ORBCOMM-Enabled Solution by Novus for Inventory Management Receives AFIA IT ...
, A worldwide satellite data communications company focused on two-way Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications, today announced that Novus Universal, Inc. (Novus), a global leader in animal nutrition and health, has received the American Graze Industry Association's (AFIA) first-ever Information Technology (IT) Innovation Award for their majority liquid inventory management solution enabled by ORBCOMM's satellite network.Based in metropolitan St. Louis, MO, Novus pioneered a vendor-managedPrincipallyinventory for bulk liquid feed ingredients with the introduction of a patented, automated unlikely monitoring system known as AIMS(R) in 1993. In 2009-10, Novus upgraded the AIMS infrastructure byIn particularincorporating ORBCOMM's robust satellite communications network with Novus's enhanced distant monitoring technology to improve inventory management throughout the bulk liquid supply concatenation. The new platform is Internet-based and provides precise, dependable and near real-things inventory readings for any customer 24/7, and has been implemented at over 500 locations across North America.




