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In line with its expansions locally, regionally and internationally, THT Logistics recognized and continually improved on the needs for a comprehensive and scalable solution to need the ever-changing customer’s expectation. According to Eric Lee, Deputy General Manager – Corporate Affairs, "Having deployed WMS systems in our operations earlier and looking for an ideal partner for our future, we are extremely stringent and careful in our selection processes. We must be clear on our requirement and customers’ expectation on the deliverable from our WMS systems and matching with a strong technical expertise and support from our IT partners to fulfil our expectation throughout our operations in the region. KEYfields iWMS has clearly met our criteria and with further committement to continuous enhancement, research and development into our future needs. The system proved to be efficient for our operation, welcome by our customers, vendors and relevant authority and support by Spring Singapore in our Logistics Capability Development Program."

Kenny Tan, GM for KEYfields, comments, "Today, 3PL companies are more knowledgeable in using technologies to assist them to serve their customers and stay ahead in the competition. With the fact that customers are more demanding and the competitors are getting better equipped in IT to meet their needs, THT Logistics’ partnership with KEYfields iWMS will be a long haul to serve our customers’ better and stay ahead in the competitions with continual improvement in our IT capability."

Steven Chua, Business Development Director at Million Lighting, commented “Our continued growth plans require us to automate our retail and project businesses. Rx Solutions was selected because it’s has a strong and rich functionalities. With Rx Solutions, the management team will now have total visibility of the business at all levels, timely reporting and business intelligence that enable us to react quickly to changes.”

Kenny Tan, General Manager for KEYfields commented: “We are glad that Million has selected KEYfields based on the Rx Solutions’ functionalities. Sourcing for IT solutions, that balances the needs for both current and future, without being too complex can be challenging. Solutions that are too complex can bring an organisation to its knees either through technical issues, or users simply not being able to get to grips with them. The designs of the Rx solutions put the power of the solution into the hands of customer, so it can be configured and re-configured to reflect their changing needs, and users can work with UI that is familiar and intuitive.”

Buyan, a strong believer in using technologies to run its businesses, has adopted KEYfields Rx Solutions. Rx Solutions will be used to manage the restaurant’s inventories as well as operations of its newly setup wholesale division. “We needed an IT solution to support our new wholesale division. The web based functionalities and the scalability of the Rx Solutions are the main reasons for selecting KEYfields Rx solutions”, says Indra Kumar, Sommelier of Buyan.

Kenny Tan, GM for KEYfields, comments, “The addition of Buyan to our F&B customer list is an endorsement of Rx Solutions in this industry.”

According to Eugene Heng, Managing Director of Masindo, “We know that in order for us to compete in the next level, we need a good and reliable industry best practices system. Our current manual processes are rather tedious and complex. We are particularly careful in our selection. We invited 4 WMS vendors. KEYfields is the unanimous favourites amongst the evaluators. KEYfields’ consultants have demonstrated strong domain knowledge and iWMS has comprehensive functionalities which are configurable to suit our requirements.”

Kenny Tan, GM for KEYfields, comments, “We are glad that Masindo Logistic did a thorough evaluation. Today, many software projects failed due to lack of due diligence done in the evaluation stage. With this affirmation, it is once again proven that our strong domain knowledge coupled with a user friendly and operationally practical iWMS are our KEY success factors.”

In line with its expansions plan, Asian Warehousing is looking for a comprehensive and scalable solution to replace its current WMS system. According to David Ng, Logistics Manager, “Having deployed WMS systems in our operations before, we are extremely stringent and careful in our selection processes. We know what we want, the functions available in major WMS systems and the flaws and shortcomings in our current system. We shortlisted three systems and it soon became clear that KEYfields iWMS offered a comprehensive and practical WMS solution that was closest to our specific functional requirements.”

Kenny Tan, GM for KEYfields, comments, “Today, 3PL companies are more knowledgeable in using technologies to assist them to serve their customers and beat the competitions. With customers more demanding and competitors better equipped, Asian Warehousing has engaged KEYfields iWMS to exceed customers’ expectation and win the competitions with technologies.”

