Case Studies

Skillcraft Agencies is a leading South African wholesale supplier and distributor of industrial-quality tools, accessories, and equipment. As the company experienced growth, it faced increasing challenges in managing its warehouse operations efficiently and keeping accurate track of stock. The result was that staff had very little confidence in the data on their existing systems.

In order to improve the stock accuracy and streamline processes, Skillcraft decided to implement TransLution WMS.

Altron is a leading global telecommunications company, providing a range of communication and electronic services and products. One of Atron’s primary divisions, Altech Card Solutions (ACS), manages the maintenance and repair of bank credit card payment terminals, with an average of 6000 repairs completed every month.

The multiple parts and labour involved in the repairs process presented a unique challenge for ACS, specifically when creating and quoting on jobs and managing stock of parts for repairs. For this reason, TransLution was employed to implement an automation solution to assist in managing the entire repairs process.

Speed and accurate turnaround are vital in the high volume manufacture of food and perishable goods. Production processes need to be accurate and efficient in order to punctually produce and dispatch the quantities required.

For LANCEWOOD®, one of South Africa’s largest cheese and dairy producers, speed and accuracy were major challenges in their manufacturing process. Manual processing of data frequently put production days behind schedule. Aiming to double production in the future, LANCEWOOD® needed to address these issues through a more automated solution.

Speed and accurate turnaround are vital in the high volume manufacture of food and perishable goods. Production processes need to be accurate and efficient in order to punctually produce and dispatch the quantities required.

For LANCEWOOD®, one of South Africa’s largest cheese and dairy producers, speed and accuracy were major challenges in their manufacturing process. Manual processing of data frequently put production days behind schedule. Aiming to double production in the future, LANCEWOOD® needed to address these issues through a more automated solution.

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.

Middleby Corporation Uses TransLution™ Software to Manage Spare Parts for Appliances: The Middleby Corporation is a world leader in three business segments: commercial cooking, industrial baking and processing, and residential appliances. After the successful roll-out of TransLution™ Software in the Residential Appliances segment of the business, Middleby elected to implement TransLution™ to manage the spare parts for these appliances. The Middleby parts department ships approximately 250 sales orders per day, in a warehouse with about 20 000 bins containing 15 000 parts – each with a unique item code. With so many codes and such a large warehouse to manage, the goal of the project was to not only track items, but also to optimize labor usage among warehouse staff. TransLution™ was the ideal system for the project.

Academy Brushware worked with TransLution South  Africa to implement a system for scanning and tracking proof of delivery documents in SYSPRO

TransLution works with companies from many different industries to automate and improve a variety of warehousing and manufacturing processes. Academy Brushware, a large South African manufacturer and distributor of painting hardware and brooms, has previously implemented TransLution™ Software barcode scanning and automation across many parts of their warehouse, including stock take, checking and scanning to cages. One of their newer and unique requirements for their TransLution™ System was the ability to scan and track their proof of delivery documents within SYSPRO.

St Leger & Viney is the leading distributor of decorative fabrics and wall-coverings to South Africa’s design industry professionals. The large quantities of fabric stock moving through the warehouse requires accurate receiving, dye batch management, tracking and distribution. TransLution™ Software was deployed to address the challenges faced by St Leger & Viney in their production processes.