We're excited to launch a new way to get to know some of our great employees: Meet a HighJumper! We'll share an employee profile every moth or so via our social media channels, including here on our blog.
How in tune are you with the day-to-day ongoings in your warehouse? Are the employees happy there? Do they know what is expected of them? Are those expectations realistic? Warehouse management is a blend of people, processes and technology. They all need to be in sync and work happily together, including your warehouse management software. Obviously high efficiency and productivity are the goals, but make sure your expectations are based on what is realistic to attain....
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Putting your warehouse management software in the cloud eliminates the everyday 'grunt' work involved in maintaining an on-premise WMS, like upgrades and patches and disaster recovery plans. Watch this 1-minute video to learn how HighJump's cloud-based warehouse management system is simple and affordable to maintain.
“Free
Shipping” offers have always drawn in more customers for the
retail
industry. Here are some important benefits to having free
shipping offers:
- 61% of consumers will most likely cancel their entire purchase if free shipping isn’t offered
- 23% increase in traffic for retailers offering free shipping promotions
- 78% of online customers said prohibitive costs of shipping discourage them from making online purchases
- 90% of respondents said free shipping offers would entice them to spend more online
How...
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The ANSI ASC X12 standard for Electronic
Data Interchange (EDI), also referred to as ASC X12, is the EDI
standard most widely used in the US and Canada. The group that has
sponsored it since 1979, the American National Standards Institute
Accredited Standards Committee, includes over 3,000 experts from
more than 350 countries.
EDI transaction codes, sometimes called transaction sets or
T-sets, correspond to a specific type of electronic business
document, such as an invoice or a purchase...
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HighJump Software, a global provider of supply chain management software, today announced that Stephens Distributing has selected HighJump RouteCenter On-Demand to manage its direct store delivery operations. Stephens Distributing is a longtime HighJump customer and Anheuser-Busch distributor serving the greater Fort Lauderdale area.
Stephens Distributing began a search for a new route accounting system (RAS) to replace its legacy solution with a more user-friendly platform. After evaluating...
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Each
year, Dan Gilmore of Supply Chain Digest creates a list of supply chain management
megatrends for the year. Here are his picks for 2012:
Turbo Supply Chain Visibility
- A combination of technologies is making the level of supply chain visibility almost limitless right now.
- This means companies will need to decide at what pace they are going to roll out these turbo visibility capabilities. One example is HighJump supply chain performance management solutions for warehouse management and...
It's that time of year again, Gartner has released its infamous "Magic Quadrant" report for the WMS industry. Gartner notes that the demand for WMS has been strong as companies try to build a strong supply chain execution foundation to position themselves for growth.
The report’s author, Dwight Klappich, stresses the importance of knowing your goals, strong points and weak spots before you begin your search for a system, and to evaluate WMS vendors carefully based on your specific needs.
"Whe...
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HighJump
Software, a global provider of supply chain management
software, announced that it has relocated its corporate
headquarters to the Normandale Lake Office Park in Bloomington,
Minn. Previously, the company was located seven miles away in Eden
Prairie, Minn.
HighJump Software now occupies an entire floor (27,000 square feet) in the 8200 Tower of the Normandale Lake Office Park, which has been awarded Certification at the Gold Level by the Leadership Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)...
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Distributors
are always looking to find ways to increase ROI and often the first
thing to think about is cutting costs. However, to realize the full
benefit, you need to look beyond cost cutting to the business
benefits of expanded supply chain capabilities.
According to DCVelocity, although justification of distribution center projects generally revolves around labor cost reductions, that's just part of the picture. To get a more accurate assessment, companies should broaden their focus to...
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