With 17 Orphanides super markets and 2 state-of-the-art Orhanides Express Shops, and with plans for the development of an additional 20 super markets as well as a shopping mall until 2010, the group is the leader super market chain in Cyprus. Orphanides Public is in the process of optimizing its supply chain and towards that goal is centralizing its warehousing in a new distribution center of 90,000 square feet in the industrial area of Aradippou near the city of Larnaca.

Orphanides opted to implement Logistics Vision III-Warehouse Vision in the new distribution center to optimize its operation and expects to benefit from its use in the following areas:

• Reduction of the warehousing, distribution and stock costs
• Control and minimization of losses of products
• Minimization of errors
• Improve customer service level
• Increase of productivity of the available resources
• Real-time visibility of stock and information in general
• Full traceability and compliance with the relevant European Union directives

"Orphanides, is a very important addition to our customers in Cyprus. Modern supermarket chains rely heavily on logistics and therefore Logistics Vision is expected to play a vital role in Orphanides’ continuous effort to improve its competitiveness. Our experience and know-how together with our strong presence in Cyprus are warranting a very successful project." states Kyriakos Papaharalampous, General Manager of Mantis Cyprus.

About Orphanides Public Ltd

Orphanides, is the leading supermarket chain in Cyprus. Founded in 1988, from 1999 the company is listed in the Cyprus Stock Exchange. Orphanides since its foundation is operating as an elite retailing organization in Cyprus, with currently 19 points of sales and a very ambitious expansion plan to maintain its place as the leading hypermarket chain in Cyprus.

About Mantis Cyprus

Mantis Cyprus, established in 2003 in Nicosia Cyprus, is the leading supplier of logistics and fleet management software and solutions in Cyprus. Mantis Cyprus is a daughter company of Mantis, founded in 1996 in Athens, Greece, and a leading supplier of extended Supply Chain Execution (SCE) software and solutions in Central Eastern Europe and Russia/CIS.