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Success Stories
Atrium Goes Live with Nutech Systems and TDCI Integration Server for Multi-plant Data Collection with MAC-PACŪ XE
Atrium Companies, Inc. (Atrium)
has gone live with a new data collection system
at two sites using
MAC-PAC XE. The new system uses Nutech System’s
Viewpoint Windows Edition, integrated with
MAC-PAC XE using the TDCI Integration Server™.
The Viewpoint for MAC-PAC XE system went into full operation at Atrium’s Anaheim, California window manufacturing site first and then, using the same configuration, the Viewpoint for MAC-PAC system was deployed in Atrium's Arizona facility, a few months later.
The implementation approach Atrium is using
has a Windows server to hold validation files kept continuously
updated from MAC-PAC XE by Integration Server. Transactions
are collected on the Windows server and forwarded every few
minutes to MAC-PAC XE on the iSeries/400 – again via
Integration Server – to be processed through standard
MAC-PAC XE screens using the Viewpoint Screen Mapper module.
This approach allows data collection to be performed even
if access to the network or the iSeries is temporarily unavailable.
"There are actually two levels of protection
from downtime in this approach," states Nutech Vice President,
John Manilla. "The Viewpoint Windows Edition server can
validate and capture transactions even if MAC-PAC XE is not
available, and the data collection devices can capture transactions
even if the Viewpoint server is down. This way, production
should never need to be slowed down due to problems with the
system. Another advantage of using the Integration Server
approach is that the same data collection system can be integrated
with multiple different ERP systems at other sites if that
becomes desirable in the future." (Viewpoint
for MAC-PAC)
Viewpoint is available in
either a Windows or iSeries Edition. It can
be implemented with real-time integration
or using the Integration Server approach.
Viewpoint includes the following modules:
Warehouse Management, Manufacturing Inventory,
Time and Production System. It is compatible
with most major brands of hardware, including
Intermec, Symbol, Teklogix, Denso and Telxon.
Nutech and TDCI have a formal
joint marketing relationship to provide Nutech
data collection solutions to MAC-PAC XE users.
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