SYSPRO contributes to 100% improvement in AF Gason’s results
Customer Profile AF Gason designs and manufactures world-class broadacre farm machinery as well as industrial and wood-heating products. The company’s Industrial Services Division provides technical solutions for commercial and industrial applications across multiple sectors. AF Gason distributes and supports all its products via an extensive dealer network across Australia […]
Rae-Line saves 20% in quality and time through SYSPRO implementation
Established in 1972 and based in Melbourne, Australia, Rae-Line is a market leader in the design and manufacture of commercial upholstery, sports and safety padding solutions. From humble beginnings, the company has grown steadily. Rae-Line now employs more than 140 staff and supplies its products to some of the biggest […]
SmartSat CRC increases investment in ACT to support Canberra’s new space agenda
Australia’s leading space research centre, SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), has announced a suite of new R&D projects and university appointments in support of the ACT Space Update 2023, bringing its joint investment in the ACT to over $7M. With the launch of the ACT Space Update 2023, SmartSat is amplifying […]
Made in the Hunter, for the world
HMA announces 2023 finalists and presentation night Mid-September put a spring in the step of Hunter manufacturing. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited Varley Engineering at Carrington to make a significant announcement regarding the National Reconstruction Fund, and Hunter Manufacturing Awards announced its 2023 finalists. While Mr Albanese was suiting up […]
Women in Tech – Samantha Lear, Information Technology Team Leader, Network Security at Verizon
What is your role at Verizon and what does it involve? I am a Team Leader for Verizon’s junior network engineers and service desk in the Network Security department. My day-to-day role includes being the first level response for customers, triaging tickets, fulfilling network engineering requests and managing internal and […]
Sevaan Group trials 4-day week
Leading parts contract manufacturer, Sevaan Group, announced today it is trialling a 4-day week to evaluate improvement in staff well-being, attracting new talent, and increasing productivity. The trial period will run for three months, from 11th September until the 31st December. The Group is spreading the normal 38-hour, 5-day work […]
Capricornia’s smart road to A$4.74 million Chinese joint venture
Australian scleral lens manufacturer Capricornia Contact Lens has signed a A$4.74 million joint venture with Chinese ophthalmic products distributor, Guangzhou Ruitai Biotech Co., Ltd. The two companies will establish EPICON (Chengdu) Medical Technology Co., Ltd in Chengdu, China. ‘Through the hard work over the past three and a half years, […]
IHI Corporation’s in HyNQ consortium
L to R – Chris Shaw Deputy Director-General – Hydrogen, Department of Energy and Public Works, Paul Martyn Director General, Department of Energy and Public Works, Mr Junjie Gomakubo Consul-General of Japan pictured with representatives from IHI Corporation, CS Energy, Energy Estate and Idemitsu. Leading Japanese company, IHI Corporation, […]
Royal Wolf innovation to the fore
National shipping container company Royal Wolf has engineered a new twist on the backyard pool house with a luxury design that cost almost $50,000 less than comparable structures using traditional building methods. Royal Wolf Geelong Branch Manager Justin Van Loon had received quotes of up to $80,000 to build a […]
Monash Uni’s Apple Harvesting Robot among engineering excellence award winners
Monash Uni’s Apple Harvesting Robot The state’s top engineers and engineering projects have been named at the 2023 Engineers Australia Excellence Awards – People & Projects Victoria, held at South Wharf. “The Engineers Australia Excellence Awards spotlight the best in engineering innovation and highlight how essential engineers are to our […]
Shoalhaven business helps lower homeowner energy cost
A Shoalhaven business is working to address the cost of living crisis for households by targeting the energy performance of existing homes across the region. Mantle Sustainable Homes are a Huskisson-based business that specialise in the assessment of energy performance of buildings, and the delivery of advice around how to […]
Australian nutrition brand launches new manufacturing facility
To cater for growing global demand, Queensland headquartered nutrition and wellness company Fixx Nutrition is expanding its manufacturing capabilities as both domestic and international customers seek out its all-natural sports and dietary supplements. This new manufacturing facility located in the heart of Burleigh Heads, on the Gold Coast, will see […]
SYSPRO contributes to 100% improvement in AF Gason’s results
Customer Profile AF Gason designs and manufactures world-class broadacre farm machinery as well as industrial and wood-heating products. The company’s Industrial Services Division provides technical solutions for commercial and industrial applications across multiple sectors. AF Gason distributes and supports all its products via an extensive dealer network across Australia and New Zealand. The Business Challenge At the time of implementing SYSPRO in 2011, AF Gason needed an enterprise system which could be used across the entire length of its supply chain to ensure one source of the truth. The Solution AF Gason uses SYSPRO as its enterprise system across the entire length of its supply chain. The SYSPRO solution including SYSPRO MOM, records everything on the manufacturing side of the business from shop floor recording to shop floor data, job management, traceability, procurement and inventory management. It also covers all finance functions such as sales processing and invoicing, payables, receivables and cash management. The Outcome “We’ve had 100% improvement in our results over the past couple of years, and a great deal is related to being able to use the information out of SYSPRO to give us better decision-making capability in the business,” says Leon Nash, Chief Financial Officer at AF Gason. AF Gason has adopted many of the new elements in the system, including SYSPRO Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM). “We attribute the major payback on our investment to SYSPRO MOM and the ability to use shop floor recording and job recording appropriately. Our job recording accuracy levels have improved by more than 20%, and we’re close to 50% improved efficiency on the shop floor,” says Mr. Nash. Jason Yole, AF Gason’s Production Manager, agrees. “SYSPRO MOM has opened our eyes to what we can do with the business. We can see down to the job level of a […]