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Emydex Traceability in Tuna Processor in Philippines

Meliomar Inc. is a tuna and seafood processing and export company based in Manila, Philippines. Meliomar focus on the development and trade of responsibly produced and high quality sustainable seafood, sourced from small-scale fisheries from areas throughout the Philippines.

Meliomar is a commercial partner of the Artsemar program for fisheries improvement run by Blueyou Consulting, based in Switzerland. By creating direct market access for seafood caught by smallholder fishers, the Artesmar initiative promotes the development of more sustainable business and fishing practices.

Meliomar traceability tagging

Blueyou leads and participates in Fishery Improvement Projects, one of which projects was to implement an Emydex electronic data capture production control system in the Meliomar operation to replace their existing manual system. They were also looking for a comprehensive real-time Traceability system to replace their manual paper-based system for traceability recording and reporting.

Door-to-door Factory Floor System

Emydex implemented their Intake, Packing & Processing, Order Management and Warehouse Management software modules to cover Meliomar’s factory floor processes, from factory door-to-door including Procurement, Reception, Manufacturing, Packing, Sales Order Picking and Dispatch. As part of the implementation Emydex also built a series interfaces to their back-office ERP system, Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

As Meliomar source fish from a multitude of suppliers and fishermen, Tuna ID tags are recorded as the fish are purchased. Each ID tag has a unique number made up of a location code and a consecutive number. Data capture and quality data is recorded at intake using a fixed position weighing station. Four labels are printed for each fish at intake, one for each loin, to ensure traceability is fully maintained throughout processing, using 2D Barcodes.

Meliomar’s business processes required Emydex to be more flexible in their approach to the system design, including the requirement to pack directly to Sales Orders pulled from NAV, as opposed to packing to stock.

Another requirement was the need to perform both Intake and Dispatch in off-line mode, as well as online (via wi-fi and network), due to poor internet connection in one of their factories. Meliomar needed functionality that allowed the creation of Purchase Orders and printing pallet labels on-site, and then load the POs onto a hand-held scanner.

The scanner and labels are later brought to a separate frozen storage facility, where they label pallets, enter the number of boxes on that pallet, and scan the pallet against a PO. When they get back to the main site, the data is then synced, and the data can be viewed on the system.

Predictive Re-Ordering

A key feature of this project was predictive re-ordering, which is based on average usage of a selected frozen product based on previous usage levels. Additional functionality allows them to optionally set a multiplier for a given week, in the event that they think they will be using more than the predicted amount for any given week. They can also set lead times for each product and receive warnings indicating that they will need to make a purchase order to maintain sufficient stock, or forecast when they will be out of stock, ensuring they have full visibility over stock levels at all times.

Production and Traceability Reporting System

Meliomar now have a comprehensive Production control & Traceability reporting system operating on the factory floor from door to door. By migrating from a manual system to an electronic data capture production reporting system and implementing an Emydex traceability system, this allows Meliomar to reliably trace all tuna products direct from their origin.

Commenting on the project, Christian Schmidradner, Meliomar General Manager said “Trust in the system is fast growing and the teams see how much less work is involved in processes (before handwritten and Excel inputted numbers in the thousands in forms, tedious hand-written reports to cross check for accounting and traceability purposes) and they have started to appreciate the system. We are very happy with the new system and I want to thank the Emydex team for their dedication and intensive work on customising and implementing our system over the last year”.

David McMahon, Emydex CEO added “the Meliomar system build was an interesting project in that the project was led for the customer by the BlueYou Consulting team in Switzerland, with the end-user and factory operations based in Manila, Philippines. Full credit to the combined project management and technical delivery teams for the successful configuration and implementation of a tailored Emydex factory floor solution for Meliomar, including integration to 3rd party industrial equipment and back-office systems, without ever having to visit the Philippines”.

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EMYDEX TO EXHIBIT AT FIELDAYS EXPO, NEW ZEALAND, JUNE 2017

WAIKATO - NEW ZEALAND:

Emydex Technology, with its head-quarters in Dublin Ireland, today announced plans to exhibit at the 2017 Fieldays exposition taking place at Mystery Creek in Hamilton, Waikato, North Island New Zealand from 14 – 17 June 2017.

