“Small company feel, big company experience.”

Features

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Ease of Integration

Experience and practicality, coupled with proven technologies make up the foundation of nMM’s design, leading to unmatched performance, efficiency, and extensibility to integrate with systems and devices across the warehouse ecosystem.

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Reliability and Uptime

nMM was built using our nMotion Core™ code base to create a robust and reliable system with minimal downtime which ensures continuous warehouse operations.

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Automation Capabilities

Adaptable integration across a variety of devices and systems through standard protocols and custom interfaces combined with engineers who collectively have over 40 years of warehouse automation experience gives nMM endless automation capabilities.

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Real-time Monitoring and Visibility

nMM provides real-time monitoring that gives visibility to warehouse operations, equipment statuses and performance metrics. Our crisp HMI graphics plus visual and text-based alerts allow operators to quickly and easily zero in on critical events.

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User-Friendly Interface

The nMM web client was designed as an intuitive and user-friendly interface. Features like Dynamic Data Filtering and Smart Caching allow operators to easily navigate and effectively utilize all features of our software.

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Accuracy and Error Reduction

nMM provides real-time monitoring that gives visibility to warehouse operations, equipment statuses and performance metrics. Our crisp HMI graphics plus visual and text-based alerts allow operators to quickly and easily zero in on critical events.

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Scalability, Upgrades and Future-Proofing

nMM ensures efficient scaling with your company's growth, supporting higher order volumes and warehouse expansions with minimal downtime and reduced risk.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can nMM integrate with existing warehouse management systems (WMS) or Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems?

Yes, nMM can communicate effectively using various protocols including, but not limited to, TCP Sockets, RESTful API's, Linked Server Databases and File Transfer, adaptable to various WMS and ERP systems.

Does the software integrate with other equipment and devices in our facility, such as barcode scanners or automated guided vehicles (AGVs)?

Yes, conveyors, sorters, scanners, robots, PLC’s, Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Carousels, Shuttles, Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) and many more.

Is nMM software customizable to fit the unique requirements of our business?

Yes, nMM can be tailored to meet each customer’s individual requirements. We start with standard modules such as Routing, Print-and-Apply, Weight Verification, Dimension Verification, etc. and then configure each to suit specific customer needs.

How easily can nMM scale to accommodate our growing business needs?

nMM utilizes a full featured web UI, inherently scalable, requiring only a minimal footprint on each workstation, designed to allow quick deployments of new functionality with minimal downtime and low risk to the customer’s operation.

What is the typical timeline for implementing the material handling software?

CIM will work closely with our customer to define an agreeable timeline that works for all parties involved. A typical implementation for a new facility can take 2 – 8 months depending on complexity.

What training and support options are available for our staff?

One key advantage of nMM is that our web client screens are designed up front to be intuitive and user-friendly, generally requiring only a minimum amount of specialized training. CIM can provide either onsite or remote training depending on our customer’s needs.

Our Software

nMotion Manager Software™ (nMM™)

– Not just any WCS!

nMM was designed and built by engineers who collectively have over 40 years of warehouse automation experience with various systems and devices that span from the early days of warehouse automation up to the present-day utilization of high-speed interfaces and robotics. Experience and practicality, coupled with proven technologies make up the foundation of nMM design, leading to unmatched performance, efficiency, and extensibility to effectively integrate with various systems and devices across the warehouse ecosystem including conveyors, sorters, scanners, robots, PLCs as well as Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.

Those familiar with this industry recognize that each customer has their own unique set of requirements and challenges that require a great deal more than what an off-the-shelf WCS software package can provide. nMM was designed foremost with extensibility and scalability in mind. For example, nMM base modules such as Routing, Print-and-Apply, Weight and Dimension Verification feature an open, decoupled design architecture that lends itself well to customizations, scalability and ease of deployment resulting in both minimal downtime and lower risk to production.

Key Benefits and Features of nMM

  • Boost production efficiency with comprehensive monitoring and control of system flow.
  • Adaptable integration across a variety of devices and systems through standard protocols and custom interfaces eliminating the need for massive rewrites.
  • Powerful communication and routing engines are built to be fast and reliable without compromise for maintaining peak system performance.
  • Intuitive screen layouts streamline essential tasks like identifying and managing problem handling units. Access a unit's status, location, destination, and history instantly. Click to navigate and monitor specific sorters for real-time arrivals and confirmations.
  • Smart caching allows hassle free navigation between screen views. You don’t lose a thing when you navigate between nMM screens as data filter and paging options are conveniently cached for each individual user.
  • Real-time monitoring featuring an adjustable refresh rate to better manage the flow of data you see.
  • Convenient data filtering and export for taming those huge unwieldy data sets to capture just the essential data for more effective analytics.
  • Crisp HMI graphics plus visual and text-based alerts to quickly and easily zero in on critical events.

About Us

Our Mission Statement

“To provide solid, secure, user-friendly, and extensible warehouse control system software built by experienced engineers using proven design principles and up-to-date technologies.”

Company History

“Small company feel, big company experience.”

Controls in Motion™ (CIM)™ was founded by highly experienced material handling engineers whose objective it was to combine a personal, small company vibe with the knowledge and experience found in many larger companies i.e. “Small company feel, big company experience”.