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A DIGI Poster will soon feature a photo of the DIGI AW-4600AT POP BP (Top, Bottom and POP labelling function), which has been installed in the meat department at C1000, which is part of the Schuitema group in Benelux.
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Report from Netherlands
AP-700 has a good reputation in the Benelux market
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| The AP-700U3 in full operation with three upper cassette-labellers controlled by one console for labelling "fresh bread" packages |
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| Olaf De. Haan, Sales Engineer of DIGI Nederland b.v., feels very proud of the sales deal of the AP-700U3 to the bakery industry |
DIGI Benelux (DIGI Belgium nv and DIGI Nederland bv) has recently sold the 45th AP-700 System since its debut in 2006, and concludes that the AP-700 has a good reputation in the Benelux market.
The AP-700 is a highly versatile "All Purpose" labeller system that has been sold to industrial customers who pack and label a wide variety of products like bread, fruits, vegetables, salads, mushrooms, sliced meat and meat substitutes.
All users of the AP-700 are very satisfied with its simple, accurate and flexible operation. The unique cassette label loading simplifies use for every operator.
Easily creating and managing labels for WindowsR is done by the "Dr. Label" software either on the AP-700 console directly or on an upstream PC with use of "Dr. Server" software. Most customers using multiple AP-700 systems make use of this "Dr. Server" software sharing labelling information. Data created on the upstream PC can even be imported from the customer's ERPsystems database and shared with the downstream AP-700 labelling systems to produce and manage labels easily and correctly.
Another advantage is that the AP-700 system is available in a wide range of models, making it possible to select the best system for every individual customer's specific work environment.
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| Extra cassettes are loaded with label paper for quickly switching cassettes on the labeller when necessary |
For example:
The industrial bakeries in the Netherlands are producing bread during the night and deliver the "fresh bread" packed and labelled to the supermarkets in the early morning.
To minimize production disruption, these bakeries mostly use the AP-700U2, a two upper cassette-labeller system controlled by one console, and the AP-700U3, a three upper cassette-labeller system controlled by one console. During office hours, staff members in the office design the labels and the data is sent to all the AP-700 systems. Extra cassettes are loaded with label paper in advance and during the late evening and night, the production staff can very quickly switch cassettes on the labellers when necessary.
DIGI Benelux is very happy with the AP-700 product range and are confident that the good reputation established in the market will lead to more sales of these "All Purpose" cassette labeller systems in the near future.
(Reported by Paul Wiggers, Manager of Food Industry Team of DIGI Benelux)
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Report from Poland
E.Leclerc selected the new DIGI wrapper 4600 series for their hypermarket in Warsaw
E. Leclerc, the French giant retailer chose DIGI once again, marking the debut of the new DIGI wrapper 4600 series in Poland. Mariusz Jamro, Vice President of Yakudo Plus Sp. Z o.o. proudly explains, "The DIGI wrapper debuted in Poland in 1995 when the first hypermarket selected the AW-2600. Now in October 2007, E.
Leclerc chose DIGI and replaced the AW-2600 with the DIGI AW-4600AT." E. Leclerc has been very satisfied with Yakudo's service support since the installation of the AW-2600 in 1995, paving the way for the sale of the AW-4600.
Yakudo's service support team and E.Leclerc's meat department, working together for more than 10 years.
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Mariusz Kubera, R&D Manager of Yakudo Plus (3rd from left), has installed the first AW-2600 and AW-4600 to the E. Leclerc hypermarket store. He proudly shakes hands with Janusz Szerszen, Manager of E.Leclerc Meat Dept. (2nd from left) in front of the AW-4600AT just installed, together with Tomasz Korbuszewski, Foreman of E.Leclerc Meat Dept. (left), Marcin Wilk, Senior Engineer of Yakudo Plus (2nd from right), and Piotr Talaga, Senior Engineer of Yakudo Plus (right) |
(Reported by Satoshi Ueno, Teraoka Seiko's Wrapper & Ecology Div.)
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Report from Korea
More than 600 units of SM-100Plus in operation at all Lotte supermarket stores
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| Lotte Super Bunpyoung Store |
James Jin Hyung-kwon of DIGI Korea(left), with Lotte Super Pungam Store Manager Kim Seunghwan |
DIGI Korea Weigh System Co., Ltd. received a one-off-order for 636 units of SM-100 Plus series from Lotte Super, the supermarket section of the Lotte Group in Korea. They chose DIGI for installation at their new stores and replacement of other brand scale systems after they analyzed several brands in 2006. Lotte Super chose the DIGI SM-100 Plus because of the network solution with the wire/wireless application.
