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TE Technology cut overtime by up to 90% and shrank excess inventory.
Paper timesheets and guesswork bin locations were quietly draining TE Technology's production floor. Here's how connecting scans directly to Sage fixed it — and improved everything downstream.
When every hour is self-reported, nothing adds up.
Before ScanForce, TE Technology ran labor and inventory the way most manufacturers eventually outgrow: on paper. Timesheets were filled out by hand, and there was no system for tracking inventory transactions or where items physically lived on the floor.
That gap showed up everywhere. Without visibility into who was working on what, the team couldn’t tell how much labor a job actually needed, so they missed chances to reallocate people before a schedule slipped. Self-reported hours were unreliable, which left production planning without dependable history, and the costs assigned to items were often wrong.
Inventory had the same problem in reverse. With no bin locations, staff couldn’t easily tell what had cleared inspection, what was ready to ship, or where to find a part at all.
Rising Labor Costs
No reliable way to see how much labor a scheduled job actually needed.
Inaccurate Inventory
Paper tracking and tribal knowledge led to excess stock sitting idle.
Time Wasted
No bin locations meant staff couldn't find items or confirm their status.
Production Delays
Inaccurate costing and planning data slowed down scheduling decisions.
Scans, not sign-offs.
TE Technology was introduced to ScanForce by their Sage partner, Bernie Lehman of Lehman Wesley, who had already helped other manufacturers get their labor tracking under control. Instead of relying on handwritten timesheets, staff now scan labor directly against work orders, feeding Sage with granular, timestamped data in real time.
The rollout didn’t stop at labor. TE Technology also implemented Multi-Bin Management, using virtual bins as queues for specific departments. Staff scan materials as they’re issued to work orders or moved between locations, and are guided straight to the correct bin.
Real-Time Labor Scans
Every scan updates Sage instantly, replacing guesswork with a live labor record.
Multi-Bin Management
Virtual bins guide staff to the correct location for every material move.
Reliable Historical Data
Accurate scans build a dependable record for planning and cost decisions.
Better data at the source changed decisions everywhere downstream.
The net results of the accurate times helped us better predict how much time was required for jobs remaining in the schedule. It also gave us historical data from which we could identify areas for improvement or opportunities to reduce costs and increase profitability.
Five numbers, one connected floor.
Once labor and inventory scans started feeding Sage directly, the improvements weren’t confined to one department — they cascaded across the business.
What began as an effort to streamline one part of our process cascaded to other areas and led to an overall improvement on how we run our business.
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