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Company-X senior software developers Arno van Niekerk and Rob Scovell solve a problem
Hamilton trampoline designer and manufacturer Jumpflex needed help to ensure its information technology (IT)
infrastructure kept up with demand.
Jumpflex was growing fast and had to ship its trampolines to an increasing number of customers all over the world, with
multiple third-party logistics (3PL) providers in the chain.
Jumpflex chief technology officer Jeremy Mould turned to another Waikato business, Agile software specialist Company-X,
to get the job done.
Mould, an accomplished software developer in his own right, called fellow University of Waikato computer science
graduate and Company-X co-founder and director David Hallett for help. Jumpflex asked Company-X to integrate the web
services required to manage the international supply chain processes, from manufacturer to warehouse to customer.
Company-X professional services manager Michael Hamid led the Company-X software development team, along with lead
software architect Rachel Primrose.
Company-X brought a multifaceted team on board to cover the different aspects of the integration.
Senior software developers Arno van Niekerk, Rob Scovell, Pete Stewart, Dick Vlaanderen and Lev Gimelfarb teamed up to
deliver the project.
The Company-X development team built an integrated system around Amazon Web Services to enable Jumpflex to manage its
international supply chain processes from manufacturer to warehouse to customer.
Mould wrote some integrations, but as the business grew, he didn't have time to develop the integrations to keep up with
the growth.
“We wanted a portal to all our systems so that we had one place to view and manage everything,” Mould said.
The integration brought together data from multiple cloud systems to provide a cohesive supply chain view for Jumpflex
teams including customer services, distribution and management.
Company-X automated and consolidated the various processes at the core of Jumpflex’s third-party logistics, and
introduced intelligent order routing and fulfilment.
Once a customer placed a customer order with Jumpflex the manufacturer needed to find warehouses in the region holding
the stock for the various items and ensure all the products made it to the customer’s door. Along with tracking the
entire process, the solution
Company-X designed and delivered had to ensure that the customer and customer services team were notified as an order
moved through the various stages. The nature of Jumpflex’s international operation spanning numerous warehouses made
this a complex problem that required a bespoke solution to suit its business needs.
Company-X also built Jumpflex a mobile app for the staff in their New Zealand warehouse to scan orders and ensure all
the order line items were present before being sent out with the couriers.
“This is slowly moving towards a complete Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system,” Mould said.
“Basically, everything they took on was well thought out and professional-looking,” Mould said of the team.
“One pleasant surprise was a call I received out of the blue to look at restructuring our contract to save us money.”
Mould said he had recommended Company-X to several people in his network and will continue to do so.
“It's nice as someone who is often asked about this sort of stuff to be able to recommend.”
Meanwhile, he said, Jumpflex continued to build on the great foundations Company-X had laid.
About Company-X
Company-X offers Silicon Valley level software savvy delivered with a Kiwi can-do attitude.
Founded in 2012 by software specialists David Hallett and Jeremy Hughes, Company-X immediately won contracts with New
Zealand government departments and a Silicon Valley multinational.
The team has grown to nearly 60 New Zealand-based software specialists, with only the best and brightest passing the
Company-X interview and assessment process.
The Company-X team prides itself with experience in a wide range of technologies and languages and loves challenging
problems.
Company-X is the first Australasian reseller of RealWear head-mounted tablets.
Company-X ranked on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ Asia Pacific, a list of the fastest-growing technology companies
in the Asia Pacific region, in 2017, 2018 and 2019.Company-X has won many awards:The Independent Software Vendor Award at the Reseller News Innovation Awards 2020 for state-of-the-art software that
turns text into human-like audio files at a fraction of the cost of booking a voice artist, recording studio and sound
engineer.The Independent Software Vendor Award at the Reseller News Innovation Awards 2019 for a hands-free auditing application
developed for AsureQuality.The Service Excellence and Global Operator awards at the Westpac Waikato Business Awards in 2018.The Services Exporter of the Year category at the Air New Zealand Cargo ExportNZ Awards 2017.The Homegrown Innovators Independent Software Vendors Award at the Reseller News ICT Industry Awards 2017.The Roading Asset Management Innovation Award at the Road Infrastructure Management Forum in 2017 for the One Network
Road Classification Performance Measures Reporting Tool.