Visit us at the The Ireland National Stand, No. D67-D73

Fielday - Largest Agricultural Trade Show in Southern Hemisphere.

Fieldays is the largest agricultural trade show taking place in the Southern Hemisphere. The agribusiness event attracts over 120,000 visitors and 1000 exhibitors each year.

Emydex’s local market distributor for Australasia, Ian Carson, based in Brisbane Australia, will be present on the Emydex stand for the duration of the show. The Emydex stand will form part of the larger Ireland Agribusiness village hosted by Irish Government agency Enterprise Ireland. As part of the Irish Agribusiness pavilion Enterprise Ireland will also be running a series of evening networking events to which customers, suppliers and interested parties will be invited to join.

Commenting on the expo, Mary Kinnane Enterprise Ireland Director for Australia/New Zealand said “Enterprise Ireland are delighted to have Emydex join other Agribusiness companies exhibiting on the Irish Agribusiness stand this year. I met with Emydex when they traveled extensively around Western and Eastern Australia this time last year, as well as both of New Zealand’s North and South Islands. Since then they now have three separate Australian meat processing plants and a distribution centre all running their Factory Floor Production control and Traceability reporting software systems with many other great opportunities in the pipeline.”

Ireland Agribusiness Stand at Fieldays 2016

Ireland Agribusiness Stand at Fieldays 2016

On the Emydex stand, Ian Carson and colleagues will have Emydex software demonstrations to hand of Emydex software systems configured specifically for the Australasian markets such as:

Abattoir System

Kill Line & Animal Payments software including:

  • The ability to record small stock EID data on the slaughter floor once this is compulsory.
  • NLIS database interface inbuilt in the system negating the need to use any 3rd party applications
  • An MLA certified eNVD solution integrated to the NLIS database and which provides the ability to create appointments from the eNVD data.
  • Flexible ‘three level’ payment grid with a second ‘fall through’ grid for animal that do not meet the criteria on the primary grid applied to the purchase.
  • Settlement schemes that automatically apply charges and rebates to supplier invoices associated with that scheme
  • A payment system that can pay Farmers (RCTI), Hobby Farmers (no GST), Agents etc.
  • AusMeat chiller assessment or a simply ‘grade only’ system

Emydex Kill line Grading Station

Boning Hall System

Packing & Processing software system module that includes:

  • Labelling of boxes, crates, packs, pallets, bins, containers
  • Input to/output from any manufacturing process
  • Process Yield Reporting
  • Control production against work orders (optional)
  • Capture and report on information by Department, Processing Line, machine /cooker / operator, lot / batch etc
  • Maintains full product traceability through processes

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Emydex Packing & Weigh-Labelling Systems

Warehouse Management Systems

  • Warehouse Management System & Sales Order Processing
  • OzDocs Export Documentation
  • Inter-site Transfers
  • Inventory Stock reporting system, real-time visibility of stocks
  • Automatic stock reconciliations with Cold Stores, reducing time taken to track and reconcile external stock
  • Dual Units of Measure
  • Forwards and Backwards Traceability
  • Stock Maps – graphical queries of stock statuses
  • Handheld Scanning Application – Sales order picking & dispatch, Stock movements

Emydex Handheld Warehouse Stock Scanning

Quality Management System

  • Quality Survey Production Calendars
  • Survey Scheduler including reminders of missed, overdue or incomplete surveys
  • Survey Alerts (red, amber, yellow) via email, text or on Emydex client PCs Quality Survey Builder & Editor
  • Plant overview and location drill-down maps
  • Capture text, temperature, pictures, select from lists, Yes/No check boxes
  • Real-time data collection
  • Corrective Action Preventative Action (CAPA) workflow
  • Technical Department Document Management System
  • Real-time data retrieval of data captured by other Emydex modules installed e.g., product detail look-ups via bar-code scanning
  • Real-time data validation checks
  • Operates on both fixed position and portable data capture devices

 

Emydex on mobile devices

Emydex Quality Surveys running on mobile tablet device

Software Demonstration

To book a software demonstration, please contact Ian Carson, Emydex Australasia distributor on:
Ian Carson ian.carson@emydex.com.au
Mt Nebo, Queensland, Australia 4520
T: + 61 (7) 3289 8336
M: + 61 4566 31662

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Electronic Sheep EID / NLIS system for Sheep & Goats

VICTORIA – AUSTRALIA:

With the compulsory recording of individual sheep RFID ear tags due to commence now in Victoria (June 2017), Emydex Technology, a world leader in Traceability software systems for the food industry, is well positioned to not only meet this new requirement, but also to add real value for small stock processors.

