Vinimark is the largest independent wine specialist company in South Africa, distributing and marketing more than 50 of the country’s best known wine brands. Vinimark chose to work with Afrisoft and RSA Enterprise Software in Cape Town, using TransLution™ to assist them in managing their inventory.
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Buffalo Tapes uses TransLution™ Software for warehouse management
Buffalo Tapes, a leading self-adhesive tape company in Southern Africa, boasts over 3000 tape products. With such an array of products, Buffalo Tapes chose to implement TransLution™ Software to help manage their Johannesburg warehouse.
4 Material Handling Tips to Make Manufacturing Warehousing More Efficient
To make manufacturing warehousing more efficient and more profitable, materials must be managed proficiently. Ensuring a well-structured warehouse, correct stock management and shipments, and well-organised handling can all go a long way in improving efficiency of your manufacturing processes and ultimately the bottom line of your business.
Bravo Sleep Products implements TransLution™ Software to improve factory functions
Bravo Sleep Products, a division of Bravo Group, is produces four of South Africa’s leading mattress brands. Their factory in Johannesburg has elected to use TransLution™ Software to perform three types of functions – Production Tracking; Automating Job Issues and Receipts; and Tracking Operator Performance.
How data analysis can improve manufacturing
An article from McKinsey & Company looks at how manufacturers taking advantage of advanced analytics can reduce process flaws, saving both time and money.
“Many global manufacturers in a range of industries and geographies now have an abundance of real-time shop-floor data and the capability to conduct such sophisticated statistical assessments. They are taking previously isolated data sets, aggregating them, and analyzing them to reveal important insights.”
Lancashire selects TransLution™ to assist in managing manufacturing processes
Lancashire, a South African school wear and uniform manufacturer, selected TransLution™ Software to help manage manufacturing processes in their Cape Town factory.
The TransLution™ system extends from receiving and labelling raw materials into either the factory warehouse or a bonded warehouse. The Purchase Order receipts are then posted directly to SYSPRO.
Marcom Plastics implements TransLution™ Software to manage job receipts
Afrisoft Africa has successfully implemented TransLution™ Software at a number of Astrapack sites. The latest of these is Marcom, a manufacturer of thin walled injection-moulded tubs, containers, lids and cups for the dairy industry.
TransLution™ Software Opens USA offices
TransLution™ Software LLC has recently opened an office in Cumming, GA USA in order to serve local clients and SYSPRO resellers.
TransLution™ Version 4.30 Release Notes
The two key changes to TransLution™ in 4.3 are that we have made the ability to manipulate complex barcodes significantly easier than before. Now if you have a barcode with for example, stock code, lot number and quantity in a single barcode, it is possible to define the various pieces of the barcodes and even to perform actions on one or more of the elements directly from the configurator using our simply step maintenance forms.
Rosh Pinah selects TransLution™ Software to help manage spares and consumables
Rosh Pinah, one of the largest and most important lead and zinc mines in Namibia, elected Afrisoft to help lay the foundation for long-term plans for managing spares and consumables in its mining operation.
Afrisoft elected to implement TransLution™ Software in phases, first creating a system that prints a range of barcode labels for Bins, Bulk Bins and products as they are received. All labels are printed as 2D barcodes, allowing significantly more information to be embedded in the label than a standard barcode.
Pak2000 utilises TransLution™ Software to streamline the manufacture process
Pak2000, a division of Astrapak, manufactures a range of plastic petrochemical containers. plastic oil containers. Afrisoft implemented TransLution™ Software at Pak2000 to assist in streamlining the manufacturing process.
TransLution™ Presenting at SYSPRO Connect the Dots Event
TransLution™ is proud to announce that they will be giving a presentation at the annual SYSPRO Africa Customer Event in Johannesburg on 18 May 2017. The event, which takes place over two days on 17 and 18 May, is organised by SYSPRO for its customers in order to connect people, processes and technology to produce better results for business.
Contactim implements TransLution™ Software to post inventory receipts
Contactim is a South African company that manufactures rubber and plastic products, household and industrial cleaning products, plumbing equipment and more. Contactim exports to Madagascar, Namibia, Botswana and other African countries.
Falke Eurosocks uses TransLution™ Software to capture production data
Falke Eurosocks South Africa manufactures fashion and sports socks for the local climate and very sporting South African culture. They also manufacture hosiery for ladies’ fashion.
The Falke Hosiery division has selected TransLution™ Software, implemented by Afrisoft Africa, to capture production data of stockings.
Inventory management: Why inventory control is important
Inventory control is a key aspect of warehousing and distribution. Correct management can be a great area of success, but poor control can result in major losses.
Surprisingly, despite this, many businesses don’t know what is in their inventory at any given time. This often means poor and slow business operations, and sometimes even losing customers to competitors when sales can’t be completed.
Botswana Ash chooses TransLution™ Software for stock management
Botswana Ash (Pty) Ltd is a Botswana-based mining operation that produces soda ash and salt. As a major supplier to the South African glass industry, Botsawna Ash chose to implement TransLution™ Software to help manage stock.
Weylandts utilises TransLution™ Software to improve receiving, picking and dispatch processes
Weylandts is an international furniture manufacturer and retailer. The organisation has eight retail showrooms in South Africa and one in Melbourne, Australia.
Why Warehouse Management System and ERP integration is important
How important is the integration of your Warehouse Management System and ERP? In today’s warehouses, automation of processes and access to accurate, real-time data can give an organization a competitive advantage.
More and more companies are moving toward digitization on the warehouse floor after seeing the positive impact on efficiency. But often integration with an ERP is either overlooked or fraught with complications. This leaves a large gap in a potentially streamlined process and many organizations are missing out on the benefits.
STOCK MANAGEMENT CASE STUDY: Melco Conveyor Equipment
Melco is one of the world’s major conveyor equipment manufacturers, building and supplying idlers/rollers, motorised pulleys, and supporting structure for the bulk materials handling industry. Managing, monitoring and controlling stock and waste poses a significant challenge with projects that utilise such a large volume of individual components, so Melco implemented TransLution™ Software to improve stock management efficiency.
5 Ways to streamline your supply chain
Errors and inefficiencies in the supply chain are common problems that ultimately affect the bottom line of your business. So how do we reduce waste and improve productivity?
Following on from our previous article Understanding and Managing the Bullwhip Effect, we are looking at further ways to improve and streamline the supply chain