Lotte Group operates various kinds of businesses such as Department stores, Discount stores, Supermarkets, Convenience stores, Fast food restaurants and others in the retail distribution industry. Lotte Super is the No. 2 retailer in Korea with 73 stores. Lotte Super announced their aggressive plan to increase the number of stores to 100 stores by 2008. In Japan, Lotte brand is well established as a confectionery maker, operates fast food shops, and owns a baseball team.
The installation was completed in about six weeks with the full cooperation of DIGI Korea supported by Shanghai Teraoka. Now DIGI SM-100 Plus can be seen at Lotte Super sales counters such as delicatessen, salad bar, fish, fruit & vegetables, bakery and butchery.
We at DIGI Korea are very proud that such an important and dynamically growing customer decided to choose DIGI for their retail scale needs.
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SM-100Plus EV type in operation
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SM-100Plus installed
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(Reported by James Jim Hyung-kwon, Director of DIGI Korea Weigh System Co., Ltd.)
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Report from USA
SM-500 installations exceeding 22,000
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| Alan Chase, Service Manager of NBI dealer Market Supply of Portland, Oregon trains a WINCO store clerk on the operation of the SM-500 number 22,001. |
NBI installed the SM-500 type scale number 22,001 and reached a new milestone. The record-breaking scale was installed into the WINCO store located in Puyallup, Washington. The SM-500's scale design is the most successful retail scale ever marketed by NBI in the USA.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the DIGI R&D team in Sinapore for their invaluable support in making this record possible. The original hardware design was built to provide a cost-effective package with sufficient capacity to adapt to new and changing customer needs. This was the first DIGI design to use flash ROM and standard Ethernet computer interface. The mechanical design used a totally new cassette label feed system and was the first DIGI scale to use a cassette which fed labels to the front for easy operator access to the printed label.
The new hardware allowed the DIGI R&D team in Singapore to implement many new software features. One of the most important features was the Frequent Shopper Discount function. This feature came about just as major supermarket chains were implementing these types of programs into their stores. This feature helped NBI/DIGI open new accounts. DIGI R&D team's software support has since kept up with changing market requirements. One of those changing requirements has been the application of wireless Ethernet networking. NBI has been selling and installing SM-500 type scales with wireless interface for over 5 years, now over 6000 scales are operating successfully in wireless networks.
One customer controls all PLU data in all scales installed in 33 states from one central location, through a wireless network. Wireless Ethernet was not part of the original design specification. However, since the SM-500 scale was originally designed to utilize standardized Ethernet protocols, it was modified and adapted to this new specification without a total re-design effort.
NBI is very proud to announce that the SM-500 type has been well received in the USA market and is now reaching a new sales milestone.
(Reported by John Baumann, President of NBI)
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Report from Japan
Kasumi Supermarket, an AEON group company selected Teraoka/DIGI, including POS ECR, for their new store operation system
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| 8 lines of Web2300 and 4 units of JOYPOS - self-scanning type in operation along with WebPrime in service counter and bakery shop |
Store Manager Mr. Onobu with a PDA in hand for his daily store operation management evaluates its performance highly |
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| Kasumi Yashio store managing sales counter business together with self service business |
Kasumi Supermarket, one of the leading regional supermarkets is operating more than 130 stores in the outskirts of Tokyo. Teraoka/DIGI has worked with Kasumi to develop a new operational system in which the PDA (Personal Digital Assistant or Personal Data Assistance) is the main component in the system. Standing on the in-store floor, a PDA pointed at the commodity display shelves can direct product price revising and checks as well as promotional flyer printing. It is a powerful tool for the workforce, especially for the produce section where prices are changed and the daily price has to be arranged quickly and accurately before stores open. The installation testing started in April 2006 and since then Teraoka/DIGI has worked to complete the system to meet Kasumi's requirements. Since March 2007, the system has been installed with Teraoka/DIGI POS ECR, including Self POS scanning system "JOYPOS" into 27 stores scheduled in 2007.
