UK SYSPRO ERP specialist K3 Business Technology Group (K3) has linked up with a South African software developer in a bid to save manufacturers thousands of pounds in haulage costs.
The Manchester-based company is working in partnership with transport planning and fleet optimisation specialist OPSI to help companies use their internal and external fleets of vehicles more cost-effectively, with savings of up to 20 per cent.
OPSI's Planning Logistics and Transport Optimiser (PLATO) logistics software fits perfectly with K3's SYSPRO ERP system. SYSPRO enables manufacturers to shrink time to market; from initial design through production and out of the factory gate, providing seamless integration with both financial and distribution modules. It also offers superior features for estimating, scheduling, costing, lot and serial tracking, as well as back-flushing, material verification, inventory optimisation and planning.
PLATO is a central management system that makes the transportation process more efficient and cost-effective. It manages and enables the visualisation of the entire transportation process from order inception to financial administration for external hauliers.
The system complements order management, forecasting, warehouse management, yard management, tracking and financial administration systems. Plus, it is robust enough to create accurate and optimal planning models and flexible enough to allow for estimations and re-optimisations during execution.
Sam Nudelman, Marketing Director of OPSI, a global organisation with its head office in South Africa, says: "Our software works for any fleet of vehicles, from 10 cars for sales agents up to 1,000 or more trucks. It helps to minimise the mileage driven, maximise the fleet utilisation and, through ongoing monitoring substantially reduces the cost of doing business. Depending on the type of enterprise, fleet cost savings of 10-20 per cent is usual. The exciting part for us is that K3 is a well established and reputable company in the UK with a large footprint. It has a great team and is ideally suited as a partner organisation because our products are totally complementary to the current K3 offering."
Howard Joseph, Managing Director, K3 Business Technology Group says: "SYSPRO is already adding value to the businesses of our customers, underlining the importance of why people are investing in the latest systems to remain competitive and stay one step ahead of the competition. PLATO is a natural stablemate for SYSPRO in potentially offering our customers further cost-effective distribution solutions and we are delighted to be working with OPSI as a partner organisation."
SYSPRO user Westland Horticulture has already been using the PLATO system which has delivered impressive results.
Paul McKernan, Group Head of IT at Westland, says: " OPSI Systems completed the installation of PLATO at Westland Horticulture with great attention to detail and worked far above and beyond what was expected to ensure that the system went Live. Since Go-Live they have provided support for the system and on the rare occasion that we have any issues they are resolved quickly. The benefit to Westland over the last 15 months has been exceptional, a more streamlined planning process, quicker access to information, greater control of our haulier invoices, as well as an increase in load efficiency."
About K3 Business Technology Group
K3 Business Technology Group employs 80 people at its Manchester head office and its branches throughout the UK and Ireland. The company offers solutions in enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management, advanced planning and scheduling, warehouse management, human resources and e-business. SYSPRO is used by some 14,000 sites across the world. K3 Business Technology Group is part of K3 Business Technology PLC which is a global leader in providing next-generation enterprise software for businesses in the retail, manufacturing and distribution sectors. With more than 3,000 customer installations in over 30 countries, K3 is recognised as a safe, innovative and reliable provider of world-class solutions, backed by world-class service.
About OPSI
OPSI provides a complete logistics solution through its suite of platforms, enabling companies to more efficiently design and manage their supply chains. OPSI enables enterprises from a variety of markets, with varying fleet sizes, to manage their vehicle logistics including the planning, scheduling, routing, management and auditing of their fleets with GPS tracking. OPSI's transport optimisation and management solutions have been proven across the globe in real world implementations by leading innovators such as Air Liquide, Barloworld, British American Tobacco (BAT), British Petroleum (BP), Clover, Coca Cola, DHL, Diageo, Parmalat, Reckitt Benckiser and SABMiller.
For further information, please contact:
Editorial - Ellen Hoefste, Marketing Manager, K3 Business Technology Group on 0161 876 4498, or Gary Lillistone, Bridge PR on 024 76 520025, or e-mail garyl@bridgepr.co.uk.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
K3 Managed Services smashes H1 2009 target
K3 Business Technology Group (K3) has announced that the company's specialist IT support division - K3 Managed Services - has exceeded its targets by 120%. This outstanding performance reflects the number of SYSPRO customers utilising the high quality, cost-effective services and solutions supplied by this division.
As a Microsoft Gold partner, K3 Managed Services has embarked on a continual programme of investment in their offices, personnel, and technology, as highlighted by the appointment of several highly qualified specialists with more support and sales personnel to join later this year.
K3 Sentinel, the companies highly advanced IT monitoring technology has been installed into a newly constructed in-house Network Operations Centre, to ensure customers' systems are running at peak efficiency. This cutting-edge solution gives K3 Managed Services a bird's eye view of each customer's IT network. With the ability to manage systems remotely, K3 can maintain full visibility of their customers' key performance indicators and meet best practice requirements.
