Airbus has chosen IBM and Oatsystemsfor what it calls "the world's largestRFID-enabledmanufacturing
initiative".
IBM and Oatsystems will provide Airbus with a software system
for a multi-million pound, multi-year RFID project, that will help
streamline Airbus' supply chain and manufacturing operations.
The project aims to reduce aircraft production and maintenance
costs. The suppliers said it is the manufacturing industry's single
largest RFID software transaction, although they declined to put a
figure on the deal.
Airbus' objective is to error-proof and automate its supply
chain and manufacturing operations, while reducing costs.
The IBM/OAT system runs on IBM's RFID infrastructure, which is
powered by service oriented architecture technology that includes
the IBM Websphere Premises Server and the IBM Business Process
Management portfolio.
The IBM Tivoli Monitoring and IBM Tivoli Composite Application
software products will be used for infrastructure monitoring. The
solution will use Oatsystems' business applications including the
Oat Foundation Suite, Asset Tracking and Work-in-Process
packages.
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