HighJump Software, a leading Supply Chain Execution (SCE) software vendor and an ARC client, announced yesterday the launch of its “HighJump App Station,” where customers can browse supply chain workflows and add them to their warehouse management system (WMS) anytime, similar to the way iPhone users can download apps from Apple’s App Store. HighJump actually previewed the App Station at its user conference back in October, but with… Continue reading
When it comes to supply chain management, anytime you can take discrete pieces of work and group them together intelligently, you have the opportunity to optimize. The more time you have, and the more discrete pieces of work you can group together, the larger the potential savings from optimization.
I recently wrote about waving in the warehouse. Wave management is based on intelligently grouping together a batch of… Continue reading
If you import goods, bonded warehouses can save you money. When you exports goods to Europe, you usually have to pay a tariff on those goods. By storing goods in a bonded warehouse, you can delay payments of the duties until the goods are released from the warehouse. In other words, bonded warehouses improve a company’s cash flow.
For example, consider an American company with a bonded warehouse in… Continue reading
When companies implement a Warehouse Management System (WMS), the primary payback they receive typically comes from improved labor productivity, and wave management functionality is often critical to generating that productivity. Wave management is based on intelligently grouping a batch of warehouse activities together for later release to the floor. This batch of work (or “wave”) will be executed concurrently in a particular set period of time.
When I think… Continue reading
HighJump Software (an ARC client) held its Innovation 2010 User Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona this week. HighJump sells solutions in three areas: Supply Chain Execution (WMS, MES, and TMS); Direct Store Delivery; and EDI, after its recent acquisition of TrueCommerce. However, when I think of HighJump, I think of the flexible Supply Chain Execution software company. That notion was reinforced at the conference, where I heard user… Continue reading
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