Showerline implements TransLution™ Software to assist with production tracking

Showerline, South Africa’s Premier manufacturer and distributor of customised glass shower enclosures, elected to use TransLution to assist them with their production tracking process.

A key requirement for Showerline was the ability to track production through some custom statuses that give them additional information about the progress of the job through production. Various custom form fields were added to SYSPRO to cater for the additional detail required, and TransLution™ is used both to track jobs through these statuses and to move jobs from one status to the next. In order to save on hardware costs, Showerline implemented the solution with shared Touchscreen terminals running TransLution™ EazyTouch.

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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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TrafFix Devices utilises TransLution™ Software to streamline productivity and improve efficiency

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.

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TOWER utilises TransLution™ to assist with stock management and production tracking processes

TOWER, a leading label and adhesive product supplier in South Africa, elected to use TransLution™ in both their Cape Town and Johannesburg sites to assist them with their stock management and production tracking processes. In Cape Town, TransLution™ Software is used throughout the process from receiving Raw Materials, through picking for jobs, job receipts transfers, picking and checking.

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WHATS NEW IN TRANSLUTION V570

Version 5.7 has a large focus on extending the EazyTouch look and feel. This has been done by allowing Super Users to create and manage layouts to control font size, line colour, filtering and grouping on a per function area basis.

Additional changes include the introduction of some tools to assist with managing function area versions. In this release we have added the ability to replace one function area with another on all devices.

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Montagu Foods uses TransLution™ to trace stock through jobs

Montagu Foods, a Libstar group company, implemented TransLution™ Software with the vision of stock traceability through jobs. The project is focussed on finished goods and will go back to the beginning of the process in subsequent phases.

The first step in the project was labelling finished goods pallets and posting a Job Receipt to Syspro. This allows TransLution™ to build up a stock picture of all stock on each pallet in the warehouse. The system also supports pallets with mixed stock on the pallets.

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Cape Herb and Spice implements TransLution™ Software

Cape Herb & Spice, a Libstar Group Company, produces a range of core herb, spice and seasoning solutions for the South African market.

The initial phase of the TransLution™ implementation at Cape Herbs and Spice was focussed on the section of the business dealing with tea. The implementation will be extended to Spices in a subsequent phase.

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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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Amaro Foods uses TransLution™ to improve SYSPRO job control

Amaro Foods, a Libstar Group company, produces and supplies bakery products, including soft rolls, a braai range, croissants, speciality breads, wraps and hot cross buns to Woolworths across South Africa.

The focus of the TransLution implementation at Amaro was to give the shop floor users a great deal of control over Jobs in SYSPRO while keeping the software as easy to use as possible.

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Lancewood Swellendam implements TransLution Software to manage warehouse operations

Lancewood Swellendam is one of three Lancewood sites running TransLution Software, with the others in George and Sonnendal. Lancewood is a South African cheese and dairy producer that prides itself on its reputation for superior quality and flavour.

Lancewood utilised the services of Afrisoft Africa to implement TransLution™ Software as a full Warehouse Management System. Like the other sites, Lancewood Swellendam products finished goods, however the site acts primarily as a supply warehouse for Lancewood George. This means that rather than picking sales orders for customers, finished goods are dispatched to the warehouse in George.

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5 Ways real-time data is improving manufacturing

Accurate, real-time data is the cornerstone of improvement strategies in manufacturing and production.

The importance of accurate data in manufacturing is indisputable. In today’s climate of fierce competition, manufacturers must continually search for ways to improve productivity and customer support. In order to maximize results, companies must utilize their data in a strategic fashion, finding the strengths and weaknesses and looking for ways to improve.

While having accessible manufacturing data is no doubt beneficial, simply capturing data is not enough. Not having said data available and on hand when it is needed significantly reduces its usefulness. Imagine how many times during a day opportunities for improvement might be squandered if decision makers don’t have access to the right information.

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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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Lancewood Sonnendal implements TransLution Software to manage warehouse operations

Lancewood Sonnendal is one of three Lancewood sites running TransLution Software, with the others in George and Swellendam. Lancewood is a South African cheese and dairy producer that prides itself on its reputation for superior quality and flavour.

Lancewood utilised the services of Afrisoft Africa to implement TransLution™ Software as a full Warehouse Management System. TransLution is used to receive purchase orders and create Goods Received Notes documents in SYSPRO.

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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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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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American Printing House for the Blind extends TransLution™ Software to include production

TransLution™ Software USA has been working with American Printing House for the Blind (APH) to implement a scanning system that integrated with the organization’s existing SYSPRO system. The project has been implemented in phases, rolling out the software in different sections of the production process. After the successful implementation of Phase One for Purchase Order Receiving and Putaway, APH has now gone live with Phase Two for Production.

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G.Fox implements TransLution™ Software across multiple sites

After a successful implementation and go live in Johannesaburg, G Fox is now using TransLution across multiple sites including the Vaal Triangle, Cape Town, KZN, Middelburg, PE, Polokwane and Swaziland.

As a proud member of the Bidvest Group, G.Fox is South Africa’s premier supplier of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and industrial consumable supplies.  With eight branches, quality products are distributed all over South Africa.

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