Pre-sorter module wins the day – again
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Once again, FarSoft’s generic module for pre-sorters has helped another packhouse to take the schlepp out of capturing bin data, improving process control and ensuring...
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ViTrax is blazing an Android trail
The uptake of ViTrax Android modules among FarSoft’s clients has been a success story of note. And the FarSoft developers behind this feat are on a roll –...
Introducing the flagship ViTrax Central
As the first FarSoft client to go live with the flagship ViTrax Central supply chain software, Sonlia Marketing gave the thumbs up for its significant added value. “It...
Quarter of a century young … and going strong
As a fledgling one-man band in 1996, little did founder Freddie Roux know that 25 years later, he’d be celebrating this milestone with a team of 18 people and an...
First-class problem solver
Working in a family-centric environment with friendships between colleagues is what motivates FarSoft’s Reginald van Niekerk to ever-greater heights developing softwar...
Kudos for Android QC app
Although it’s early days, Karsten management accountant Ean Holland-Muter loves the way the recently-developed ViTrax Android Mobile QC system works at Mosplaas Citru...
A best-of-breed solution
To minimise human intervention in the data flow process between farm and packhouse, FarSoft and FarmTrace recently implemented API integration between their systems with...
As good as it gets for packing dates
Once Karsten Farms started using the ViTrax demand planning and packing instructions system, date packing has transformed into a slick process at Karsten Farms’ Pella...
Great process control – with extra benefits!
After setting up its electronic bin-tipping operations at Valley Packers in Grabouw, Fruitways wanted greater process control by integrating different software across all...
A journey paved in gold
“Wonderful, fantastic, amazing.” Superlatives were the order of the day when Augpad Koelkamers manager Jacques de Wet described their four-year journey with FarSoft’s...
Unlocking value
CAPTION: Heidi Williams in action with the ViTrax Mobile app in the Marlenique Packhouse. ...
Upping the blueberry game
Tedious calculations on a calculator are very much a thing of the past at Villiersdorp-based Chiltern Farms’ packhouse. This after FarSoft developed a bespoke mobile...
Running like clockwork
“Excitement is at fever pitch here at Mosplaas after the recently installed ViTrax carton management system (CMS) which integrates with AppSource’s check weighing...
A tool for all seasons
With its new generic consignment sale importer tool, FarSoft has put paid to the costly and time-consuming business of clients having to use exporter-specific files....
Easier. Faster. Better.
After two seasons of using the new ViTrax bin order management module, Fruitways business analyst Norman Lawton is thrilled about its time-saving and process control...
Titanic effort
Hot off the press is FarSoft’s integration of ViTrax with the PPECB’s Titan 2.0 at De Keur in Ceres. According to FarSoft project manager Darrell Cloete, this means that...
Managing risk effortlessly
After Three Sprints’ Justin Zondagh had rolled out a pre-harvest data collection app for Ideafruit towards the end of 2018, FarSoft kicked into gear to develop a ViTrax...
Looking forward!
With mounting anticipation of ViTrax QC and Money going live by end-October, Doornkraal Agri’s packhouse administrator, Suzanne Visser, is confident that her reporting...
Going solar
To gain electricity security and prevent costly production loss as a result of loadshedding, FarSoft recently went solar. A 6kW off-grid solar system consisting of 28...
Label printing triumph
Human error and the tedious process of manually inputting labelling information received the death knell at Southern Cross Marketing & Management (SCMM) recently....
Worthy winner
Passionate about improving packhouse systems and processes to facilitate each ViTrax user’s work at Fruitways, Norman Lawton – the company’s business analyst for group...
A five-star system
Having worked with ViTrax both on the production and finance side at De Keur Estate, system coordinator Niki Strydom knows what she’s talking about when she gives the...
Simply slick!
The iconic Hoekstra brand’s polished table grape packing operations have been benefiting from the ViTrax system since 2016. And according to Hoekstra logistics manager...
Going great guns
A ViTrax convert for the past 12 years, Sterkwater Boerdery has gone from strength to strength with strong performances in its fresh produce business. Having started its...
Kicking out lights
System problems? Never fear when FarSoft support manager Darrell Cloete is on the job. The go-to person for typical ViTrax support queries, pivots and server...
Hot problem-solver
Largely because of his analytical abilities and substantial input, Dutoit Agri system developer Edrich Botha was chosen as the ViTrax Power User of the Year in September....