Emydex links directly to the National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) database, so data captured by the Emydex systems regarding received and processed animals, can easily be retrieved and uploaded the to the NLIS system.

By supplying a fully integrated system that links purchase appointments, deliveries, sale yard purchase data, animal welfare and quality assurance with on-floor processing data, a number of significant benefits are provided. These include data accuracy, minimal manual data input and full integration of the supply chain.

‘By integrating Emydex’s RFID data capture solution into the processing and payment chain, Wodonga Abattoir can gain full traceability and true individual carcass costing whilst complying with the new regulatory requirements. This gives us significant benefits and reduces manual data input by leveraging the inbuilt NLIS integration and sophisticated costing system that Emydex provides’. Rod Scarvell, Wodonga Abattoir.

P&L by Animal

A key feature of the Emydex system is the ability to produce a ‘P&L for every animal processed’ without having to manually key costing data or averaging costs over multiple animals.  By automatically processing the XML post sale datafiles as supplied by the saleyards, not only is the purchase data for each lot recorded and the lots for processing automatically created, the individual RFID (ear tag) numbers are stored against the supplying agent and the price paid.

This RFID data can then be matched back to the agent on an animal by animal basis, irrespective of when processing occurs or if stock is mixed prior to processing.

Additional costs can be applied by default on a saleyard or direct supply basis and can include freight, droving and, branding costs, commissions etc. so the full cost of each animal delivered to the yards can be determined.

Flexible Payments

With a user definable payment grid combined with the ability to include expected skin and other revenues the true cost of the stock to the processor is available. It is also possible to generate the slaughter floor costs (kill fee) for all purchases so stock can be costed ‘to the boning room’.

Naturally this also allows for the production of recipient created tax invoices, agent reporting, AUSMEAT feedback sheets and government levy accruals etc. which can all be emailed directly from the system to the relevant parties.

eNVD system

Emydex is also one a few ‘integrated’ systems that is certified by the MLA to integrate to the new eNVD system and thus provides the ability to receive NVD data electronically, which is fully integrated to other Emydex system modules. This provides the ability to not only store the relevant data from a legislative point of view, but also to utilise this data to drive the rest of the system by matching received livestock to the eNVD and then to the lairage, kill agenda and payments with minimal data input.

Being a fully integrated, flexible system built on modern .NET technology, with powerful on-floor data collection systems linked to a user-friendly back office system, Emydex, a system proven in over 30 livestock processing plants around the word, is able to offer the following advantages .

Emydex Sheep EID system benefits include:

  • The ability to create ‘appointments’ and lairage lots direct from the purchase advice data sent by the sale yards with no manual input (XML file)
  • The ability to match individual small stock animals back to the agent details of the appointment via the RFID to obtain the true cost of the animal (for costing).
  • The ability to add additional costs to a sale yard purchase such as agent commissions, droving, transport (up to three transport companies per purchase), feeding etc. all of which can be defaulted by sale yard provider. This then provides a true cost of stock to the plant by animal.
  • Track sale yard average costs for boxed lots if not RFID tagged.
  • Report on costs by provider (i.e. all freight or droving costs by supplier for a time period) to match to supplier invoice for reconciliation.
    The ability to record small stock EID data on the slaughter floor.
  • NLIS database interface inbuilt in the system negating the need to export/import or use any third-party applications. By having all of the current holdings etc. in the Emydex database (automatically downloaded) information can easily be match automatically to kill records.
  • An MLA certified eNVD solution integrated to the NLIS database and which provides the ability to create appointments from the eNVD data.
  • Flexible ‘three level’ payment grid with a second ‘fall through’ grid for animal that do not meet the criteria on the primary grid applied to the purchase.
  • Settlement schemes that automatically apply charges and rebates to supplier invoices associated with that scheme.
  • Record charges that apply to the invoice plus charges that are plant costs e.g. ‘processing levy’.
  • An optional facility to update any kill data from the back office after the kill.