In line with the division's strategy, 2010 will see K3 Managed Services introduce a dedicated offsite data centre to complement its existing business continuity offerings. Having already installed robust backup and recovery systems, K3's next phase will provide a real-time recovery service for its SYSPRO clients. In addition, plans are underway to provide full 24/7 support to add a further layer of IT systems management and efficiency.
"Our customers clearly see the benefits of using K3 Managed Services as their IT support team. We have comprehensive knowledge and experience of SYSPRO ERP which sets us apart from the crowd. Customers also benefit from K3's support procedures and our ability to call upon extensive skill-sets through the whole K3 Group makes us a vital tool to the ongoing support and maintenance of our customers systems," says Neil Homer, Business Development Manager, K3 Business Technology Group.
About K3 Business Technology Group
K3 Business Technology Group employs 80 people at its Manchester head office and its branches throughout the UK and Ireland. The company offers solutions in enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management, advanced planning and scheduling, warehouse management, human resources and e-business. SYSPRO is used by some 14,000 sites across the world. K3 Business Technology Group is part of K3 Business Technology PLC which is a global leader in providing next-generation enterprise software for businesses in the retail, manufacturing and distribution sectors. With more than 3,000 customer installations in over 30 countries, K3 is recognised as a safe, innovative and reliable provider of world-class solutions, backed by world-class service.
As a Microsoft Gold partner, K3 Managed Services has embarked on a continual programme of investment in their offices, personnel, and technology, as highlighted by the appointment of several highly qualified specialists with more support and sales personnel to join later this year.
K3 Sentinel, the companies highly advanced IT monitoring technology has been installed into a newly constructed in-house Network Operations Centre, to ensure customers' systems are running at peak efficiency. This cutting-edge solution gives K3 Managed Services a bird's eye view of each customer's IT network. With the ability to manage systems remotely, K3 can maintain full visibility of their customers' key performance indicators and meet best practice requirements.
In line with the division's strategy, 2010 will see K3 Managed Services introduce a dedicated offsite data centre to complement its existing business continuity offerings. Having already installed robust backup and recovery systems, K3's next phase will provide a real-time recovery service for its SYSPRO clients. In addition, plans are underway to provide full 24/7 support to add a further layer of IT systems management and efficiency.
"Our customers clearly see the benefits of using K3 Managed Services as their IT support team. We have comprehensive knowledge and experience of SYSPRO ERP which sets us apart from the crowd. Customers also benefit from K3's support procedures and our ability to call upon extensive skill-sets through the whole K3 Group makes us a vital tool to the ongoing support and maintenance of our customers systems," says Neil Homer, Business Development Manager, K3 Business Technology Group.
About K3 Business Technology Group
K3 Business Technology Group employs 80 people at its Manchester head office and its branches throughout the UK and Ireland. The company offers solutions in enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management, advanced planning and scheduling, warehouse management, human resources and e-business. SYSPRO is used by some 14,000 sites across the world. K3 Business Technology Group is part of K3 Business Technology PLC which is a global leader in providing next-generation enterprise software for businesses in the retail, manufacturing and distribution sectors. With more than 3,000 customer installations in over 30 countries, K3 is recognised as a safe, innovative and reliable provider of world-class solutions, backed by world-class service.
Inventory Optimization White Paper
Inventory control is typically a key aspect of almost every manufacturing and/or distribution operation business. The ultimate success of these businesses is often dependent on its ability to provide customers with the right goods, at the right place, at the right time.
Failure to have the right goods in the right place at the right time often leads to lost sales and profi ts and, even worse, to lost customers. Today’s reality is that there is very little differentiation between commodity products of the same type, and customers will, more often than not, choose to return to businesses that meet all three conditions, even choosing relatively unknown brands over known brands.
Inventory Optimization application was designed to provide customers with advantages that can only be derived when optimization functionality is executed as an integral component of an ERP system.
The SYSPRO Inventory Optimization solution is consistent with meeting the requirements of the following company objectives:
• Helping customers to increase overall efficiencies
• Utilizing technology for superior decision-making
• Providing visibility across the supply chain
• Enhancing a demand driven model for the company
• Delivering greater profitability to the customer’s bottom line
Failure to have the right goods in the right place at the right time often leads to lost sales and profi ts and, even worse, to lost customers. Today’s reality is that there is very little differentiation between commodity products of the same type, and customers will, more often than not, choose to return to businesses that meet all three conditions, even choosing relatively unknown brands over known brands.
Inventory Optimization application was designed to provide customers with advantages that can only be derived when optimization functionality is executed as an integral component of an ERP system.
The SYSPRO Inventory Optimization solution is consistent with meeting the requirements of the following company objectives:
• Helping customers to increase overall efficiencies
• Utilizing technology for superior decision-making
• Providing visibility across the supply chain
• Enhancing a demand driven model for the company
• Delivering greater profitability to the customer’s bottom line
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