1. Steve Crum – MIH Associates
IC-Scan Bar Code Scanner Interfaces for Sage CS/3 and Sage Enterprise
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2. MIH – the Background Warrington & Wokingham Offices
Reseller since March 2000
40 Staff, 30+ Experienced CS/3 people
Worked with Tetra Products since 1985
Only work with Sage Enterprise Product
Based on YTD spend with SES MIH is the 4th Largest Reseller (Oct 1st – May 31st)
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3. MIH – our customers
Friskies (Spillers Petfoods)– the largest CS/3 User anywhere – major development and rollout of Bar Code Scanner Interfaces now underway with MIH, Fin Goods and Raw Material control
Time Computers – the largest Sage Enterprise User anywhere – 500+ Concurrent Users on NT with SQL Server database
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4. MIH - Customers Currently on Support with MIH:
46 Companies on Direct CS/3 Support with MIH e.g. Sun Valley, Gold Medal Travel,Macdonald Hotels, BASF,UCAS,Cowley etc etc
Currently working with 30+ Companies not on Support with MIH but using our products and implementation services e.g. Vimto, Vernacare,Autotrader, Compaq, Universe Foods etc etc
All MIH Customers are users of Sage Software
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5. MIH Suppliers Sage Enterprise Solutions Version One
Rochester Information – Business Objects
Sage Options
Frontrange – Goldmine CRM
Orbis Intelliware
ProAccess / Daboom
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6. IC-Scan – Bar Code Scanning
Our involvement started in 1995 with the development of interfaces to work with Batch Based Scanners to help with Stock Take in C2000 to be precise 3:00am Saturday morning – 3days behind the Stocktake deadline!
This developed to allow Scanners to support virtually all C2000 Stock movements
Good – but clearly identified the need for Real-time Stock Processing
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7. IC-Scan Bar Code Scanning
1997 found low cost RF Scanners and our strategic developments started.
Our Aims:
Easy to Use at Operator Level irrespective of the degree of control needed on stock management
Trap errors wherever possible
Immediate and Real-time update of CS/3 data
100% Accurate Stock
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8. What makes up an IC-Scan solution?
Hardware
Worthington data – good value
Symbol – excellent quality – not cheap
Feedback SFDC / Time & Attendance Hardware
Software
MIH Scanner Interfaces for CS/3
Implementation Support
The startpoint – as normally lots to sort out before we can really get on with it
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9. Hardware
Worthington Data American Manufactured – RF Scanner £1350, Base Station £650
Symbol – Market Leader – huge range of Hand Held devices – Scanners being used by Friskies circa £3000 each.
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10. Software Interfaces available from MIH Stock Taking
Bin to Bin Transfers
Inter Warehouse Transfers
Purchase Order Receipt
Sales Order Picking
Sales Order Despatch Confirmation
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11. Software Interfaces available (ctd) Works Order Issues
Works Order Completion
Works Order Dekit
WIP Tracking
Time & Attendance (Under development)
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12. Implementation Support
Hardware and Software is not the only part of the solution
Normally lots of work cleaning up the data and revising the working procedures
Detailed involvement needed to get this off the ground - needs top level commitment
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13. Some sample customers Piolax in Burnley Presspart in Blackburn
Suppliers to the Automotive Industry
Accuracy and quality of supply essential
Product Identification and tracking at all stages of production.
Presspart in Blackburn
Deep Drawn Metal Pressings to Pharmaceutical,Automotive Industries
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14. Some sample customers Presspart (ctd) M Barnwell in Birmingham
Stock Visibility / Accuracy essential
Traceability essential
Operational efficiency
M Barnwell in Birmingham
Distribution of Fluid Sealing products
Sales Order Picking – high volume low value
Efficiency of Pick process
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15. Some sample customers Penlon in Abingdon Nenplas in Ashbourne
Manufacturers of Medical Equipment
Accuracy for delivery promises essential
Nenplas in Ashbourne
Manufacturer of extrusions using thermoplastic materials.
Accuracy of Stock a pre-requisite
Efficiency of picking – high volumes
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16. Some sample costs Sampler / Pilot option
Stock Taking Using 1 Scanner
Hardware Worthington RF & Base £2000
MIH Stock Take routines £2000
Implementation & Training £1500
Complete Scanning and WIP /SFDC
Hardware £
Software £
Implementation Support £
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17. So to the demo Works Order Issue of components with Serial Numbers
Stock Taking of items with Serial Numbers
The key being that we want easy processing of the stock movement whilst retaining absolute integrity of the core data.
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18. The Next step
If interested please give your Business Card to me or one of my colleagues – and we can meet and discuss your own specific needs
Any Questions?
Thanks
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