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HighJump Software Offers Business 'Change Insurance™' for Supply
Chain Execution Customers
New 'HighJump Challenge™' program guarantees
fixed price for specified SCE system changes over 24 months, resulting in
customer savings of 2x-200x over competitive solutions
EDEN PRAIRIE, MN (June 4, 2001) -HighJump Software
today became the first supply chain execution (SCE) solution provider
to offer customers a business "Change Insurance" policy by guaranteeing
an up-front fixed price for certain, common SCE system changes that frequently
occur within the first two years. HighJump is addressing head-on the prevalent
industry problem of unforeseen costly and ongoing SCE changes through
an innovative new program dubbed, "The HighJump Challenge" which
encourages companies to make SCE solution providers prove how adaptable
and cost-effective their solutions really are.
HighJump has calculated that SCE system changes guaranteed
through The HighJump Challenge program will cost customers between two-times
and 200-times less than comparable changes to competitive SCE solutions.
This is due to HighJump's unique underlying architecture, which is specifically
designed to embrace change.
It is through its adaptable architecture that HighJump has
successfully won 12 successive
new clients in the past quarter beating virtually every major SCE
solution provider.
In creating The HighJump Challenge, the company conducted
in-depth market analysis of traditional system changes and associated
costs. Based on this research and hands-on experience, HighJump attributes
its systems' cost savings to the fact that many SCE solutions are based
on legacy systems that do not easily adapt to changing business parameters.
Conversely, HighJump Software develops highly adaptable, Internet-powered
SCE solutions for mid-tier companies and divisions of the Fortune 1000.
Its products are used extensively by market leaders in the manufacturing,
distribution, e-business, and third-party logistics markets.
"The unique adaptability of our system is the reason
we can offer The HighJump Challenge program and deliver these kind of
savings to our customers," said Chris Heim, president and CEO of
HighJump Software. "Manufacturing and distribution companies, driven
by their customers to implement vendor managed inventory, Just in Time
delivery, and value-added services, need tremendous flexibility in their
SCE infrastructure at a predictable, controlled cost. Only HighJump can
demonstrate and deliver that today."
Leading SCE consulting firm Tompkins
Associates supports Heim's contention. "As a third-party consultant,
Tompkins has a bird's eye view of the challenges facing the SCE market
today," said Robert Olsen, of Tompkins Associates. "We know
the business issues, all of the vendors' approaches and the requirements
for success. It is through this in-depth knowledge that we confidently
endorse HighJump's position as one of the most adaptable SCE solutions
in the marketplace. We believe HighJump is poised to take a stronger hold
of the market, and this HighJump Challenge is yet another step they've
taken in raising the industry bar in customer satisfaction."
About HighJump Software
Founded in 1983, HighJump Software is a premier provider
of the most adaptable, Internet-based supply chain execution solutions
that deliver competitive advantage to manufacturers, distributors, e-businesses,
and third-party logistics companies.
HighJump Software offers warehouse
management and data collection
solutions that can be easily and precisely tuned to fit the operational
needs of mid-size organizations and divisions of Fortune 1000 companies.
HighJump's supply chain execution systems are in use at more than 700
companies today. Headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, HighJump Software
can be reached by e-mail at HJinfo@mmm.com;
by phone at 877.445.4403; or by visiting the Web site at http://www.highjumpsoftware.com.
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