Numina Group Material Handling Automation News

American Wholesale Book Company is poised for strong growth with installation of Eurosort sorter powered by The Numina Group's Real-time Distribution, RDS 5.0

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:00:00 -0600

Eurosort Tray Sorter coupled with Numina’s RDS automates returns process providing better than a 30% increase in productivity and labor reduction.

Woodridge, IL, January 22, 2008 Eurosort, a worldwide leading supplier of advanced tray sorters partnered with The Numina Group to announce today the completion of a turn-key automated returns book processing system for American Wholesale Book Company, AWBC. The material handling and sorting system streamlines the returns process. The sorting automation system is installed at their Florence, Alabama Distribution Center.

The Numina Group Names Ken Carnes as Director of Logistics Automation

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:00:00 -0600

Woodridge, IL, November 28, 2007 - The Numina Group recently announced the appointment of Ken Carnes as Director of Logistics Automation Services. Ken will be located in Austin Texas and focus on the South and East US areas and the reverse logistics market for The Numina Group, a leading material handling integrator for warehousing and distribution automation.

Cube3 manages the life of a box for maximum profitability and cost savings

Mon, 14 May 2007 09:00:00 -0500

Woodridge, IL, May 14, 2007 - With the UPS and Fed Ex changes of dimensional charges, companies are realizing that a system that simultaneously captures dimensions and weight is mandatory in distribution operations. Additionally, there are vast potential for determining the best mode of transportation through in-line parcel dimensioning.

Numina Group builds new 'green' corporate headquarters

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:00:00 -0500

Woodridge, IL, April 2, 2007 – With the consistent growth of Numina Group, the Company invested in an environmentally friendly new construction. “This was the goal from concept to completion,” said Dan Hanrahan, president of Numina Group.

Numina Group inks licensing agreement with Shipcon

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:00:00 -0500

Chicago, IL, April 30, 2007 – Numina Group today announced Shipcon, a nationwide organization headquartered in Chicago, IL, has selected Numina Group’s Real-time Distribution Software, RDS 5.0 for their national rollout of their USPS parcel handling solution. RDS 5.0 will be tailored to meet the USPS parcel rating and sorting requirements for the initial twenty five parcel processing centers and will include a web-based delivery tracking system.

Shipcon builds consortium with 25 processing centers to process USPS small package services nationwide

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:00:00 -0500

Chicago, IL, April 30, 2007 – Shipcon, a nationwide organization of independent presorters rolls out its services to cover the major USPS processing centers. Since its inception in 2005, Shipcon has provided commingling and zone-skipping of USPS small package services including library mail, media, bound printed matter, parcels, and non-profit shipments.

Zoom Diagnostics broadens the Accuracy of order validation by capturing exact items being shipped

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 11:00:00 -0600

Order Validation Reaches 100% enabling customers to have documented and visual proof of all shipping orders.

Chicago, IL, PROMAT Show – Tuesday, January 9, 2007, 1:30 p.m., Booth # 219 Numina Group has developed and implemented the capability to validate content within the order fulfillment process. Its recent installation eliminated excessive costs due to shipping errors and false customer claims.

Veteran RFID label equipment manufacturer Panther Industries expands product line with CUB

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 09:21:15 -0600

CUB Label Applicators with RFID verifies the label information prior to application and validates with a second antenna.

January 8, 2007, Chicago, IL PROMAT Show – Panther Industries announced today the CUB Label Applicators with RFID. The CUB Label Applicator verifies that the information being written to the label is correct prior to the actual application. The CUB Label Applicator has the unique capability of reading a second RFID antenna for validation purposes once the label has been applied.

The Numina Group's latest release version 5.0 RDS (Real-Time Distribution Software) validates shipment and order fulfillment process

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 09:30:00 -0600

RDS distribution control software optimizes facility resources and adds visualization to improve order validation.

Woodridge, IL, December 18, 2006 – With its latest release of the RDS System, The Numina Group announces several new innovative software enhancements to improve order fulfillment operations by incorporating a variety of picking validation methods within several areas of the distribution process. The result is lower operations costs, improved efficiencies and a competitive advantage through applying advanced technology to validate order fulfillment.

