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Productivity analysis: How to improve operational efficiency

One of the keys to improving operational efficiency is productivity analysis: using data to objectively understand existing operations and finding ways to make improvements.

Managing worker, team and overall productivity in the warehouse and on the factory floor has historically been reliant on subjective observations by supervisors as there was no simple way to track time spent on tasks by individuals and groups. Time keeping systems have offered a partial solution, but they are time-consuming to use, are error prone, and often workers record estimates of time spent on tasks.

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February 4, 2021

Tulisa Cables uses TransLution™ Software to allow technicians to update SYSPRO

Tulisa Cables manufactures cable accessories, extrusions – plastic & PVC, and wire products is using jobs in SYSPRO to manage plant maintenance. The requirement was for a simple way for the maintenance team to interact with these SYSPRO jobs and TransLution™ Software was elected as the ideal tool to deliver the end-user simplicity they required, along with enforcing all the necessary validations in the process.

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November 9, 2020
Cycle Counts

Inventory Cycle Counts: How they can improve your stock management

Can inventory cycle counts completely replace stock-take in an organization?

Any manufacturer, distributor or warehouse manager is familiar with the concept of physical stock-take. While essential to maintaining inventory accuracy, it can be a disruptive process that causes down-time for business and leaves a lot of room for inaccuracy.

Inventory cycle counts, on the other hand, can complement or replace an annual stock-take exercise while improving day-to-day stock management and accuracy. Any strategy for verification of physical stock must include considerations for internal accounting and audit requirements.

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July 16, 2020

The Internet of Things in Warehousing and Manufacturing

As we find new ways of doing things in the age of digital transformation, moving towards Smart Factories and Warehouses creates new opportunities to improve contactless processing. We are often asked how to take the first step so let’s look at the Internet of Things and some ideas for getting started down the path to a fully automated smart factory.

The Internet of Things is a phrase you’ve probably heard used many times by now. With technology constantly driving changes and growth in industry, it is important to look at these new concepts and how they might be used to improve warehousing and manufacturing.

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June 5, 2020
Manufacturing

CASE STUDY: Improving Productivity, stock accuracy and efficiency for TrafFix Devices, Inc.

TrafFix Devices, Inc. is a 34-year-old manufacturer of traffic control devices and crash attenuation products that save lives on the world’s highways. Based in Southern California, their products are designed and engineered to meet the highway requirements of countries all over the world.

With a distribution network spanning the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, South Africa, Mexico and the Middle East, TrafFix requires streamlined productivity, high stock accuracy and most importantly, efficiency. On evaluation, TransLution™ Software ticked all the boxes – a comprehensive, configurable solution using barcode scanning and RF functionality from the point of receipt through to put away, transfers, manufacturing, order processing, pick and pack and dispatch with speed and accuracy.

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March 27, 2020

What’s New in TransLution V5.6 – Release Date 18 Mar 2020

TransLution Version 5.6 has a large focus on extending the Android functionality to be closer to the current EazyTouch functionality. With that goal in mind, Android was extended to support the two Quality Manager overlays and also to support the ability to call a Subroutine from both a General Grid and a TL Selector grid.

Additional changes include the ability to setup the permissions for EazyQuery using EazySetup and also some enhancements to the way data is logged after doing a post to Syspro.

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March 25, 2020
INTOCAST

INTOCAST Ibérica uses TransLution™ Software to label and scan finished goods

INTOCAST is a major supplier of consumables for iron and steelmaking to the German and European steel industry. This global organization has a network of 12 German and 17 foreign sites. INTOCAST Ibérica in Spain is the third INTOCAST site in Europe and the fourth overall to use TransLution™ Software in their production scanning.

The Spanish site uses TransLution™ to label and scan finished goods out of production. When a finished item is scanned, TransLution™ uses the Bill of Materials to find all the raw materials required to make this product.

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March 5, 2020

Brelko Select TransLution™ Software to Assist with Managing Warehouse Stock

Brelko, a South African designer and manufacturer of conveyor belt cleaning equipment, elected to use TransLution™ to assist with managing warehouse stock in the production process.

In order to do this, TransLution™ is being used to posting Job Issues and Receipts to SYSPRO. Raw materials are issued to the job at each job operation and Brelko is managing quantities per operation.

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February 19, 2020

Alvin Goes Live with TransLution™ Software for Warehouse Management

Alvin & Company is a leading USA supplier of drafting tools and drawing supplies. Alvin selected TransLution™ Software to assist them with an end-to-end WMS solution and to replace their legacy scanning system.

There are multiple phases planned but the first phase represented a significant step in the transition for Alvin.

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January 31, 2020

TruSweets implements TransLution Software to maximise its warehouse operations

In 2001, TruSweets committed to this simple promise and they’ve been pouring their hearts into it ever since making organic, better-for-you products that sweeten moments for you as they sweeten lives for others.  The result? Wholesome sugars, honeys and treats that are more than delicious- they’re mindfully delicious. Sweet is always better when its Wholesome

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September 16, 2019

ACTOM (Pty) Ltd DEPLOYS TRANSLUTION™ SOFTWARE TO OPTIMISE STOCK TAKING

Actom (Pty) Ltd is the largest electro-mechanical manufacturer and solution provider in Africa. Boasting a unique combination of manufacturing, services, repairs, maintenance, projects and distribution throughout Southern Africa, one does not need to look far to see one of their 38 outlets.

With such a large footprint in Africa it is critical to continuously control and observe inventory levels timeously and without wasting resources. This was the task set for Translution™ Software for Actom’s stock take and cycle count processes.

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July 11, 2019

Release of TransLution™ V5.3

We are pleased to announce the release of TransLution™ V5.3.

New features in this release primarily relate to Android devices. Specifically, we have now included the ability to take photos and capture user signatures. We have also added input types such as date and time pickers as well as password text boxes to Android. Details of all of the new features can be found in the release notes.

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April 25, 2019
Labour & Materials Tracking

LABOR TRACKING CASE STUDY: Airborne Systems

Airborne Systems is the world’s most trusted resource for parachute design and manufacturing. With the expertise of highly skilled engineers, craftsmen and aerospace and defense professionals, they have a foundation of nearly 100 years of designing, developing and fabricating a diverse range of products for the U.S. Department of Defense (Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines and Coast Guard) and their international allies. Due to the nature of their business it is critical that Airborne effectively track labor throughout their manufacturing process. However, they were using manual time and job cards that were then manually captured in spreadsheets by back-office staff. The process was inefficient, slow, and cumbersome and resulted in dated information available in their SYSPRO ERP software. It became clear to Airborne that this system needed to be improved.

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April 18, 2019
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