Over the moon
Villiersdorp-based Betko Fresh Produce, one of the Western Cape’s leading apple and pear pack houses and a FarSoft client since 2009, is absolutely ecstatic about the...
Going places
“I must say that the recent integration of the MAF RODA pre-sorter with the ViTrax Pallet and Bin Tracking module at our packhouse has been extremely successful,” said...
First season of Qliks
Eagerly awaiting their first season with QlikView, the packhouse team at Verdun Estates is looking forward to experience its benefits. This latest addition to their...
Pack rate bonanza
With great success Novo Fruit Packers upgraded its previous carton management system with the FarSoft one 14 months ago. Appsource director André Swart, who collaborated...
Right on the money
“Invaluable!” is how Sonlia Fruit Packers financial manager Jacques Aldrich described the recent installation of ViTrax Money to its existing ViTrax system. “It’s...
A decade of QC
FarSoft recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of its ViTrax QC module going live at Chiltern Farms, Vyeboom. A valued client for 19 years, Chiltern started...
Blueberry boon
Kicking off its ViTrax installation, United Packhouse in Johannesburg implemented the pallet tracking and bin tracking modules late last year. Part of United Exports,...
New name, same superb service
With close on 22 operational years under its belt, FarSoft IT has evolved to become FarSoft Solutions (Pty) Ltd, with founder Freddie Roux and business manager Gerhard...
Achiever!
Gerhard Nel, Farsoft’s business manager received a diploma for the Management Development Programme at the University of Stellenbosch on 8 December 2016. Said Farsoft MD...
Confessions of an entrepreneur
When Freddie Roux joined the ranks of the unemployed on 1 September 1996, little did he know that it was the start of a huge success story. He had no business plan, no...
Taking the business forward
At Farsoft, people capital isn’t seen as unwanted overheads, but as an intrinsic part of its operations and success. After all, it’s people, not kit, that really make the...
Techno highs
20 years of technological advances When Farsoft came into being in 1996, what was then a one-man software operation slowly grew into an information technology company...
A customer-centric journey
Having a delighted customer is the most thrilling experience, according to Farsoft founder Freddie Roux. So, with the Farsoft ethos of ‘customers first’, the company has...
Ground-breaking technology
When Novo Packhouse in Paarl built two new cold stores which used mobile pallet racking, Farsoft was called to devise a solution. In conjunction with Appsource, it...
Upping productivity
To eliminate time-consuming manual capture of sorted bin data from the Greefa pre-sorting machines at Paarl-based Novo Pack House, Farsoft built software in ViTrax to...
For the love of helping clients
There’s nothing that Farsoft system supporter Selwin Matthyse enjoys more than helping clients, troubleshooting problems and testing new program features. “Visiting...
QC tablet pioneers
With the ViTrax QC product line celebrating eight successful years, Farsoft embarked on modifying it for use on tablet devices last year. Oast Farm was the first site...
Smooth operations
Installing ViTrax at the newly built Bella Frutta packhouse late last year proved quite a challenge, but according to Farsoft development manager Gerhard Nel, all went...
Successful SOLAS readiness
Prior to the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) implementation on 1 July, Farsoft was hard at work for weeks on end to enhance the ViTrax software solutions to comply with the...
Vital info up to the last second
To provide an automated carton scanning solution for two of DuToit Vrugte’s packhouses, FarSoft and AppSource collaborated by integrating the latter’s production...
New Addition
Having joined the burgeoning ViTrax community in September 2015, the century-old Dutoit Agri has been extremely pleased with the ease of operating this packhouse...
Pleasing people
“I was born to do this job,” said Mariska Cubitt of her position as Farsoft’s systems supporter. As a people’s person, she loves the people aspect of the job the...
Shooting for the moon
With a level of excellence close to perfection according to Farsoft MD Freddie Roux, 2015 ViTrax Power User Amber Swart of Timberlea Farming Trust is going places....
Integration relieves packhouse headache
Not only has the integration of ViTrax with pre-sorting sizers meant far fewer man hours for packhouses, but the live data is more accurate and has enabled quicker and...
Bearing fruit
ViTrax has come up trumps yet again at both Univeg Piketko and Augpad Koelkamers. Having implemented ViTrax in January 2014, this integrated information system has...
Streamlining packing operations
Third-generation family business Graaff Fruit is known for its top quality standards and produces some of the best deciduous fruit, including peaches, nectarines,...
A positive experience
Life has become a whole lot easier at Oudam Citrus thanks to Farsoft’s FruitInfo system, according to packhouse manager Gerrit Jacobs. Farsoft developed this lean...
