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Datel’s Sage ERP X3 to support Hargreaves Services growth

Hargreaves Services has chosen Datel, its incumbent technology partner, to support its transition to a new business software platform, Sage ERP X3.

Among the drivers for the move were the increasing number of system users – the user base had grown from 20 to 92 in just a few years – and greater support for inter-company trading, which accounts for around 40% of transactions. Hargreaves, ...
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Precise savings from bearing improvements

Leicester-based high precision machining firm AETC has cut maintenance costs by several thousand pounds, just by correctly specifying and fitting machine bearings.

Dawnfresh nets the benefits of new maintenance software

Dawnfresh Seafoods has installed a new computerised maintenance management system (CMMS) to manage engineering maintenance at its main production site in Uddingston, Lanarkshire.

Handheld terminal wins design award

Casio Computer Co. has announced that the DT-X7 handheld terminal - intended for users in retail, transportation, logistics and other industries - has been recognised with the iF product design award 2008, one of the worlds leading industrial design honours.