Profile
Nutech Systems a provider of Auto ID software solutions since 1990 is staffed with professional analysts and managers whose primary experience and focus has been in providing world-class data collection systems.

With offices in both Toronto, Ontario and Grand Rapids, Michigan Nutech is well-positioned to service the North American market. Since 1990 Nutech has successfully implemented data collection projects in both countries for organizations within the automotive, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, apparel, retail, distribution and general manufacturing industries.

The Nutech Philosophy

At Nutech we have a set of values that are the cornerstones of our continued success in the marketplace. Every member of Nutech is guided by these values in achieving a successful data collection system for each of our clients.

When Nutech accepts a data collection project the Nutech team remains committed to the project and approaches it in an organized manner without distractions. Clients are treated with honesty and respect as Nutech wishes to be treated in return. Nutech listens, learns and responds to our clients. The Nutech team strives for excellence in each project and takes pride in a job well done. When entering a relationship the ultimate goal is to provide the best possible data collection system and to inspire confidence in order to maintain long-term relationships with each client.

Products

Viewpoint by Nutech is a Suite of Auto ID products that will collect your data and unleash your enterprise. The products within the Suite include Warehouse Management, Manufacturing Inventory (iSeries and Windows editions), Transaction Manager, Job/Shop Reporting, and Time and Attendance.

The Warehouse Management and Manufacturing Inventory products supports scanning at receiving, put-away, picking, shipping production, scrap, cycle counting and physical inventory. The Warehouse Management product pays special attention to directed put-away and picking, cross-docking, multiple order picking and packing options, location transfers and shipping verification.

The Time and Attendance is an advanced time collection and labor management system. It is an easy to use, secure and flexible solution to tracking employees. Features include: multiple facility capabilities, reporting, history, scheduling and unlimited attendance codes. Time and Attendance is an iSeries 400 product. Nutech is planning a future Windows edition.

These products are designed to manage the transfer of your data between the radio frequency devices and your ERP business system.

Product Features

License Plating
License plating refers to the technique of distinguishing each product carton or item with a unique serial number. The serial number points to a profile record in Viewpoint, which itemizes part numbers, quantity, inventory status, location, lot number and creation date. Simply scanning a carton label, which contains the serial number in text and barcode form, allows Viewpoint to completely identify goods in transactions, such as receive, move, production or shipping. License plating substantially reduces the number of scans necessary to enter a transaction since only one barcode or RFID tag needs to be scanned to identify all of the product information.

Traceability
In many industries such as steel, a major coil is slit into thinner coils. These thinner coils are sold or possibly formed into tub or other final products. It is imperative for manufacturers to trace the lot number through these processes. This allows them to determine which major coils created which slit coils or which major coil was used to create a given container of material. Viewpoint assigns a unique serial number for each entity, be it major coil, slit coil or finished product. The Viewpoint database carries one record for each serial number with the lot number. The lot number will be the same for each entity of a given material batch. The consumption record for a given serial number will point to the parent serial number – the major coil. Viewpoint has the flexibility to support endless levels of parent/child serial number relationships no matter the industry or application.

Physical Inventory – Cycle Counting
Viewpoint Warehouse Management makes adding, subtracting or counting inventory faster and more accurate. If you prefer, inventory information can be downloaded to a personal RF device at any time. Discrepancies can be analyzed to ensure accurate inventory counts.

System Directed Picking – User Directed Picking
Orders can be picked based on urgency rather than time entered. The system also helps you to pick what you are near or what the system wants you to pick. The pick scheduler or controller can assist in assigning the task to pickers.

RF/RFID Devices
Whether you prefer using radio frequency devices, wedges, wands or RFID Viewpoint will increase your warehouse efficiency. With Viewpoint the choice of hardware provider is yours. Viewpoint has been designed to interface with any of the major hardware manufacturers including Intermec, Symbol, Teklogix, LXE, Microscan, Denso and Zebra.

Pre-Built Interfaces
Viewpoint is ready to use. Interfaces have already been written for the major ERP systems such as IFS, System21, PeopleSoft World, MAC-PAC, PRMS, BPCS and BLIS-400, etc.