We would like to thank all our partners and friends who have voted for KEYfields. Without your support, we would not be able to make it to the top 5 in the "Best Supply Chain Consulting Partner" category.

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“We are looking forward to continue ‘Building Amazing Relationships’ with Ban Leong Group and we are delighted with the expression of confidence that allows us to extend this partnership to Ban Leong Thailand.” says Kenny Tan, General Manager at KEYfields.

Kenny Tan, General Manager, KEYfields Pte Ltd commented: "In recent months, KEYfields has been aggressively expanding to the regional markets. Vietnam is one of our key target markets. We have identified that our industry expertise and value added offerings can make a real difference in this marketplace. SCTS is an ideal partner to help us achieve this because of their domain expertise and they are focused on working with logistics players in the same vertical markets.”

As part of the agreement, KEYfields will work closely with SCTS to ensure they have the sales and technical training they need to properly market and support iWMS. SCTS will send their technical staff to KEYfields HQ in Singapore to attend a two weeks iWMS product training programmes.

With an objective to automate the existing manual processes, and also to extend its reach to end-consumers, distributors and partners - Fei Fah is sourcing for an IT solution that can improve both its bottom-line and its service level. Wilson Goh, General Manager at Fei Fah explains, “Our customer service, operations and distribution requirements are becoming more complex and we are concerned that a lot of the critical information needed to manage the business effectively is being held in the heads of a few people within our company. We need to implement a solution to give us better control, lower our inventory holding and help improve our service level. We have evaluated close to ten software vendors before deciding on KEYfields’ Rx suite of solutions. The business consultants from KEYfields are indeed very knowledgeable and they demonstrated an excellent understanding of our business requirements and objectives. The confidence level is there with KEYfields.”

Kenny Tan, General Manager of KEYfields, comments, “KEYfields is winning out over the competitions because we are able to demonstrate the ability to deliver core business benefits, including greater efficiencies and cost savings. Customers are also impressed with the seamless integration, which means it delivers real-time visibility through the supply chain, enabling fast, accurate reporting and the ability to make better business management decisions.”

For a start, SP will use one of KEYfields’ suite of logistics software application, iWMS software, for its courses. KEYfields will collaborate with SP to customize the training material for student and work instructions to lecturer needed for the SP courses. According to Kenny Tan, General Manager of KEYfields, “KEYfields recognizes the efforts of SP in promoting high standards of Tertiary Education in Singapore and to expose SP students to the “real life” industry best practices software application as part of their education.”

The current system is disparate and does not allow the management to have visibilities of up-to-date inventories and replenishment at each Vending Machine. Information required from each vending machine is currently being collected through filling up replenishment manually by van drivers during each visit to the machine. The backlog of the inventory and replenishment record is wide and to a certain degree inaccurate due to human error.

In order to automate the inventory and replenishment process, RV engages KEYfields to find a solution to capture Sales information directly from the Vending Machines and update back to the backend Distribution system. According to Clement You, Sales and Marketing Head of KEYfields, “Our consultants did some researches on the machine interface and fabricated a special cable that is able to hook up the Vending Machine with a handheld device. We did some trials and manage to download the required information for the backend RX Distribution to optimize the operations. This is the main obstacle in the whole integration which we managed to overcome.”

“We have spoken to a few software vendors. Only KEYfields is willing to go the extra miles to simulate and present the POC (“Proof-Of-Concept”), which impresses us.” - said Grace, Operations Manager of Royal Vending Pte Ltd.

Since mid of this year, TMC embarks on a search for accounting solutions for her church, kindergarten classes and to adhere to the government book-keeping guidelines for non-profit organization. KEYfields’ RX Accounting was selected after an intensive evaluation. According to Ms. Denisa Chin, TMC Church Administrator, “RX Accounting is selected amongst a few Accounting Packages because of its user friendliness and ease of integration to other Church software solutions”.

“This partnership with TMC enforces KEYfields’ belief that software solution have to be simple and ease of use. In today’s world, not all organisation uses only one software application. Hence the architecture of the software solution must be designed to support ease of integration to ensure “duplication of entries’ are avoided..” said Kenny Tan, General Manager of KEYfields Pte Ltd.

