Flowers for Mom, a Welcome for Dan

Friday, May 22, 2009 by Chad Collins
Last week I had software scalability and performance on the brain.  There were a couple of reasons for this.  First, Dan Radunz returned to HighJump Software as Vice President of Product Development.  I’ll provide more details below, but Dan has a knack for communicating to technical audiences about the scalability, reliability, and redundancy of HighJump’s supply chain software solutions and the business value such scalability creates for IT organizations.  Secondly, I placed a late week mother’s day flower order with one of HighJump’s customers, an online flower retailer, and I considered the volume that would go through their website and distribution centers during this short time period leading up to Mother’s Day.

Dan Radunz
Dan has a 13 year history with HighJump Software.  He moved up through the organization from software developer, to team leader, to Director of Technical Development Services.  Dan is a guru when it comes to the Advantage Platform, HighJump’s unique platform for supply chain technology that is highly adaptable and flexible.  I’ve had the privilege to listen to Dan speak of customers and prospective customers about the technology features of the Advantage Platform.  He has a knack for explaining highly technical concepts in a simple manor and can go deep in the weeds with the most technical audience members.  Dan will bring this technology leadership to the Direct Store Delivery Software products as we move forward with making newly acquired platforms available to existing customers.  Dan will also be critical in advancing our agile development methods across the organization.  
    
Millions of Moms, Millions of Flowers
Apparently, I wasn’t the only guy who found it easy delight my mother with a bouquet of flowers by placing an easy on-line order.  During the peak flower giving seasons of Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day, a HighJump WMS warehouse management system customer ships millions of flowers in a very short time period (including my frequent orders).  The millions of WMS warehouse management system transactions required to support this volume are astonishing.  Only with supply chain logistic software that is benchmarked and proven to scale, is this type of operational volume accomplished.  It is a good feeling to know our software plays a critical role in these operations.
 

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