...Project Title: Realization of Green Cloud Computing ~ Green EDI collaborating with Financial EDI ~ Project Leader Name: Youichiro Kojima Organization/Company: Kojima Press Industry Co.,Ltd., Japan Nominated by: Japan Association for Simplification of International Trade Procedures (JASTPRO) Abstract: This Green Cloud Computing project has achieved the significant reduction of Cost and CO2 through the cloud computing while realizing EDI for SMEs, REACH and Financial settlement. Executive Summary: Our approach toward Green IT started with internal activities under the slogan of “CO2 reduction through Green IT” in 2005. Our group companies achieved significant results by integrating hardware and using common software. To produce further effects, these activities need to be practiced in society as a whole. For that purpose, we have developed “Green Cloud Computing,” a social action program focused on the automotive parts industry and small and medium-sized businesses outside the framework of a single company. With the spread of the Internet, web-based EDI (electronic data interchange) systems have been increasingly used as a means to exchange information between individual companies. In the automotive parts industry in among SMEs, where no industry-standard EDI system has been established, many different terminals and screens must be used, due to the lack of system integration between companies. In addition, not many small and medium-sized businesses have introduced computer...
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...Working with RFID Technofutur 3 Turning Client Vision into Results Gosselies, 23 February 2005 An International Player A leading international IT services company providing business consulting, technology integration and managed operations • Annual revenues over € 5 bn • 45,000 employees • In 50 countries 2 Turning Client Vision into Results The Olympic Games – Winning IT for a successful world-class event Atos Origin is proud to serve as the official “Worldwide Information Technology partner” for the Athens 2004, Turin 2006, and Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. We provide the people, processes and technology supporting the Games. We are responsible for the overall IT strategy, project management, key software integration, network security and data integrity. With over 3 billion people all over the world watching, no single project could better illustrate our commitment to delivery 3 Turning Client Vision into Results Atos Origin & RFID February 2005 The Integrated IT architecture of the Real Time Enterprise 5 Turning Client Vision into Results The Integrated IT architecture of the Real Time Enterprise Strategic Enterprise Management Data Warehouse SCM WMS ERP MES CRM SCE Equipment E-Monitoring Chained into reality with RFID…. 6 Turning Client Vision into Results RFID Markets & Applications RFID-EPC enabled systems offer significant benefits in a wide variety of supply chain...
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...Celanese Chemicals and Others Case 1: Celanese Chemicals and Others 1. What are the business values of wireless technologies in the chemical and automotive manufacturing industries? What other manufacturing applications might benefit from wireless technologies? Why? There are various business values of wireless technology for the chemical and automotive manufacturing industries. The values in these industries include the following: increase productivity and efficiency, speed up maintenance, reduce cost, increase communication, save time, and provide easier data access. With wireless technologies, manufacturing industries don’t have to go back and forth to find out the problem and then arrange for the repair for their machines. This saves cost, time, and down time for the manufacturing machines. The more time the machine is working means that the company is able to produce more. This increase in communication is not limited to only the equipment, but operators are also able to receive work instructions and updates wirelessly. This reduces unnecessary traffic and improves productivity and efficiency when it comes to moving product from raw material to the shipment. As a result, wireless technology is able to help companies keep machines up to produce more, cut cost, and increase in movement of products. Other manufacturing applications that can benefit from wireless technologies include Aerospace Plants, various types of Assembly Plants and Food Processing Plants. These manufacturing...
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...can focus more on their business development. PKT is one of the Malaysia successful third party logistics company. PKT was established and founded by Dato’ Michael Tio’s father in 1974 and they provide freight forwarder services. The company has branches in Malaysia and other countries like Korea and Taiwan. PKT’s head office is located at Shah Alam and it is a large building called “One Logistics Hub”. The warehouse can be separated into The Ship, The Waves and The Lighthouse. Different warehouses have different functions. PKT use different transportation modes to deliver goods to specific destinations, including road, air and sea. Various communication technologies are used to manage and exchange information, such as computerized system, RFID, EDI system and satellite vehicle tracking system. I strongly believe that PKT will successfully achieve its target and expend its marketplace to provide more international trade services. Introduction Inbound logistics refers to the transport, storage and delivery of goods coming into a business. It is the primary process of logistics. The company concentrates, purchase and arranges the flow of raw materials or finished goods from suppliers to manufacturing plants, warehouses and retail shops. Outbound logistic refers to the same for goods going out of a business. It is a process that related to storage and movement of finished goods and information flows from the organization to its customers. Inbound and outbound logistics combine...