In line with its plan to be a ZGST licensed company, Ohio invests in KEYfields' iWMS to automate its facilities. KEYfields is selected because of its strong domain knowledge in ZGST as well as the comprehensive functionalities in iWMS.

"This win in OHIO is once again a testimonial of KEYfields' iWMS comprehensive functionalities that comply with Singapore Customs' regulations. This endorses our leadership in this area." said Kenny Tan, General Manager of KEYfields Pte Ltd.

In line with its plan to renew it WMS system, DNKH has been looking around for a suitable solution for some times. According to Daryl, General Manager of DNKH, "The reasons why we selected KEYfields iWMS is because of its user friendliness, scalability of the system and the domain expertise shown by the consultants of KEYfields".

"We are glad that DNKH has selected KEYfields as their preferred partner. Once iWMS is implemented, we are sure that the productivity gains in the operations will bring our business partnership to the next level," said Kenny Tan, General Manager of KEYfields Pte Ltd.

We put major emphasis on our customer relationships. The spirit of relationships commitment has resulted in an incredibly loyal and satisfied customer base. Our list of long-term customers, many of whom have been with us from the start, endorses our closed working relationships.

KEYfields cares about the services it offers, and work hard to deliver quality products. Over the years, KEYfields has succeeded because of commitment to delivering IT software and solutions dedicated to the needs of our customers. We do not only provide software solutions but more importantly the domain knowledge that help our customers to adopt the best practice in a practical approach.

Moving forward, our focus is - as it has always been – to deliver market-leading software and solutions for the specific and dedicated needs of our customers.

The Supply Chain Asia Logistics Awards bring recognition to corporations and individuals in the fields of supply chain and logistics. The finalists in each category is being conducted online and through Supply Chain Asia weekly e-newsletter. All ballots are tracked to ensure that only one vote per individual is cast. An independent auditor monitors the full process. The five companies that receive the most votes in each category will be named as finalists.

We would like to thank all our partners and friends who have voted for KEYfields. Without your support, we would not be able to make it to the top 5 in the "Best Supply Chain Consulting Partner" category.

This M&A will allow both Revolx and KEYfields to share common resources and integrate products. The corporate objectives are now aligned for a common goal.

As part of an ongoing process to renew its' internal systems using Microsoft .net technologies, OPS engaged KEYfields to re-program its Property Valuation System(PVS). According to Alex Chong, OPS' Head of IT, "We were looking for a strong and trusted partner that was able to convert our legacy Paradox system to Microsoft .net platform. The important reasons for the choice of KEYfields' are their consultants' professional approach coupled with a standard project methodology to deliver the right solution at the right time. With the PVS successfully launched, we decided to engage KEYfields to convert all the remaining legacy systems".

"Companies are no longer constrained by the inadequacy of technology," said Kenny Tan, General Manager of KEYfields. "Now OPS is in a position where technology is ahead of business, and this puts employees in a very strong position. Now it is all about imagination and belief, and it is the forward-thinking companies that will continue to evolve, with the technology working itself around their dreams and ambitions."

"We have great expectations of these new business systems, which include streamlining and simplifying our purchasing, inventory management and logistics processes, billing, fabrication and accounting modules" said Paul Siew, WHS Global Logistics WITS Project Manager.

"The domain knowledge and honest professional opinions and advice that KEYfields brings to our organization is something that only close business partners like us can appreciate.", said Allan Yue, Managing Director of WHS Global.

The initial implementation of the system from KEYfields will start in January 2010 and is expected to be fully operational in one year.

"We are proud that WHS Global has chosen us," commented Kenny Tan, General Manager, KEYfields Pte Ltd. "As a reliable provider of Logistics solutions, we look forward to the future with confidence."

The agreement to implement KEYfields iWMS, a leading Warehouse Management System for the distribution and wholesale and Third Party Logistics on logistics, covers goods handling, warehousing, inbound, outbound and trade declaration for the most demanding licensed warehouse environments.

