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CompuTec Gateway

CompuTec Gateway allows you to connect CompuTec solutions to physical devices. Currently, we support two kinds of connections. The first is a connection between CompuTec PDC or CompuTec WMS and industrial weight scales and the second involves connecting printers on another server to CompuTec Labels. This is a “behind the scenes” solution, in that it […]

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Why your WMS should be integrated with your ERP solution

If you are in the market for a new WMS (Warehouse Management System), you’ll already know that there are a lot of options out there and the range of choice can be overwhelming. To help you focus your search, we strongly suggest that you stop looking for a standalone WMS entirely and instead, take a […]

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A power chat with Fobos Invest

Implementation, Automation and COVID-19   2020 has been a year unlike any other and very few businesses have been able to continue on as before through the pandemic. Working from home, stricter hygiene regimes and new working practices, fluctuations in demand, even quickly-introduced new pandemic-oriented product lines are just some of the challenges that many […]

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Document Signatures in CompuTec WMS

In the latest version of CompuTec WMS, we’ve added the ability to add signatures to a number of CompuTec WMS documents. You can easily customize for which documents signature records will be kept and you can choose whether a signature is required for the document to be saved or if a signature can be recorded […]

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New to CompuTec PDC 3.93.15 (3.10.6)

Both the standard and plugin versions of CompuTec PDC 3.93.15/3.10.6 are now available for download on our portal. This version includes two significant improvements which are as follows. Register work time for subcontracting resources Several customers brought to our attention the fact that some of their subcontracting work was actually being carried out on their […]

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New to CompuTec WMS – Catch Weight Management & TLS (SSL) Support

CompuTec WMS (Warehouse Management System) now comes with two major new features; Catch Weight Management and TLS (SSL) Support.   Catch Weight Management Catch Weight Management refers to the ability to measure inventory according to a variety of units of measure simultaneously. So for example, if we have a chicken, the whole chicken could be […]

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CompuTec ProcessForce 9.3 PL14 & 10.0 R5 release highlights

In the latest versions of CompuTec ProcessForce (9.3 PL14 and 10.0 Release 5), as usual, we’ve added some performance enhancements such as when generating serial numbers on Pick Receipt and a range of small improvements to Manufacturing Orders and attachments amongst other things. Alongside those, we’ve added three significant new features: compatibility with the BulkChange […]

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The BulkChange Plugin – quick, easy mass Bill of Material updates

That businesses have to adapt and evolve to circumstances comes as a surprise to no one. Nowhere is that truer than in manufacturing. While some businesses do work from hundreds of year old recipes, for most manufacturers, adapting their products and processes is part of staying competitive in the modern world. It is by no […]

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Serialization

In certain extremely highly regulated industries, mainly the pharmaceuticals industry, but also some food sectors such as infant food production, serialization is a standard requirement. For those not familiar with the term, it simply refers to the ability to manage serialized inventory in batches. In those industries, being able to trace inventory by batch number […]

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CompuTec PDC 3.10.1.0 with new architecture, new features and new possibilities

We’ve just released a new version of CompuTec PDC (Plant Data Capture), version 3.10.1.0, based on CompuTec AppEngine architecture which also has a couple of nice new features that we think will benefit a significant number of our customers. There will be a video tutorial at the end of this blog post but I’ll start […]

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