News | July 17, 2008

Numina Group Launches Heuristic Vision Capture & Analysis (VCAS), The New Software System That Thinks For Itself

Numina Group, a leading material handling systems integrator specializing in Real-time Warehouse Control System (WCS) and automation products for the distribution industry announced major software enhancements of its 'Vision Capture and Analysis System' (VCAS)order validation product. The VCAS employs on-line vision technology to significantly reduce customer returns and inventory losses while arming customer with 'visual' proof of the actual shipped goods.

Case validation begins by capturing the real-time, high-resolution digital images of the internal case contents, or all sides of full cases, including the barcode and picking label barcode. VCAS uses a Numina Group exclusive Heuristic, self learning algorithm, to 'learn' the case shipment characteristics for validating picking.

"Real-time case images are captured and compared to pre-learned image sets learned by the System," said Dan Hanrahan, president of Numina Group. "The VCAS Software System determines the probability of a match between the case image and the learned product." The VCAS System can be combined with Numina's Cube3, in-line weight, and dimensioning unit and case UPC barcode scanning to provide 100% case shipment validation.

A White Paper is available describing the benefits along with a business justification/return on investment model for the VCAS System based on current installations. "Companies interested in streamlining their operations and reducing shipment errors will receive a complimentary ROI analysis," offered Mr. Hanrahan. "We are confident that companies in Wine and Spirits, Pharmaceutical, Electronics, and many B to B, and B to C distribution firms will attain a rapid return on investment." A recent installation of the VCAS System at Georgia Crown Distributing Co. measured better than a 99.8% shipment accuracy and customer satisfaction rating after installing the system.

To obtain the ROI Analysis, White Paper or to learn more, contact Dan Hanrahan at 630-343-2604 or email to dhanrahan@numinagroup.com Visit Numina Group online www.numinagroup.com.

About Numina Group
The Numina Group is the USA's leading material handling automation integrator specializing in Linux Open System based control and automation for manufacturing and distribution operations. Headquartered in the Chicago IL Area, Numina Group specializes in products and services for both new distribution automation requirements and control system upgrades to "Breathe New Life" into existing facilities. www.numinagroup.com.

SOURCE: Numina Group