A champion!
Novo Pack House’s Shirley Williams is the 2014 ViTrax Operator of the Year. Congratulations Shirley! Farsoft signed Paarl-based Novo Packhouse in late 2013. MD...
Titanic achievement
Together with the PPECB and Novo Packhouse, Farsoft formed part of the groundbreaking team which achieved a major milestone for Project Titan in May. The group...
Passionate about happy clients
Spontaneous and extrovert are the words that describe Farsoft’s new client service manager Hanneke Alberts who joined the company in July this year. In this role...
It all started at Karsten Farms
When Babsie Karsten of Karsten Farms contacted her children’s former computer studies teacher, Freddie Roux , to write a packhouse programme, little did she know...
Making things happen for Chiltern
Chiltern Farms at Vyeboom , Western Cape has truly revolutionised its business after installing the ViTrax system. Since the first pallet tracking installation in 1999,...
Relationship management sets ViTrax apart
The ten-year-old ViTrax packhouse information system is in a league of its own when it comes to service delivery. According to FarSoft Information Systems chief Freddie...
RF scanning offers exciting possibilities
Three new installations of Radio Frequency Scanning have been completed by FarSoft IT recently. This is undoubtedly the future of information technology in terms of data...
Going strong
ViTrax user Sterkwater Boerdery is situated in the beautiful Witzenberg and Koue Bokkeveld area – a thriving producer and distributor of apples, pears, peaches,...
Sound choice
A group of five prominent pack houses in the Vyeboom/Grabouw area has formed an alliance with Somerset West-based exporting company Fruitways, part of the Melsetter...
The beauty of ViTrax
When Citri Fruit Packing on the farm Groot Patrysvlei was urgently looking at replacing its produce data capturing and management tool earlier this year, ViTrax was...
Well done!
After the 2005-season, FarSoft presented the following user awards: • Angeline Rooi – from Graaff Packing, Prince Alfred ‘s Hamlet for the best novice user...
No-nonsense pack house system
Implementing a fully-fledged pack house system such as ViTrax with all its requirements and work flow mechanisms into a typical smaller pack house operation poses major...
On the road of self-discovery
Because Farsoft cares about its people and realises that without the people there’s no Farsoft, the company makes a point of organising annual staff enrichment...
All about Money
Over the past few seasons there’s been a huge uptake of ViTrax’s built-in financial module known as ViTrax Money. This trend is indicative of packhouses’ and depots’ need...
What’s up?
As always, Farsoft is hard at work on enhancing its products and services while looking for client value-add opportunities. In due course, the company will roll out pilot...
POWERful
Gideon van den Heever of Ceres Koelkamers has been awarded the ViTrax Power User title for the 2007/8 season. Every year, Farsoft honours exceptional ViTrax users who add...
Support supremo
Multi-talented Colin Galpin was originally headhunted by Farsoft to do mainly technical work. However, he excelled in support and as such is now support manager. MD...
Backup or lose out
Backups are the last line of defence against hardware failure, floods or fires, the damage caused by a security breach, catastrophic virus or spyware infections or simply...
Loyal support
Farsoft’s Freddie Roux recently handed a brand new laptop to Mr J Jantze, municipal manager at the Karasburg municipality in Namibia as a token of appreciation for more...
Latest ViTrax boost
Life has just become a whole lot easier for ViTrax users. Using MySQL, ViTrax data now can be accessed by Microsoft Excel at lightning speed – thus making the system...
Learning more
Orange River Wine Cellars in Upington has been co-sponsored by Farsoft to undertake an educational tour to a number of Western Cape wine cellars. Seen here are in the...
Smart working philosophy
In the 1990s, software development was shaped by two major influences: internally, object-oriented programming replaced procedural programming and externally, the rise of...
Freddie Roux – passionate about service
In the 10 years since Farsoft’s inception, owner Freddie Roux has learnt to rely on good quality people for timeous, good quality work. In business, his motto...
Even more functionality
For some time now, Farsoft has been working on building the foundations of automated messaging into ViTrax. Said managing director Freddie Roux, “Without getting...
Top in ops!
Parmilee Koen of Elgin Orchards is the 2010 ViTrax Operator of the Year. Well done Parmilee! About 400 people countrywide physically work on ViTrax at some time during...
Tough act
With the tough responsibility of ViTrax development and project manager, Farsoft’s Gerhard Nel knows the program inside out. But despite this formidable workload, those...