Emydex Sheep Payments system benefits include:

  • Farmers (RCTI)
  • Hobby Farmers (no GST)
  • Advise agents of revenues for agent supplied over the hooks purchases (Buyer Advice).
  • Match sale yard agent invoices to the stock killed. Also allow for combine payments to the sale yard itself (VLE).
  • Record sheepskin sales and generate RCTIs to the purchasers.
  • Allow for the recording of all costs associated with a service kill and invoice those based on number of head processed.

Other system benefits include:

  • Email reports directly from the Emydex application without printing, scanning and emailing. Combine RCTI and feedback sheet as one email to supplier.
  • The ability to store general ledger codes per transaction type (e.g. fees, levies, purchase types etc. he facilitates the interface into accounting systems. Note interface not standard).
  • Flexible, easy to use data collection screens that can be combine or separated as required (i.e. a separate sex and dentition station or both functions on one).
  • Standalone grading stations that can run without the previous stations being available.
  • The ability to switch, at the flick of an on screen ‘switch’, between grading printers (for different ticket sizes etc. or in the case of a printer break down).
  • The ability to take an input from a panel reader and change to a wand reader should the panel reader fail (again at the flick of an on screen ‘switch’).
  • Data collection screens that can increment body numbers automatically and only be updated when necessary i.e. a breed station that only need to be updated if the breed needs to be recorded for a particular animal.
  • Inbuilt QA system with transport quality (cleanliness, bruising points etc.) and animal welfare check forms (which is able to be used in all the Emydex modules to provide a full quality management system).
  • Modern ‘.NET’ Microsoft SQL Server database environment.
  • Inbuilt report writer that allows IT Staff to generate reports in house.
  • Over 30 Emydex staff worldwide to support the application.
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Stock Control & Dispatch System live in Wodonga

VICTORIA – AUSTRALIA:

Established in 1965, Wodonga Abattoir is a leading export-focused multi-species meat processor, based in Northern Victoria, Australia. Wodonga Abattoir processes approximately 45,000 tonnes of meat per annum, including 70,000 cattle, 1,200,000 sheep and lambs, 10,000 Bobby Calves and 300,000 goats. Their products are 100% processed for export markets including USA, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Korea, Russia, South Africa, Indonesia, China, Malaysia and Middle Eastern Countries and hold both Halal and Organic Certifications.

Warehouse Management System & Sales Order Processing

Wodonga approached Emydex in 2016 with a requirement for a flexible Warehouse Management system that would work in tandem with their existing internal IT systems, but would offer them more accurate and faster reporting across the organisation. They needed a system that covered Sales Order Entry as well as Dispatch, that also managed transfers of stock between their main site and external Coldstores, as well as dispatches from the external Coldstores to end customers. They also needed a centralised data repository to consolidate and integrate departmental data and a system that could grow as required with the option to implement additional modules at a later stage.

As Wodonga are an export focused processor, they needed a system that could operate in foreign currencies, that could be linked to a particular vessel leaving Australia for export markets. Finally, they needed a system that could interface with OzDocs, an Australian export documentation system.

OzDocs Export Documentation

As part of the Emydex Product File setup for Wodonga, Emydex configured a new export tab specifically for the meat standard cut codes in Australia, that are used to describe export products. Export data is sent, along with the units and weights, production dates etc. to OzDocs, which is then able to communicate with the regulatory authorities and produce the necessary physical documentation. In Australia, a statutory requirement for exporting goods is the ability to assign port mark stamps to items for export. Emydex’s Australian system is now configured such that assigning Port Mark stamps to box labels is a very quick and easy process, fully audited, and allows Wodonga to decide how they are going to assign Port Marks on each shipment.