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... | |An Application of Secure RFID Network Tracking | |William Faisal | | | |12/4/2012 | | | CHAPTER 1 3 CHAPTER 2 7 CHAPTER 3 9 CHAPTER 1 Radio Frequency Identification, or RFID, is a rising technology in today’s electronic world. The usefulness of RFID is becoming more apparent as humans move to become detached from the world of wired electronics. One of the latest trends in “wireless” technologies is the use of Global Positioning Systems, or GPS, in automobiles. Systems like these allow the driver to easily navigate roads to reach their destination. However, services like those rely on good satellite communications and cost a daily fee. Our proposal is the establishment of a roadside system based on RFID technology that will allow drivers the same services that a GPS...
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...somewhere in the supply chain and the 0.3% (6,043 products) was found showcased in another position, a phenomenon that can definitely affect the shopping experience. Due to these and other problems, in recent years, companies have paid special attention to find solutions that allow them to have better visibility into the supply chain of their products, from manufacturing through distribution and even to the point of sale. Of all the solutions available to users, highlights the Radio Frequency Identification Technology ( RFID by its acronym in English) which has existed for over half a century. Its origin dates back to the Second World War, when the British Air Force used it to identify their aircraft. However, in recent years, its potential has been maximized to provide new solutions related to the way in which retailers operate both manufacturers and retailers in sectors as diverse as food, consumer products, textiles, wine , pharmaceutical, automotive, and others. However, technology alone solves difficult problems in any sector, so that it becomes critical to have mechanisms that support the processes in which any component is involved as the information technology, the integration of different systems (both internal and with business partners, etc.). Specifically in the processes of the supply chain, global organizations have worked to develop standardized mechanisms agreed or offered the opportunity to speak one language and get the most out of the technology adopted...
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...Wal-Mart Case Study – RFID Introduction Technology is inevitable in every sphere of life today; it has always made things easier. Wal-Mart works on the same strategy, from the above description; we can understand how diversified Wal-Mart is and the volume of cargo it needs to handle for each of its business’s. Traditionally, it had started with computerization of individual stores with small billing machines and had then led to centralized billing for record keeping. The technology has grown by leaps and bounds and has become increasingly challenging to maintain large databases of information and maintain records. Powerful computers networked with high performance clusters maintain and store this data. This gives a picture as to how technology plays a vital role in today’s’ businesses. Traditionally, technology has been upgraded in billing systems and for storage purposes. A new area where technology could be applied to, where many expenses could be saved was in inventory management and logistics. Wal-Mart being so huge, needed to keep track of men and material sent across different countries and had to maintain hundreds of warehouses across the world. Bar-codes have been initially identified as a suitable technology to meet the purpose. But due to the limitations of barcodes, a new emerging technology called RFID has been identified to meet the demands. RFID is low cost Radio Frequency Identification system which requires minimum human intervention to carry out tasks...
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...7-May-2013 1) Bullwhip effect defines as; It is a tendency of customer of material or product in short supply to buy more than they need in an immediate future (Bullwhip effect, 2010). There are several factors involved to cause bullwhip effect; overreaction to backlogs, neglecting to order in an attempt to reduce inventory, communication gap in supply chain, in-accurate demand forecasting etc. In order to deal with bullwhip effect, there are certain countermeasures to overcome the effect; proportional rationing schemes that encountered by assigning unit based on past sales. Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) can overcome exaggerated demand forecast. Special purchase contracts that can be implemented in order to specify ordering at regular intervals to better synchronize delivery and purchase (Bullwhip effect, 2010). 2) The sales department of Volvo offered special deals which caused the increase in demand of green cars. The manufacturing department was not aware of the promotion and believed that consumers had started to like green cars (Michael Bean, 2006) 3) The bullwhip effect can be reduced by keeping prices low and keeping demand steady. This reduces periodic high inventory levels and the need to discount products (Ivey, 2011). VMI (vendor-managed inventory) is a model in which an accord is reached between the customer and the retailer based on customer demand. The customer to an extent decides the prices of the products in this model. Large amount of inventory...
