Blackhawk Network, a subsidiary of Safeway Inc., is a prepaid and payments network, a market leader in card-based financial solutions and the largest provider of third-party prepaid cards.
By adapting our own technology, we were able to implement a stock and replenish system that met strict criteria for product fulfillment throughout North America. The process of creating a new system for Blackhawk substantially reduced development costs and time. It only allowed Blackhawk to manage its inventory more effectively, but also allowed stock to be replenished through a direct-to-store, auto-replenishment channel.
The resulting logistics system was flexible and enabled the synchronization of inventories between Blackhawk and Contac in real-time. To date the system has been rolled out to approximately 15,000 locations.
“For me to be able to look back over the last several months (not years, months) and take perspective on what we have been able to accomplish already, its really quite satisfying and impressive.”
Charlie Piper, SVP, Blackhawk Operations