Inter-site Transfers

Another feature Emydex added was the ability to scan items (both cartons and carcasses) to a ‘transfer’ order to track it leaving the plant, as well as the ability to re-scan back into stock at the other end. This can be an automatic transfer where goods are ‘auto received’ into sites where there is no integration in place between Emydex and the receiving site’s system, or they can be scanned in at the pallet level to confirm receipt where Integration is in place. As part of this process Wodonga can print an ‘MTC attachment’ which describes the export markets the product can be sent to and reduces the manual paperwork involved in transferring stock.

Inventory Reporting

Emydex provided Wodonga with an advanced Inventory Stock reporting system, providing real-time visibility of stock across the organisation, including reports for 3rd Party Cold Stores, detailing what stocks have been dispatched on their behalf. Wodonga now have automatic stock reconciliations with Cold Stores, significantly reducing the time taken to track and reconcile external stock.

Dual Units of Measure

As part of the inventory management system, Emydex allows Wodonga to view their stock in one unit of measure, such as KG’s for example, but then to price/sell products in a different units of measure such as lbs and pieces (units). “The ability to procure, store, and sell products in different units of measure is an area standard ERP systems really struggle with”, said Ian Carson of Emydex Australia “the fact that Emydex was designed to specially cater for such scenarios is one of the big differentiators between Emydex and other factory floor systems” he added.

Commenting on the project, Rod Scarvell of Wodonga said “Overall there have been some great speed improvements and efficiencies with the introduction of Emydex in Wodonga. The company now has better visibility of inventory stocks across the extended organisation, so the benefits of installing Emydex are immediately obvious”

Due to the nature of the company, Wodonga Sales Orders are typically quite large. Emydex provided Wodonga with functionality that enables the company to break down large sales orders into smaller ‘dispatch’ orders that they can track and invoice, while at the same time retaining links to the larger overall Sales Orders.

Forwards and Backwards Traceability

As with all Emydex systems, full backwards and forwards traceability reporting is included as standard. Wodonga can easily track all movements of stock including movements and dispatches that happen at the External Coldstores. The forward and backwards traceability reporting allows operators to find quickly and easily, what Sales Order a box was dispatched on or vice versa, find what Boxes went out on all Sales Orders.

Emydex System Benefits

Wodonga now have a simple, consistent and clean user interface which has been readily adopted by their users. By using the Emydex in-built report writer, Wodonga’s IT users now have the ability to write their own reports, eliminating the reliance and cost for external technical support. With the removal of the need for a separate ‘reporting’ database, reporting accuracy and speed have been greatly improved.

Commenting on the project, Rod Scarvell, IT Manager with Wodonga Abattoir said “we had been talking to Emydex for almost 3 years before we made the decision to implement their factory floor IT system. The Implementation itself went very smoothly, so much so we decided to change some of our internal work practices along the way to suit the system, ultimately improving the business. The Emydex project manager kept everybody on track and ensured each person got their required jobs done in a timely manner, and their Lead developer and local representatives were very knowledgeable about not only the Emydex product but also how this related to our particular business processes. The main advantages of Emydex we see at this early stage are the company now has better visibility of inventory stocks, coupled with the overall speed of operation, and system running on a modern SQL platform. Post go-live the follow up from the Helpdesk support team for any issues that arise has been excellent.”

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Emydex sign 6 new customers in Southern Hemisphere

Following previous customer successes implementing Emydex software systems in leading meat processors in both Namibia (MeatCo) and Botswana (BMC), Emydex today report six further new customer signings in the Southern Hemisphere spread over South Africa, Australia and the Philippines.

In January 2016, Emydex signed contracts with Klein Karoo, the world’s largest ostrich processor, with their head-quarters in Oudtshoorn, South Africa. The project will see Emydex factory floor systems installed in Klein Karoo’s three Ostrich Abattoir and Deboning operations located in Oudtshoorn, Graff-Reinet and Swellendam. Working in partnership with iPlan Global, Emydex’s local market partner based in Pretoria, the Emydex software systems installed will cover both local as well as export operations, including kill lines, deboning and value-added operations.