According to Daniel Loh, General Manager of Beni, KEYfields is an obvious choice. "Last year Beni started looking for new IT business systems to support our tremendous growth. Our existing systems were simply no longer up to the job. For example, a number of our processes were based on inefficient manual paperwork, which resulted in repetitive human data entry and errors", they stated. "We decided we needed a fully integrated system that would improve the logistics, control our costs and most importantly dramatically improve our performance to our customers. It became clear during the selection process that KEYfields warehouse management system's capabilities, would be key to us gaining the insight into our stock and driving the efficiencies we needed."

"The Licensed Warehouse is a very complex sector in which speed, accuracy and quality of services play pivotal roles. We understand this, and take pride in focusing our energies to help companies like Beni achieve Operations Excellence within their field", stated Kenny Tan, GM of KEYfields. "Our market leading logistics application suite will help Beni realize the efficiencies and customer service levels for which they strive. We are pleased to now have Beni as a customer, and look forward to having a long-term and mutually beneficial relationship with such a great company."

According to David Lim, Director of Premium Logistics, "With the 3PL customers now becoming more knowledgeable and demanding on the use of technologies to ensure that their inventory, orders and deliveries are well managed. They want to be able to see their order and delivery status and inventory online at the comfort in their office at any time and occasionally perform quick cycle count on site. We need a reliable system for us to move forward in our business." Hence, there is a pressing need to use technologies to increase Sales, improve Services to its existing customers and to optimize the use of its resources by improving efficiencies and productivities in its process workflow.

Currently, these activities are manually performed. Current order instructions from its customers are received via telephone, fax or email. Information is kept in Microsoft EXCEL spreadsheet. In addition, there is no platform for customers and even its employee to view inventory on-line, no system for its warehouse personnel to perform its tasks, receive frequent calls from its customers to check on inventory, order and delivery status. At the same time, Premium is now faced an uphill tasks with its prospects demanding to take a look at their WMS before considering to engage them.

Premium starts to source for a system, as far back as six months ago, that its can grow together with. After evaluating a few Logistics solutions, Premium found the best fits in KEYfields' iWMS system. KEYfields' iWMS not only able to handle and meet the customers' demands but also automate the activities in its warehouse for inbound and outbound, inventory management, control and track the movement and accountability of transactions, increase inventory accuracy and reports for managing purpose to improve efficiencies and productivity.

KEYfields' vision of "Building Amazing Relationships" is the key to winning the Premium Logistics deal as Premium Logistics is looking for a partner that not only have the domain expertise but go beyond to ensure that Premium's customers needs are taken care of, said Kenny Tan, General Manager of KEYfields.

Kenny Tan, General Manager, KEYfields Pte Ltd commented: "Oval and KEYfields have non competing products and this alliance will enable us to integrate our products and services to enable us to participate in business opportunities previously unavailable to either company." He added: "The alliance will also allows both companies to tap the resources of each other."

With combined 20 years experience, this partnership will certainly offer companies integrated solutions, stability and quality support from two experienced and long-term industry software players.

Daikin Singapore uses Focus, a CRM solution from Malaysia, to process the Project and Quotation System. The CRM solution does not exactly fit into the Project and Quotation Requirements. As such, a mixture of Excel Spreadsheet and Focus system are used to maintain the Project and Quotation information. This does not only create redundant steps but additional red tape for the users. Reports are manually extracted from the Spreadsheet and Focus system. This increases the workload for the Sales Administrator. Hence, a system to provide a single point of entry and able to churn out the reports for analysis and control purpose is needed.

Daikin Singapore is looking for a web-based solution that is able to record and track Project and Quotation details and status for reporting and analysis purpose, a Quotation System (Qs). After evaluating a few options, Daikin decided to take a turnkey project approach as no one CRM Daikin has evaluated meets its requirements. Daikin engages KEYfields to study, analyse, design and develop a system with its key personnel. KEYfields is selected because of its domain knowledge in software development as well as one of the pioneer in using Microsoft .net platform in Singapore.

The Qs is a web-based system that will allow authorized personnel to create and maintain Projects, create and maintain Quotations, assign Project leaders, update Quotation status. It provides a platform for Project Managers, Project Leaders, Project Administrators, Salesmen to access Project and Quotation information via the Internet using Internet Explorer.