(Reported by Yoshiko Nagata, Editor of DIGI News Bulletin.)
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Report from Japan
DIGI high-end SM-880 series including ELEXY . transparent display type chosen by a newly opened department food floor
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| 8 units of SM-880 Elexy line-up at Kakiyasu, one of the most famous butchers in Japan, dealing the top beef brand Matsuzaka beef as well as Kobe beef |
Daimaru Department Store opened their food market floor in the PARCO Urawa Store, which opened on October 10. PARCO, founded in Japan in 1953, is well known as a complex shopping mall with a high fashion image opened its 20th store in Urawa, a fashionablesuburb near Tokyo.
The Daimaru Urawa PARCO Store covers the ground floor and consists of 23 established brand food shops, servicing Japanese top brand beef, delicatessens, and multi-national dishes. Teraoka/DIGI SM-880 series and ELEXY type scales are in operation at the counter sales of those shops. The reasons that Teraoka/DIGI products were selected are the features and their sleek designs, which match the image of these brand shops.
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| SM-880 Elexy at fruit jam sales counter |
Elexy (Display type, scale is not built-in) at information counter of the food floor providing customers with timely information |
Teraoka/DIGI SM-800 series has been evaluated highly and will be scheduled to be installed quickly in the new concept stores. Among these are the Daimaru Tokyo Store, newly built in Tokyo station and a new Ito Yokado (a leading retailer in Japan operating 173 stores) supermarket store, which opened in early November. Sales of the SM-880 are quite positive in 2007 and have doubled since last year.
(Reported by Yoshiko Nagata, Editor of DIGI News Bulletin)
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Report from Indonesia
TipTop Supermarket chose DIGI for their new store
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| At the soft opening of TipTop Pondok Gede, Bekasi in Jakarta, Indonesia (Sept 8, 2007); left to right, Triyanto Wandaru (IT.Dept of TipTop Head Office), Irsyad Idris (Vice Store Manager of TipTop Ondok Gede), Dede Sarifudin (Store Manager of TipTop Pondok Gede), and Octavianus Kristanto/Kiky (Sales Manager of PT. Tritanu) with SM-300H on Buchery & Fishery Counter. |
TipTop Supermarket opened a new store in PondokGede, Bekasi, in the eastern part of Jakarta, in early September. P.T. Tritanu has supplied wireless scales SM-300P and SM-300H. TipTop Supermarket is the first local supermarket in Indonesia that has used RF-Bridge Wireless for their network communication.
It was a tough effort to convince TipTop of DIGI's superiority because all their existing stores have been using another brand of scale for more than 10 years. Tritanu put 1 unit SM-300P wireless at an existing store for trial for five months to prove DIGI's quality that the scale can work properly on their system. And it was successful.
At the opening ceremony, Mrs. Rennita Rusman, Administration & IT Director, said, "the reason TipTop Supermarket chose DIGI is because it is a better product, and the supplier, Tritanu, has shown better service"
(Reported by Octavianus Kristanto/Kiky, Sales Manager of PT. Tritanu)
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Report from Ireland
Nolan's of Kilcullen in Ireland choose 8 units of SM-780EV EL
James Nolan, who owns and manages the largest Butcher Shop in Ireland, selected the DIGI SM-780, PC Scale with transparent display.
Con Kenny, MD of DIGI Systems Ltd. took Taka Hattori (left) of Teraoka Seiko Japan to visit the store. The customerfs purchases are recorded both on DIGI Systemfs linked POS System and on the SM-780 Scale System, which issues a detailed barcode receipt for the customer. This receipt is presented to the cashier who scans the receipt and recalls in milliseconds the details of the purchases from the barcode. The cashier can now complete the transaction by receiving the payment of cash, credit card or internal charge account. Naturally all recorded data is available for full stock control. DIGI Systems is gaining even greater market share with this unique system for Butchers Shops.
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Report from Holland
An intermediate meeting with Royal Ahold Holland
left to right: Robert Broekhuizen - Buyer of Royal Ahold, Jacomien Duvekot - Program Manager, Rob Webbers - Vice President, and Teraoka/DIGI group members Taka Hattori, Leon van Besauw . Managing Director of DIGI Benelux, and Harvey Kato - General Manager of Global Business Development Div. of Teraoka Seiko Japan.
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