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HighJump Software® Propels Growth for American Port Services With Industry-Leading Warehouse and Yard Management SolutionsWarehouse Advantage® and Yard Advantage™ Drive 10 Percent Reductions in Labor Costs and 25 Percent Increase in Overall Production at Key Facility EDEN PRAIRIE, MN (June 18, 2003)—HighJump Software, the premier provider of the industry's most adaptable, extended supply chain execution (SCE) solutions, today announced that American Port Services (APS), a Georgia-based third-party logistics provider, reduced labor costs by 10 percent and increased overall productivity by 25 percent only six weeks after the implementation of Warehouse Advantage and Yard Advantage, HighJump’s robust solutions for complex warehouse and yard management. As a result of the dramatic improvements in efficiency and accuracy, APS has won several new customer accounts—including a leading multi-national retailer processing hundreds of thousands of cases per day. Warehouse Advantage and Yard Advantage are both key components of HighJump’s comprehensive SCE solution offering, Supply Chain Advantage®. APS required highly advanced technology to increase supply chain-wide visibility, improve efficiency and better meet customer requirements. Additionally, APS needed a high level of system configurability to quickly and inexpensively meet the unique warehousing and distribution requests of new and existing customers, which represent businesses in a variety of industries. With HighJump’s solutions, APS now directs and verifies work in the warehouse and yard in real time, dramatically improving the speed and accuracy of all activities. APS can also meet a variety of picking and inventory handling requirements for its diverse customer base and retrieve data from remote locations. In the yard, APS leverages Yard Advantage to schedule inbound and outbound shipments, identify cross-docking opportunities, and manage activities for all types of truckload and less-than-truckload carriers, including its private fleet. Throughout all warehouse and yard operations, APS is able to access real-time visibility to key inventory, order and performance metrics through HighJump’s management visibility solution, Advantage Dashboard™. “APS provides logistics services for hundreds of companies varying from those with a few small shipments to those with large distribution centers shipping half a million cases each day. We required a system with the depth and breadth of functionality to meet this wide range of customer needs as well as adapt quickly and cost-effectively to our ever-changing customer and business demands,” said Ty Cobler, director of operations of APS. “From the well-planned and flawlessly executed implementation process to the advanced work execution we now achieve, HighJump’s solutions have had a dramatic impact at APS. The resulting increase in quality has substantially reduced our overall cost of doing business and impressed our customers.” “With HighJump, APS made the critical transition to advanced supply chain execution solutions that streamline the flow of inventory as it moves from the yard into the warehouse and beyond,” said Chris Heim, president and CEO of HighJump Software. “As a 3PL provider, APS will also achieve immediate and direct benefits from HighJump’s industry-leading adaptable architecture. Because no custom code is required to configure HighJump’s solutions, APS can react quickly to accommodate the unique requirements of its customers without the extended timeframes and costs involved with code-level modifications.” About American Port Services Located in Savannah, Ga., American Port Services (APS) is a third-party logistics provider. The services that APS provides for its clients include all modes of transportation, distribution centers, yard management services, cross-docking facilities, export-packing capabilities, DC space, a company-owned truck fleet and world-class computer systems. APS currently manages more than four million square feet of warehouse space. Customers include major retailers, manufacturers and shippers who use APS as a sole-source logistical provider. For more information on American Port Services, contact Andy Powers at powersa@amportserv.com or visit their website at www.amportserv.com. About HighJump Software® Founded in 1983, HighJump Software is the premier provider of the industry's most adaptable, extended supply chain execution (SCE) solutions that deliver competitive advantage to manufacturers, distributors, retailers and third-party logistics companies. HighJump Software offers SCE solutions that can be easily and precisely tuned to fit the operational needs of a wide range of organizations from midsize to large companies and divisions of the Fortune 1000. HighJump's SCE systems are in use at more than 700 companies today. Headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minn., 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.highjump.com .
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