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David Houser, Senior Vice President – International Sales, High Jump, USA and Tapas Ranjan Lenka, Head – Ecommerce and Supply Chain Management CoE, Cybage, India with team EFL led by Jagath Pathirane, CEO – Expo Freight, Saif Yusoof, Managing Director, EFL, Niroza Gazzali, CEO, SG Logistics and Asitha Kaggoda, Head of Group IT, Expolanka Holdings
Taking another step forward in its focus on integrating freight forwarding and logistics management into a single seamless process, EFL (Expo Freight) selected HighJump, a global provider of supply chain management software.
HighJump offers a trading partner network technology that streamlines the flow of inventory and information from supplier to store shelf. HighJump supports more than 14,000 customers in 77 countries, ranging from small businesses to global enterprises. Its functionally rich and highly adaptable solutions efficiently manage customers’ warehousing, manufacturing, transportation, distribution, trading partner integration, delivery routes and retail stores.
“Integrating HighJump’s robust platform into our operations will help us perform efficient freight handling for ocean, air and ground transport for existing customers and enable seamless extension to new customers. HighJump platform lets us anticipate peaks and valley and mitigate those while allowing us to better utilise manpower,” Jagath Pathirane, CEO – EFL (Expo Freight) commented.
In its quest to become a fully-fledged supply chain management system, EFL looks to offer a more customer centric approach that integrate modern technology with human involvement to better serve its customers.
With this partnership, HighJump brings in a wide spread of features in end to end supply chain operations, ranging from stock tracking from vendor to customer, real time inter-party transactions, complete visibility in movement of stock, intuitive warehouse automations to give 100 % accuracy and operational efficiency. It additionally brings in advanced goods tracking through visual dashboards and tools to achieve man-power efficiency through labor tracking module.
“We selected HighJump as it is in line with our customer responsive and system oriented approach. We are continuously seeking innovative solutions to take our business further by raising the industry bar. I believe that HighJump’s system will help us get there,” Asitha Kaggoda, Head of Group Information Technology, Expolanka Holdings said.
EFL will also enable HighJump’s billing system, yard management and powerful analytical reporting engine “PULSE”, over the core warehouse module to gain a competitive edge in its operations.
David Houser, Senior Vice President – International Sales, High Jump, USA commented, “We are pleased to be working with EFL. We believe that our solutions will enable EFL to operate more efficiently and be more adaptable to market changes.”
For over three decades, EFL (Expo Freight) has been in operation as a premier provider of Freight Forwarding and Supply Chain Management solutions in Sri Lanka and the world over. Along with a special understanding of the intricacies of commercial fashion and apparel freight forwarding, EFL offers world-class supply chain management, freight forwarding and e-commerce solutions to various renowned global brands. EFL has a strong global presence with offices in 20 countries and 45 cities across the globe.