April 30, 2007
InComm, the nation’s largest provider of third party gift cards and other prepaid products, partnered with Archway Marketing Services (Archway), a leading fulfillment and logistics provider.
InComm provides prepaid and gift card solutions to 145,000 retail locations. Archway serves as the gift card fulfillment partner to leading retailers shipping 70 million cards in 2006 to 42 different retailers. Together they offer a streamlined supply chain to retailers across the US.
“InComm is dedicated to providing our customers with the best service possible, and our partnership with Archway will allow us to continue to ensure that our customers have the best products in the industry, in stock and on time,” said Dan Kahrs, SVP of Operations for InComm. “Our partnership with Archway gives InComm the ability to track and monitor cards from our dock to the retailer door, all the way to the individual serial number on the card, greatly reducing the risks of lost inventory or out-of-stock customers.”
Using their knowledge of serial number and lot tracking required for the healthcare industry allowed Archway to create a unique RF tracking system and E-tools for card fulfillment. RF technology is integrated in their process, shrinking the amount of time spent on tracking each individual card and streamlining their inventory management system, which can be accessed through their proprietary E-tools in real-time.
“We’ve changed this business to a seconds business, drastically reducing the labor costs for fulfilling prepaid and gift cards,” explained Mike Moroz, President of Archway Marketing Services. “We’re excited to utilize this system for InComm to provide greater visibility and control to their inventory and support their accelerated growth through our ability to track cards to the serial number from receiving to delivery at the retail location.”
Archway is an ISO 9000:2001 and American Express certified company. Archway is in the process of becoming Visa/MasterCard certified as well.