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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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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.

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.

Berry | Astrapak, a specialised manufacturer of an extensive range of rigid moulded, and thermoformed plastic packaging products serving the African market, is using TransLution at eight of their sites across South Africa. Plastform, the division providing the market with a wide range of thermoformed and moulded packaging, is the latest site to go live with TransLution™.

During this project, TransLution was implemented at Plastform to facilitate the movement and management of stock. The goal was to implement a scanning solution which would assist users to track stock while enforcing consistent and reliable warehouse practices.

After a thorough preparation with TransLution™ Software, SMILE Plastics has achieved their goal and successfully migrated to new servers with Exact Globe and WMS.