Syspro Contributes to 100% Improvement in AF Gason’s Results 

Customer Profile

Founded in 1946, AF Gason designs and manufactures broadacre farm machinery, industry and wood heating products. The company’s Industrial Services Division provides technical solutions for commercial and industrial applications across multiple sectors. With more than 100 employees, Gason has become a national market leader in Australia, distributing and supporting all its products via an extensive dealer network.

AF Gason attributes the major payback on its investment to Syspro MOM and the ability to use shop floor recording and job recording effectively. The team can see down to the level of a particular operation, whether changes need to be made and exactly what they are. Full visibility into inventory has helped AF Gason understand where its cost sits and how much of a particular item needs to be held in stock.

The company uses Syspro information to trace its products throughout the supply chain, and that traceability is an important contributor to its ISO 9001 accreditation. It also uses traceability from a warranty perspective once the product is out in the marketplace. AF Gason can track back and see what batch it came from, where it came from in production, and trace other units that have been done through the same process. It’s essential to AF Gason’s ability to meet customer requirements.

From an overall business management perspective, AF Gason utilises the information out of Syspro every day. It’s utilising manufacturing, cost and sales information to better understand where the opportunities are within the business. Syspro enables AF Gason to manufacture better equipment and give the customer a better-quality product.

The Outcome

AF Gason has achieved a 100% improvement in its results and attributes much of this success to being able to use the information out of Syspro to enhance its decision-making capabilities

“The support we get from Syspro is unparalleled. We’ve had quirky little problems that they’ve sorted straightaway, and big problems that they’ve reported to the South African team, ensuring we received bug fixes. I couldn’t rate them any higher.”

— Leon Nash, Chief Financial Officer, AF Gason