Checkout Supermarkets Of South Africa Selects HighJump Warehouse Advantage

Retailer Will Strengthen Inventory Management, Visibility and Speed of Receiving

Minneapolis, MN (Marketwired) - HighJump Software, a global provider of supply chain management software, announced that Checkout Supermarkets has selected HighJump™ Warehouse Advantage warehouse management system (WMS) to increase the speed of its operations and visibility of its inventory. Checkout is South Africa's largest independent retail supermarket chain, with 50 corporate stores throughout the country selling groceries, household and small appliance goods. The retailer worked with iWMS, HighJump Software's partner in South Africa, to select HighJump Warehouse Advantage.

Checkout will improve the speed of its receiving, its inventory management and visibility, as well as the efficiency of its put away and picking with the HighJump WMS. The solution gives Checkout a foundation of best practices, along with the ability to build company-specific processes using HighJump Software's unparalleled adaptability tools. The HighJump WMS' flexible architecture will meet Checkout's changing needs and provide the retailer with the lowest total cost of ownership on the market.

"HighJump Software offered us a solution that not only suited our present and future requirements, but also fit our budget," said Riaz Abdoola, system executive, Checkout Supermarkets. "It's a best-of-breed, Tier 1 WMS system that will not only promote growth in our business, but will be able to handle any amount of growth we achieve because it has the innate ability to flex with us as a business."

"Market leaders like Checkout can't be expected to change their way of doing business to fit a piece of software," said David Houser, senior vice president of international sales, HighJump Software. "We create our solutions to bend to the needs of the customer, not the other way around. Retailers around the world are seeking flexible solutions that work with their unique way of doing business, and our technology fills that market need."

About HighJump Software
HighJump Software is a global provider of supply chain management software and trading partner network technology that streamlines the flow of inventory and information from supplier to store shelf. We support more than 14,000 customers in 77 countries, ranging from small businesses to global enterprises. Our functionally rich and highly adaptable solutions efficiently manage customers' warehousing, manufacturing, transportation, distribution, trading partner integration, delivery routes and retail stores. For more information, visit http://www.highjump.com.

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