Johannesburg, 24 Apr 2015
Established in 1936, Johannesburg-based TransTool is in the tool distribution and wholesale market sector. The company stocks leading tool brands and is the sole agent in South Africa, exclusively importing and distributing Forge Hand Tools and DIY products. Its main focus is the wholesale industry.
Before selecting and implementing K8, TransTool consulted various other companies in its industry sector for advice on ERP software providers, and soon came to the conclusion that K8 was the market leader. After reviewing its options, TransTool migrated away from its AS400 platform and opted for a full SaaS option, hosted at Teraco. TransTool went live with its K8 solution in the first week of March 2015.
TransTool opted to implement the standard K8 functionality, as this best met its company needs - it had no complex financial requirements in terms of buying from its suppliers; no uplifts in purchasing; or discount terms in selling.
TransTool has adopted the K8 processes, as it essentially ran its business by "keeping it simple". The company was most impressed with the fact that the implementation would require no customisations or modifications in order to fit its business. The Kerridge Commercial Systems (KCS) Go-Live team and consultants did create a number of specific reports, but this was the limit of what was needed to tailor K8 for TransTool.
Chris Beedle, Managing Director of TransTool, says: "We were looking to upgrade our old out-of-date software package and noticed that more than a few of our suppliers and customers were using K8. We looked into it and when we met with them, we were very impressed with what we saw and even more impressed that we didn't have to deal with greedy and pushy third-party resellers; we dealt directly with KCS.
"The KCS consultants were extremely professional, diligent and patient with us, which resulted in our Go-Live going super-smoothly, with basically zero issues. The process was made so easy thanks to the whole team at KCS and their efforts," said Beedle.
Results
* Ability to trade on first day of go-live;
* Dealing directly with KCS;
* Better stock control/management;
* Real-time visual effect on the business;
* Better margin control;
* Purchase forecasting;
* Eliminated manual, off-system processes with new delivery note scanning;
* Detailed customer pricing matrix module;
* Ease of use; and
* Fully supported hosted platform.
Des Nangle, Managing Director of KCS South Africa, commented: "TransTool is yet another example within the distributive trades sector of how quickly the KCS professional services team can implement systems without major business interruption. We are very pleased that the go-live at TransTool went well, and we wish them many years of successful trading on their new K8 system."
For more information on TransTool, please visit its Web site: http://transtool.co.za.
For more news and information on products and services from KCS, please contact the KCS South Africa sales team:
Sales team
(+27) 011 707 3333
za_sales@kerridgecs.com
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