REX GROUP’s Managing Director, Peter Blackett, believes that one of the important characteristics of the group is that each company has a long history with its own identity, reputation and customer relationships, and that this will continue. However, although they each once had their own computer systems, they now have a shared IT system for administration and accounts provided by Infomace International. read more...
MORGAN FURNITURE (New Zealand) is the largest manufacturer of recliner upholstery products in Australasia. This includes the LA-Z-BOY product range manufactured under licence from LA-Z-BOY USA. Morgan Furniture employs 210 staff, manufactures 'to order' for the NZ market, and ships 8 TEC containers per week to LA-Z-BOY Australia. LA-Z-BOY (Sydney) delivers to all areas of Australia and holds 2,500 chairs and 150 upholstered suites.
For both sides of the Tasman, Infomace has developed a comprehensive suite of software including all aspects of Financial and Inventory Management, Personalised Order Entry, Automatic Order Statusing, the ability to create 'make to order and select from serialised stock’, and EDI Receipt of Orders. In Auckland, a Factory Production Scheduling system has been implemented to save both scheduling and manufacturing time, and provide full and vast planning ability.
Web-based Production-Tracking, Real-Time performance monitoring and On-Line Web access for its customers and representatives provide Morgan Furniture with a truly unique operation. Infomace International has developed and maintained these systems over a period of seven years, and is acknowledged by Morgan Furniture to have made a significant contribution to their annual 50% expansion in Australia. read more ...
BONLAC FOODS LIMITED is one of Australia’s leading dairy products manufacturers with a history that can be traced back well over 100 years to 1888, and the formation of the Cobden and District Pioneer Cheese and Butter Factory. Bonlac Foods became Infomace’s first Australian client in 1995 when we were commissioned to provide a pilot multi-plant Computational Intelligence Vehicle Scheduling System for its Northern Victoria region. Following the success of the pilot, we were asked to implement the system in its Western and Eastern Victoria regions, and more recently Tasmania, together with a fully integrated Transport Management System, and an enterprise-wide Computational Intelligence Logistics Planning System.
Apart from its production of quality dairy products and speciality dairy ingredients, Bonlac Foods is recognized for setting the pace in the Australian Dairy industry for minimizing the environmental impact of its manufacturing operations. Its Darnum Park factory has been described as a world leader in environmental management, and its many environmental awards include the national Banksia Environment Foundation Gold Award in 1998.
TATUA COOPERATIVE DAIRY CO. Established in 1914, Tatua is the only dairy co-operative remaining in that has never been part of any amalgamation. It is entirely owned by 128 farmer shareholders. The company processes 120 million litres of milk per year, and exports more than 90% of its products throughout the world.
Since 1995, Tatua has used Infomace International’s Supplier Payments System which was specifically written for the Dairy Industry. The system provides accounting control over payments to its suppliers: Information is gathered by the Transport System and combined with milk quality results and specific laboratory test results to arrive at a quantity of milk at a specific quality level for every collection. Payments are made at the end of each month by extending each daily quantity at the appropriate rate for the quality level, applying retrospective period payment adjustments, then deducting amounts for penalty grades, loan repayments, trading purchases etc.
