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News Release from: Made4net | Subject: Warehouse management system
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 09 April 2007
Warehouse management system shows
improvement
Natela's new distribution centre in Johannesburg is managed using WarehouseExpert from Natela.
Natela chose to use Made4net's WarehouseExpert to manage its new distribution centre in Johannesburg Natela's recent implementation of Made4net's warehouse management system has already shown a marked improvement for the DC and stands to provide Natela with a hefty ROI
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 17 Nov 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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(New Jersey, USA and Cape Town, South Africa - April 2007) - Made4net, a leading Supply Chain Execution solutions provider, has recently completed the implementation of its Warehouse Management System, WarehouseExpert in the new central DC of Natela Importers (PTY) ., South Africa's leading food distributor.
The new distribution centre in Johannesburg, sprawls on an area of 10,000 square meters, and was designed to meet the distribution challenges of supply chain leaders.
Made4net began the implementation of WarehouseExpert in late September 2006.
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Upon completion in February 2007 Made4net successfully launched WarehouseExpert in Natela's distribution centre, empowering the new central DC with total end to end management of its operational process.
The DC can now capitalize on WarehouseExpert for superior inventory visibility capabilities and optimised resource utilisation.
WarehouseExpert controls all the operational processes in the Natela's distribution centre, starting from receiving, through optimised storage, picking, replenishment, stock control and counting, Quality Assurance and loading.
The warehouse staff uses RF mobile terminals from PsionTeklogix, enabling real time inventory management, process and resource utilisation, and higher level of visibility.
The newly-implemented WMS also provides Natela with complete inventory synchronization owing to WarehouseExpert's ability to interface with Syspro (Natela's existing sales and order processing and accounting systems, and one of South Africa's leading ERP's).
"This is a new era for us.
Having the ability to be in control of every operation on the warehouse level, contributes significantly to the efficiency of the business." said Marius Lange, IT and Logistics Director at Natela Importers.
"Our cost associated with picking has already been decreased, with an increasing growth in revenue.
In addition, we have become much more responsive to the needs of our clients, and this has significantly increased our service level and customer care." "This is a major milestone for Made4net in the South African market" said Amit Levy, Director of Made4net.
"This implementation was accomplished in less than 5 months, which proves once again that our powerful solutions can meet the budget and requirements of not only the huge companies, but also small and medium logistic players.
We are committed to providing our customer with innovative supply chain solutions that help increase profitability and improve efficiency." WarehouseExpert is part of the SCExpert product suite, built with Made4net's advanced technical architecture.
The technology is completely Microsoft based, web-native, database independent, and built using advanced Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) design principles.
As a result, Made4net customers receive a flexible, easy to implement solution that provides high initial ROI and the ability to adapt quickly to changing requirements over time.
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