Advanced Material Handling Enables Timex to Ship ‘On Demand’ Directly to Stores, Saving on Time and Redistribution Costs

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:00:00 -0500

The ability to provide on-demand fulfillment of merchandise tailored to meet orders by store and SKU looms as a critical requirement for many manufacturers. This ability to direct ship from centralized manufacturing and packaging facilities can eliminate the need for retailers to inventory and re-handle merchandise at regional distribution centers. The savings and efficiencies of doing so could make the difference in profitability, competitive advantages and customer satisfaction.

'Dynamic Pick Slotting' for Material Handling Enables Timex to Ship Directly to Stores Worldwide from a Single Distribution Center

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:00:00 -0500

Visionary manufacturers are always looking for innovative ways to conserve on material handling costs, improve productivity and increase customer satisfaction. Timex Corp has hit a grand slam that covers all those bases via an advanced warehouse management system module.

‘Direct Connect’ SAP and Material Handling

Tue, 10 Oct 2006 09:00:00 -0500

Today, many SAP users are looking at expanding the role of SAP to incorporate the warehouse and distribution operations and consolidate their supply chain and warehouse management by eliminating their third party warehouse management systems (WMS). SAP’s WM module has continued to evolve over the last few years with many of the core features needed by sophisticated distribution operations. It is now positioned to rival the capabilities of many of the higher feature-rich WMS packages that are referred to as “Breed WMS”.

Mixed-Mail & Parcel Sorting Technology Provides New Business to Mail & Parcel Processing Centers

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 09:00:00 -0500

Why is the United States Postal Service, USPS spending billions of dollars to automate product handling and logistics across the nation? Because its’ committed to being the final delivery services for media, books, mail order prescription and other small parcels for the home and businesses delivery service. Their business continues to mushroom and their expanding “small parcel” shipment volume presents $100’s of millions in new business opportunity to existing mail pre-sort and parcel processing centers that jump on board and take advantage of this market opportunity.

Automation is Key, to Streamline CDW’s High-Volume Picking, Order Validation and Shipping Requirements

Tue, 30 May 2006 09:00:00 -0500

Numina Group's One-Step Fulfillment System coupled with advanced material handling technologies and practices reduces processing time of orders at CDW's new North Las Vegas Distribution Center.

Unlocking the New Powers of SAP Material Handling

Wed, 17 May 2006 10:00:00 -0500

Until recently, many SAP software clients were duplicating efforts and costs by using standalone Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) in order to get robust warehouse functionality. Now many of these firms can “breathe new life” into their warehouse operations using a software module that integrates conveyors, pick-to-light, print and apply and other automation equipment to SAP R3’s powerful warehouse management (WM) module.

Order Fulfillment Productivity Enhancements through the use of Zone Routing Conveyor Control

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:00:00 -0500

Conveyor based order routing is a great concept to reduce labor and improve picking for multi-line orders. This concept can support both pick to carton or tote provide an efficient means to route the work to the operator by deploying two or three level Pick Module. Multiple modules can be linked through the conveyor route to support thousands of SKU’s.

Combining Automated Scanning & Labeling Technology Streamlines High-volume, Full-case Picking at CDW

Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:00:00 -0500

Computer Discount Warehouse, CDW is one of North America’s leading providers of computer systems, technology and services for the business, government, healthcare and education markets. Their customer-centric philosophy of delivering “The Right Technology. Right Away.™” is incorporated into all segments of their business operation and is clearly demonstrated by their commitment to developing and applying the latest advancement in automation at their Distribution Centers. Being a technology company, CDW understands and embraces the benefits technology provides in delivering premium service to its customers.

Warehouse Management: New In-motion dimensioning system can save thousands in shipping and distribution

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:54:51 -0600

The need to get shipments to customers expeditiously is becoming mission critical for businesses. Incorporating intelligent logic and measurement technology to new or existing warehouse management and material handling systems can ensure accurate order contents and optimize shipping transportation methods for manufacturers and distribution centers.