CUSTOMER SUCCESS: SCHWEITZER ENGINEERING LABORATORIESSchweitzer Engineering Laboratories
is a Powerhouse – Using BarTenderEnterprise Throughout Supply
Chain Process

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories relies on BarTender®
software for efficient tracking and labeling throughout their
supply chain, ensuring compliance and accuracy in productmanufacturing and distribution for over 15 years.
HIGHLIGHTS:► SEL relies on BarTender for tracking
and labeling across their supply
chain, ensuring compliance andaccuracy.
► BarTender integrates with Microsoft
Dynamics AX ERP for seamless dataflow and error reduction.
► Used at every stage, BarTendermanages parts, inventory, assembly,finished goods, compliance, andshipping labels.
► BarTender enables SEL to provide
tailored labeling information foreach client’s order.
► SEL has been using BarTender
successfully for almost 20 years,
with integration across 11 locations.
► BarTender is essential for SEL’s
business IT platform, managing
labeling operations reliably.

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) plays a pivotal role in the global power
sector by providing innovative solutions that enhance the generation, transmission,and distribution of electricity. Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories’ productportfolio includes technologies designed to protect, control, monitor, and automate
power infrastructure across the globe, ensuring the reliability and efficiency ofelectrical systems.
SEL uses BarTender’s automated label printing and distribution at every stage ofthe business process. “All the key data sits in our Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP”,
explains Forsmann, “which is fully integrated with BarTender. So, Dynamics sends
information directly to BarTender, which embeds that information into the labeland manages the printing. Every product is built to order, to the client’s exact
configuration. BarTender takes the ERP data that is captured from the customer’sorder and uses it to create tailored labeling information specific to the productconfiguration. The integration between BarTender and Dynamics AX leaves noscope for error.”
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories has been a longtime BarTender power user forover 15 years. BarTender is well integrated with all the other business applications
and processes, providing stability and reliability for the company’s labelingoperations. With hundreds of printers across 11 locations, SEL relies on smoothlabeling to keep products moving down the supply chain.

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BarTender is used at every stage in Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories’
manufacturing and supply chain process, from receiving parts into the warehouse,to final assembly, to the products being shipped and used by clients in the field:

1. Parts management: key information about every part is captured on the labels.
2. Warehouse management: shelf labels, enabling parts to be efficiently put awayand picked.
3. Inventory management: labels are used to count stock levels for the automatedreordering system, where stock is replenished once it drops below a thresholdquantity.
4. Assembly: every printed circuit board (PCB) has a unique batch ID and is labeledaccordingly. The labels are read with handheld or fixed scanners along theproduction line, so that each one can be tracked throughout the manufacturing/assembly process.
5. Finished goods: finished goods are labeled with their configuration details,
integrated directly into BarTender from the client’s order in Dynamics AX,
ensuring complete accuracy.
6. Compliance: products must be fully compliant with the standards for electricalproducts in the countries where they will be used. SEL must show that it meetsthe standards for each country, and this process is managed by printing country
specific labels, managed by BarTender.

“I can’t imagine how our operation
could run without BarTender. It allows
us to track every part and productthroughout the entire manufacturing
and shipping process. With BarTender,
we can provide compliance data toregulatory bodies and key information
to clients. BarTender has been an
essential component of our business IT
platform for almost 20 years.”
Bryce Forsmann
IT Analyst, SEL

7. Shipping labels: the packaging is labeled to show key information including thesales order, configuration, and items in the package. Schweitzer Engineering
Laboratories delivery partner, FedEx, then adds their own label with specificdelivery information.
8. Installation guides: SEL provides installation and usage guides to clients, withimages and graphics for clear explanation. These need to be in the client’s local
language, so SEL uses an internal use barcode enabling the customer to accessthe right information, based on details stored in Microsoft Dynamics AX.
9. Modifications: labels include configuration information and usage instructions
if a customer makes a modification to the product in the field (such as a changein voltage), SEL sends them a new label as part of the change kit, to ensure thatthe adapted product is always appropriately identified.

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