How Viewpoint Works

Viewpoint is all about choice. The choice is yours - which ERP, data collection devices, platform technology, how you want to collect your data and how you would like your Views designed. These choices are possible because Viewpoint is designed using an Engine/View Philosophy. The Engine is the software that drives Viewpoint Views and that resides on your server.

With the iSeries Edition of Viewpoint, using Nutech’s Screen Mapper your Views are designed to your specifications. The Screen Mapper is a tool that enables the Nutech analysts to efficiently write the interface programs without modifying the ERP business system.

With the Windows Edition of Viewpoint, most interfaces are accomplished using an ERP Software Vendor provided API. The table-driven Views Generator found within the client/server software component of Viewpoint, known as CLASS, allows for the development of Views based upon your specifications and internal procedures.

Viewpoint does not require changes to your business system thereby protecting your ERP warranties and allowing you the flexibility of upgrading your ERP with minimal effect on Viewpoint.

Viewpoint also protects the integrity of your business system and data through a two-tier validation process. Records are first verified at the scanning point (the ideal place to catch a bad entry) and then again at the business system update point.

Viewpoint offers you complete control of your iSeries 400 or Windows server subsystems used to process records to your business system. The Inquiry Set allows you to answer "who, when and where" questions for every scan. Powerful inquiries let an operator see exactly what is happening on the shop floor in real time. Empower your managers by giving them the knowledge they need, in real time, to make those important decisions - when it counts.

All programming resides on either an iSeries 400 or Windows server depending on your choice of technology solution. There is no need to purchase individual computers for each location. Data from the various devices is uploaded to the ERP business system using only one license; thereby you also avoid the cost of purchasing multiple licenses.

Services

Nutech is more than just software. Nutech provides a Total Solution that will provide a world-class data collection system that covers all possible client needs from software to support. Besides software, the Total Solution also includes hardware, ROI analysis, System Requirements Definition, consulting services, project management, training, implementation assistance and a Viewpoint Support and Site Care program.

Hardware
Clients have the option of purchasing their hardware through Nutech. See Viewpoint Support and Site Care Program for additional value-added benefits when ordering your hardware through Nutech.

ROI Analysis
Nutech can provide you with the hard facts on your specific cost-savings and pay-back period when you invest in Viewpoint as your data collection solution. Nutech can provide a preliminary ROI analysis or a more in-depth ROI based on a System Requirement Definition analysis of your data collection needs.

System Requirements Definition
Is a blue print of all the areas in your organization that you should consider including in your data collection project. This will give you a complete picture of the various areas that would benefit from automating the data collection procedures and thereby increasing the value of your project.

Consultation Services
Nutech will provide consulting services on the best way to implement your data collection project based on how you run your business. You will receive the full benefit of our years of experience and knowledge within various industries to help you optimize your productivity and efficiency.

Project Management
Nutech’s experience in data collection has resulted in a fine-tuned project management system that is organized and systematic. The approach is designed to deliver the client’s system on-time and within budget. The process includes detailed reporting and scheduled updates on the status of the project from highly qualified and responsive project managers.

With Nutech you do not need to be the expert in data collection. Nutech are the experts and will help you manage your project from the SRD, ROI, kick-off process to the final go-live stage and beyond.

Training
Nutech will train as many of your staff as you choose. Clients have found that a more cost-effective option is to have Nutech train one to two of their staff who become the in-house experts on Viewpoint and who can train the other users.

Implementation Assistance
Nutech is available to provide implementation assistance when and if the client requires this service. Many of our clients’ IT personnel have rolled out Viewpoint to other areas within their organization after the initial implementation of the data collection system. Nutech has been available if the clients required our support with these roll-outs.

Viewpoint Support and Site Care Program
Long-term client relationships are important to Nutech. After listening to various client needs, Nutech developed the Viewpoint Support & Site Care Program (VSSC). The main goal of the program is to give clients peace of mind, knowing that the Nutech experts are there when they need them. To achieve this goal it meant including value-added features that go beyond the typical warranty and upgrades. The result is a comprehensive support program that has put Nutech above the crowd. Contact Nutech for more detailed information concerning the Viewpoint Support & Site Care Program.

The Viewpoint Support and Site Care Program is comprised of three (3) sections:

     A. Product Entitlements

     B. Support

     C. Site Care

Contact Information

For more information about this and other Nutech products,
please contact the sales department at 800-830-8058.