilities and increasingly stringent service requirements such as consolidated orders, single shipments and value added services. Specifically, Stanley felt the ongoing pressure to reduce operating costs while maintaining/improving service levels. The shift from decentralized distribution to centralized networks marks the first time in Stanley Works' history that Stanley's four largest divisions (Stanley Tools, Hardware, Fastening Systems and Mechanics Tools) will be shipped to customers around the nation from two locations. In the past, each of these divisions had its own distribution network, its own list of customers and essentially operated as its own entity. The concept of shared distribution of the divisions allows customers to deal with only one Stanley Works. Previously, for a customer to place an order they would have called four different numbers and would eventually receive four separate deliveries.