Flowe-Pac, a South African packaging materials manufacturer, aims to provide quality, cost effectiveness, and short turnaround time for its manufacturer, distributor, and retailer customers. These aims led them to select TransLution™ Software for a barcoded label printing solution which would allow their customers to receive packaging more efficiently, since product would be pre-labelled for scanning at Receiving.
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Ruprecht Utilizes TransLution to integrate warehousing and manufacturing information with SYSPRO
Ruprecht is a solutions-driven meat processor and food manufacturer serving both domestic and international customers in the foodservice and retail sectors. The company processes 35 million lbs. of raw proteins and fully cooked entrees delivered as branded goods.
Having recently implemented SYSPRO ERP software Ruprecht needed to take steps to implement software geared for their warehouse and manufacturing operations that is tightly integrated and optimized for use with SYSPRO.
TrafFix Devices Turns to TransLution™ Software for Advanced Labor Tracking
After their successful roll-out of TransLution™ in the warehouse and in manufacturing, TrafFix extended their TransLution™ implementation to include labor tracking. TrafFix was previously using manual time and job cards to track and manage labor tracking after the event, making the process inefficient and slow. They needed a solution that could track employees in real time as they worked on single or multiple jobs simultaneously.
FEATURE: Changing Report Orientation in TransLution™
Previously, it tricky to print landscape reports – the solution was to change the printer settings landscape which then, of course, didn’t work particularly well if the same printer was required to print both a landscape and portrait style report.
NEW RELEASE: The release of TransLution™ V62
are delighted to announce the release of TransLution V62. This release focusses on improving the implementation experience and I am hoping that you will be as excited by the end result as we are. We have also implemented a new release notes mechanism and have built a brief video demo to highlight how the changes can be used. The link for that video is included below.
The structure is such that you can go through all the features one after the other or you can simply dip in and choose to look at the bits that are of interest today and come back another time to look at the rest.
Skillcraft Agencies implements TransLution™ Software for warehouse management
Skillcraft is a wholesaler of industrial quality tools at affordable prices to the South African market. Skillcraft implemented TransLution™ Software to assist with warehouse management and sales order picking.
Skillcraft’s goal was to improve stock accuracy and implement a sales order picking process along with a process to pick stock for transfer between warehouse in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
FEATURE: Managing Display Sequence in Flow Step Maintenance in TransLution™
While the display sequence of steps is managed by the Next step defined on each step, it is useful to view the steps on the Flow Step Maintenance Form in the sequence that users will see them.
If you build a function in sequence, this happens by default. However, you may have found yourself with a function with multiple steps – say 20 or 30 – and you need to add a new step. The step will be added at the bottom of the grid when really you want it near the top.
Berzacks selects TransLution™ Software to help manage stock in SAGE
Berzacks, a proud member of the Bidvest Group, is a wholesale distributor of industrial machinery and accessories to the clothing, luggage, upholstery and embroidery industries in South Africa.
Berzacks uses SAGE as their ERP and were looking for a way to improve their stock accuracy and identify issues with stock losses while keeping their existing SAGE setup. They selected TransLution™ Software to help them.
FEATURE: Improving Availability of SYSPRO Pooled Operators using TransLution™
Since the release of TransLution™ V5.4 it is possible to configure a pool of SYSPRO Operators and TransLution™ will use the first available operator to do the required SYSPRO post. This allows for far more scalability than in the past when a fixed operator was used for all posts of a certain type.
One occurrence when using pooled operators is that if for some reason a logoff fails, that operator may be marked as “in use” to the system, thereby making the pool of available operators smaller. If this happens two or three times, eventually it may affect the ability of the software to do the required posts if it sees some or all of the pooled operators as unavailable.
Finlar Fine Foods Johannesburg – Libstar – Expands its TransLution™ Software System
Finlar Fine Foods (A division of Libstar) supplies world-standard food products to the food service and retail markets, specialising in meat and chicken products. Finlar Johannesburg has significantly extended their existing TransLution™ Software implementation to cover the complete business process, from receiving through production and dispatch.
Vibramech Implements TransLution™ Software as WMS Across Multiple Business Processes
Vibramech is South Africa’s largest manufacturer of vibrating mineral processing equipment. TransLution™ Software was selected and implemented at Vibramech to cover a large portion of the business process.
The implementation begins at receiving where inbound stock is labelled and purchase orders are received with the data posted to SYSPRO to create a GRN.
Safequip Implements TransLution™ Software to digitize customer signatures on receipt of goods
As part of a continuing drive to improve customer service for the Sub-Saharan African Market, Safequip worked with RSA Soft to implement TransLution™ Software, aiming to streamline the process in which customers sign invoices when receiving goods. TransLution™ is used for both delivery and collection.
Montagu uses TransLution™ Software for Labor Tracking
Montagu Foods, a Libstar group company, utilizes TransLution™ across a range of functions in the organization. Now they have extended their TransLution implementation to include labor tracking. Each user logs both productive and non-productive time against a work centre and job. All job logging at Montagu is done using Android tablets.
Libstar Montagu Foods integrates with IoT hardware on the shop floor using Translution™ Software
Montagu Foods, a Libstar group company, produces and markets a wide range of wet condiments, including chutney, sweet-chilli sauce and salad dressing, under private label for all major retailers.
Jonsson Workwear Northfields Implements TransLution™ Software for Management of Fabric and Trims
Jonsson Workwear is a leading manufacturer of workwear for the South African market. After successfully implementing TransLution™ Software at the manufacturing site in Lesotho, Jonsson has now extended the use of TransLution™ to its Northfields site near Durban. The Northfields site deals with both Fabric and Trims.
Eurolab ASU Goes Live with Phase One of their TransLution™ Implementation
As part of a continuing drive to improve efficiency and fast-track growth, Eurolab chose TransLution Software to implement a scanning solution that allows Eurolab to automate the Purchase Order (PO) Receiving process. This system is designed to assist users in tracking stock while enforcing consistent and reliable warehouse practices.
Cecil Vinegar Works Rolls Out Phase Two of its TransLution™ Implementation
Cecil Vinegar has been manufacturing naturally fermented vinegar since 1936. All their vinegars are produced from natural ingredients using the latest submerge fermentation technology.
Cecil Vinegar is part of the Libstar Group and is one of the many group companies using TransLution™ Software.
Middleby Corporation expands TransLution implementation to manage returns
The Middleby Corporation is a world leader in three business segments: commercial cooking, industrial baking and processing and residential appliances. Middleby Corporation has long used TransLution™ Software, integrated with SYSPRO, for supply chain logistics, and has recently expanded TransLution™ to manage returns from customers.
SPG International Goes Live with TransLution™ Software
SPG International is the world’s leading manufacturer of storage systems, producing products in steel, stainless steel, aluminum, and wire. SPG recently faced the challenge of upgrading to SYSPRO 8 ERP software, and with the upgrade decided to replace an outdated barcode scanning system that no longer met their needs.
SPG turned to TransLution™ Software as a platform for automating and streamlining data collection in the warehouse and on the shop floor.
Middleby Corporation expands TransLution implementation to manage Electronic data interchange (EDI)
The Middleby Corporation is a world leader in three business segments: commercial cooking, industrial baking and processing and residential appliances. Middleby Corporation has long used TransLution™ Software, integrated with SYSPRO, for supply chain logistics, and has recently expanded TransLution™ to manage EDI communications for sales order shipments.