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RFID-enabled returnable container management
Inefficiencies in the management of containers have long been an issue in the automotive industry. This white paper discusses the challenges and opportunities of tracking returnable containers and how RFID technology can increase visibility into your container management processes.
25 Apr 2008
IBM WebSphere Premises Server
Are you ready to leverage sensor data for better supply chain visibility and drive business process innovation? This brochure discusses how the IBM WebSphere® Premises Server can help you integrate and act on information from sensor technologies such as RFID.
10 Apr 2008
WebSphere Premises Server: Enterprise foundation for sensor event solutions
Enhance business process management (BPM) through sensor technologies and service oriented architecture (SOA) with help from IBM. This whitepaper discusses how of IBM WebSphere® Premises Server adopts and exploits an event-driven architecture to efficiently manage the execution of event data.
06 Apr 2008
Reaching the edge: Integrating new data to enable process innovation
Sensor technologies are enabling companies in many industries to proactively sense and respond to real-world events affecting their business. This brochure explores how IBM WebSphere® Premises Server, the IBM platform for sensor event-driven business process management, supports a range of device vendors.
04 Apr 2008
IBM, Microlise and Motorola: Delivering the best in fleet optimization
On-time, accurate shipments. Meeting regulatory and contractual requirements. Whether your company is shipping products or receiving goods, gaining more control over your supply chain management processes is essential. This brochure shows how innovative fleet optimization solutions from IBM, Microlise and Motorola can help.
28 Mar 2008
Serialization Pilot Kit with TAGSYS RFID
Are you looking for a simple path to achieve California drug pedigree compliance? This paper discusses how the IBM Serialization Pilot Kit can help your pharmaceutical company rapidly pilot and evaluate high-frequency radio frequency identification (HF RFID) for item-level serialization in packaging operations.
15 Jan 2008
Returnable container management: Optimizing logistics for manufacturers
As an automotive manufacturer, do you need to enhance the visibility and availability of reusable containers used to transport parts and material? This solution brief explores how an integrated, end-to-end container management solution that leverages radio frequency identification (RFID) can help.
18 Dec 2007
IBM RFID for supply chain and logistics: Reusable asset tracking solution
While adequate for some products, manual, paper-based systems for tracking reusable assets tend to be error prone and inefficient. This paper discusses how IBM and OATSystems can help you use RFID to transform the way you track reusable assets, manage inventory, and receive or distribute goods.
06 Dec 2007
Small-scale testing of RFID in a hospital setting: RFID as bed trigger
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) has been successful for many industries outside of healthcare. But how can RFID integrate into an existing healthcare workflow to solve specific healthcare needs? This study demonstrates how RFID could be used to solve the challenge of bed turn-around time.
23 Oct 2007
IBM RFID Solution Centers: Leveraging IBM business solutions with RFID technology
IBM has thirteen worldwide RFID Solution Centers for the purpose of sales and engagement support. The IBM centers offer a combination of RFID technical expertise, practical assessment and implementation services, and industry-leading innovative solutions that place IBM among the leaders in RFID technology solutions.
10 Oct 2007
IBM solution for pharmaceutical track & trace
Each year counterfeit drugs cost up to $40B in lost worldwide pharmaceutical sales and harm countless people. This brochure describes how the IBM Solution for Pharmaceutical Track & Trace—a low-risk, proven approach to integrating item-level serialization and track and trace capabilities—can help money and lives.
10 Aug 2007
Testing the sensitivity of computing equipment using RFID systems in the data center environment
What is the impact of using radio frequency identification (RFID) in a data center? Will it compromise sensitive electronics? This paper explores what companies are doing to protect data center equipment from RF emissions, and what effect RF fields generated by RFID readers have on the actual operation of IT equipment.
07 Aug 2007
Fleet Optimization with IBM Maximo for Transportation
Fleet management is an information business. With so many assets in so many places, seeing the big picture is vital. This brochure explores how IBM fleet optimization solutions can deliver access to the right data—giving you better up-time, cost control, enhanced communication and easier regulatory compliance.
03 Jul 2007
Using RFID for data center resource management
This white paper explores the benefits of using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to simplify physical IT asset management, including inventory and auditing, and eliminate many of the problems inherent in existing inventory management methods, such as barcode and text-based tracking systems.
27 Jun 2007
IBM WebSphere RFID Information Center: Controlling product data to minimize risk
Track and trace capabilities for securing a drug’s pedigree throughout the supply chain are a must in today’s market. A standards-based repository is crucial to this process. Learn more in this data sheet discussing how the IBM WebSphere RFID Information Center can reinforce your confidence in product quality.
27 Apr 2007
Realizing benefits today in your retail environment
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) will transform the way retailers receive, distribute, execute and merchandise goods to customers. Retailers today are embracing RFID as an enabling technology that will provide them value beyond the traditional Supply Chain.
10 Apr 2007
Using RFID technology within close proximity
Radio frequency identification technology, a form of automatic identification (Auto-ID) technology, uses radio waves to identify animate and inanimate objects. Other examples of Auto-ID technology include bar coding, biometrics, voice identification and optical character recognition (OCR) systems.
01 Dec 2006
RFID: Applications, benefits and solutions
Major enterprises are turning to Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). Whether it is streamlining the supply chain, tracking assets, monitoring work in process in manufacturing, providing Real Time Location Services (RTLS) or managing safety and security, RFID is a technology that promises to transform business processes.
01 Nov 2006
Fleet optimization solutions for the Public Sector
IBM fleet optimization solutions for the Public Sector offer a wealth of analytics that can integrate into back-end systems the location and status of heavy equipment like maintenance trucks, snowplows, busses, and sanitation vehicles, their drivers and their passengers.
13 Oct 2006
Fleet optimization solutions for the travel and transportation industry
Read this brochure to learn why and how fleet optimization goes beyond simple fleet management. Know the locations of tractors, trailers, containers and other assets to reduce unscheduled maintenance and lower fuel expenses. Improve productivity and customer satisfaction. Reduce loss and spoilage. Recover lost assets and prevent fraud.
10 Oct 2006
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