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Birchall Foodservice Case Study: Achieving Warehouse Transparency and Traceability

Blog, Distribution, Food and Drink, HighJump WMS, News, Warehousing / By Claire Kerr

Case Study: Birchall Foodservice achieving warehouse transparency and traceability. Established in 1939, Birchall Foodservice is a family-run business supplying ambient, fresh and frozen foods, catering sundries, alcohol and bar supplies to independent caterers across the care, education and hospitality sectors. With service depots in Burnley, Durham, Sheffield and Stoke on Trent, Birchall Foodservice’s 150 staff […]

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Route Planning: Man vs. Machine

Blog, Distribution, Springboard Applications, Supply chain / By Claire Kerr

The benefits of automated route planning The two main benefits of automated route planning systems are that they save time and also focus on a single parameter, such as cost or service. Manual route planning is time-consuming, especially where large numbers of routes need to be planned and scheduled. Being able to automate your route

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HighJump Warehouse Edge Release

Blog, Distribution, HighJump WMS, Supply chain / By Claire Kerr

HighJump released its latest version of its WMS platform, Warehouse Edge, at the beginning of the year. The new release supports cross-device functionality and adds real-time actionable analytics data. We already have a UK customer live on the new version of HighJump Warehouse Edge, having migrated their systems to the new release in the second

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Why use Carrier Integrations?

Blog, Distribution, Springboard Applications / By Claire Kerr

Carrier integrations are just one component of a warehousing operation. But it’s a vital one. Distribution operations up to a certain throughput can work very well without it, as carrier requests can be manually made. But once orders increase, your dispatch systems start to become more disordered, especially if you’re using multiple carriers and are

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The benefits of AEO status and how a WMS can help

Blog, Distribution, HighJump WMS / By Claire Kerr

After Brexit, trading certain goods within the European Union will require that importers and exporters make some new mandatory customs declarations. It is estimated that there will be a five-fold increase in these customs notifications, meaning some 255 million declarations will be made a year. The number of companies making such declarations is also expected

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Voice Picking: An Overview

Blog, HighJump WMS, Warehousing / By Claire Kerr

There are many ways that you can organise your picking. The most basic method is a paper-based approach. But more sophisticated warehousing operations choose from a selection of technologies, including: radio frequency identification (RFID) picking, pick to light and voice picking. Voice picking is seeing an upsurge of interest recently, and it’s no wonder, as

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HighJump Recognised as Global Market Leader

Accellos, Blog, Distribution, HighJump WMS, News, Warehousing / By Claire Kerr

In its report, “Market Outlook: Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), 2017-2022”, Quadrant Knowledge Solutions has recognised HighJump WMS as one of the leading global technologies. The recognition comes as a result of HighJump’s initiatives and also enhancements within the software that provide warehouse operations with the “tools and capabilities to succeed in today’s complex supply chain

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Case study: Arrow County Supplies

Accellos, Blog, Distribution, HighJump WMS, News, Warehousing / By Claire Kerr

Case Study: Arrow County Supplies gets integrated WMS and ERP. Arrow County Supplies provides cleaning and hygiene supplies to a wide ranging audience that includes public sector organisations and businesses in education, healthcare, facilities management, and food processing. Based in Shrewsbury, the company aims to inspire cleaning professionals to rethink traditional approaches. Through the “Arrow

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HighJump Product Showcase 2017

Blog, Distribution, HighJump WMS, News, Warehousing / By Claire Kerr

On 13th June 2017, Balloon One is holding a HighJump Product Showcase. It is open to our customers and to anyone wanting to learn how HighJump software is transforming businesses by aligning supply chain management with information technology. HighJump’s supply chain software is increasingly becoming the number one choice globally. It precisely meets the needs

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Integrating Sage software with HighJump WMS

Blog, Distribution, HighJump WMS, Warehousing / By Claire Kerr

Last year we began working with a number of Sage users. We’d only been advising SAP Business One and NetSuite customers prior to that. But we came to learn what a great fit HighJump WMS is with Sage ERP systems. The financial management capabilities of Sage financial software marry well with HighJump’s warehousing solution and

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