In Australia, following go-live of Emydex’s lamb kill line system in Junee Lamb in New South Wales, Emydex has signed up three further leading beef processors, all based in Victoria. The first beef installation is due to go live shortly, with the other two Beef kill line projects about to commence in parallel. All three projects will see implementation of Emydex’s beef kill line and payments system, Emydex’s Packing and Processing as well as Warehouse Management modules into the boning room operations. The implementation of all four meat factory projects implemented in Australia will be overseen by Emydex’s Australian distributor based in Brisbane, as well one of Emydex’s senior software engineers now living in the region.

Meanwhile in the Philippines, work is well underway on an Emydex Traceability and Production reporting system for Meliomar, a leading Tuna Processor based in Pasay City. Working under the Artesmar fisheries improvement programme developed by Blueyou Consulting in Switzerland, Meliomar has also developed a unique traceability system with Emydex that incorporates the tagging of each individual tuna upon landing, which allows the company to reliably trace all tuna products direct from their origin. “The investments Meliomar makes into its traceability system and the program of fishery improvement are significant”, said Blueyou.

Commenting on the customer successes in the region, David McMahon, Emydex CEO said “Emydex is well established in the Southern Africa region since our first implementation there back in 2013. System roll-outs are now well underway in Australia, with further prospects in New Zealand. In addition to focussing on the continued growth and development of these two new important markets, we are also busy working on a pipeline of opportunities, seeking our first Emydex implementation in North America.”

After a few months researching the potential market, Terry McCorriston, based in Ontario, who previously worked with a number of ERP vendors in Canada, was appointed in March 2016 as a distributor for Emydex in North America. “Terry has extensive experience in implementing production planning and shop floor solutions in one of Canada’s largest meat processing companies, so he has the requisite market domain knowledge as well as systems expertise”, added McMahon.

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Emydex partnership in Australia & New Zealand

Emydex Technology, based in Dublin Ireland, is a leading supplier of Factory Floor data capture, Production Reporting and Traceability Software systems to Meat, Fish & Food processors around the world. 

After a number of years working with Enterprise Ireland to find the right partner to represent Emydex in Australasia, we are delighted to announce an Emydex partnership in Australia & New Zealand. The company recently announced it had signed contracts with BCP Pty Ltd based in Brisbane, Australia. BCP’s directors are well known within the Australasian Food Processing Industry as suppliers of Industrial hardware and software systems with a reputation built over 20 years for quality, innovation and proactive customer service.

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As the exclusive agent for reselling Emydex systems in Australia and New Zealand, Emydex now have a team of six dedicated staff based in Brisbane, as well as a network of consultants spread across Australia and New Zealand, who are providing implementation and technical support for Emydex software systems implemented in the Southern Hemisphere. The added advantage being that 24 hour support for Emydex’s existing Northern Hemisphere customers can be bolstered with assistance from the new Support team in Emydex’s Brisbane base.

BCP will add value to the Emydex software offering in the local market by providing for full turnkey solutions to Foods processors that includes all Industrial hardware requirements such as scanners, Industrial PC terminals, scales and printers etc. Heading up the Australian operation is Ian Carson, who had previously acted as Emydex’s agent in Australia and New Zealand for the past two years. Formerly CEO of Cedar Creek systems in Australia, Ian joins Emydex Australasia as company CEO. With over 20 years’ experience of working with a variety of food processing systems in Australasia, Neil Pitt will act as Director of Sales and Customer Relations.

One of Emydex’s most senior and long serving developers also moved to Brisbane in January with his family in order to oversee the initial software installation in Junee Lamb, based in New South Wales, as well as to provide customer training and helping with the upskilling of BCP programmers.

To coincide with the 2016 launch, two of Emydex’s company directors visited Australia and New Zealand for 18 days in February, and met with over a dozen meat, poultry and seafood processors, as well as Emydex partners and consultants based in WA, Victoria and Auckland.

Since the visit Emydex have signed their second customer in Australia, a beef processor based in Victoria, and are in contract negotiations with a number of other processors with a view to starting further new projects in the region.

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In January 2016, Emydex signed contracts with the largest Ostrich processor in the world based in Oudtshoorn, South Africa, a project that will see Emydex software rolled out to three Ostrich, Sheep and Game abattoir plants as well as Value added and further processing plants over the coming eight months.

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