Case Study: Medifast achieves 30% lower shipping labor and 15–20% annual shipping cost savings with Blue Yonder Warehouse Management

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Medifast faced growing volume across its distribution centers and needed to scale its ERP and distribution operations to reduce shipping labor, lower annual shipping costs, and speed truck unloading. The company’s goals included decreasing labor costs in the shipping function, cutting shipping expenses, and reducing unloading time while improving overall warehouse visibility and decision-making.

Medifast implemented Blue Yonder Warehouse Management, including a direct-to-work queue and dimensional data for products, eliminating paperwork and double touches by enabling picks directly into the correct shipping box and real-time system-assigned tasks. The solution delivered measurable gains: ~30% lower shipping labor costs, 15–20% annual shipping cost savings, an 8x reduction in truck unloading time, and roughly 40% of distribution employees working on system-directed tasks for higher productivity.

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