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...These objects collects data regularly, analyzes and these results is used to initiate some action and it provides wealth of intelligence for management, planning, and decision making in different stages of business. The concept of Internet of Things was first coined in 1999 by a member of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) development community, and it has become more relevant to the practical world of today due to the evolution of chips, sensors, mobile devices, embedded and pervasive communication, data analytics and cloud computing, etc. The convergence of effective wireless protocols, enhanced sensors, cost-effective processors, and a number of established and start ups companies developing the essential applications and management software has eventually made the conception of the Internet of Things in mainstream. By installing tiny size, short-range mobile transceivers into everyday items and to additional gadgets which can enables new forms of communication between objects and people, and between objects themselves, Interenet of Things (IoT) would become a new dimension to the world of information and communication. These programmed objects has RFID communication technology, embedded technology, wireless...
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...Fenn, Alexander Linden This year, we celebrate the 10th anniversary of Gartner's Hype Cycles. More than 1,600 information technologies and trends across 68 markets, regions and industries are evaluated in the most comprehensive assessment of technology maturity in the IT industry. © 2005 Gartner, Inc. and/or its Affiliates. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of this publication in any form without prior written permission is forbidden. The information contained herein has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable. Gartner disclaims all warranties as to the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of such information. Although Gartner's research may discuss legal issues related to the information technology business, Gartner does not provide legal advice or services and its research should not be construed or used as such. Gartner shall have no liability for errors, omissions or inadequacies in the information contained herein or for interpretations thereof. The opinions expressed herein are subject to change without notice. ANALYSIS Gartner's Hype Cycles highlight the relative maturity of technologies across a wide range of IT domains, targeting different IT roles and responsibilities. Each Hype Cycle provides a snapshot of the position of technologies relative to a market, region or industry, identifying which technologies are hyped, which are suffering the inevitable disillusionment and which are stable enough to allow for a reasonable understanding of when and how...
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...operations. The company is well recognized for their innovation when it comes to utilizing the latest technologies and information systems to maximize their profitability. Information systems structures and processes play a critical role in Walmart’s success and today they are bringing that innovative spirit to the market as they move toward full implementation of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). This technology allows for Walmart’s operations to function efficiently and effectively as they are capable of sending and receiving real time data to the networks. By doing so they are able to communicate the information to the retailer and the product manufactures making it possible for Walmart to remain competitive in the retail industry by properly controlling its inventories. This report will explain how Walmart has utilized several information systems throughout the course of its history such as: point of sale, satellite communication systems, data warehouses, retail link systems, electronic data interchange (EDI), and most recently web bases platforms, but none are as innovative as RFID (Wailgum, 2007). This technology was previously tested by the U.S. Air Force to try and reduce labor costs and allow management to make better decisions based on more accurate information regarding tracking packages/inventories (Roberti, 2004). This technology in the hands of the retail giant will allow for more up to date accurate...
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...[pic] [pic] Wal-Mart Case Study – RFID and Supply Chain Management FINAL PAPER By Group 2 Group Members: Angrish, Sangita Chivukula, Venkata S. DeWitt, Brendon Patel, Raxesh Shamsi, Shazeb Yellapragada, Ramachandra Date: November 30, 2005 Table of Contents Introduction 4 Why RFID over Bar-Code? 4 RFID Infrastructure 5 Introduction to Supply Chain Management 7 Wal-Mart Introduction and its Business Processes 9 Operations 9 Business Model 10 Market Strategy of Wal-Mart 10 Organizational Development 10 Competitive Advantage 11 Market Opportunity 11 Supply Chain Management at Wal-Mart 11 Procurement and Distribution 11 Logistics Management 12 Inventory Management 12 RFID in Wal-Mart 13 Efficiency in Supply Chain with RFID 14 Wal-Mart Suppliers 15 Kimberly-Clark 15 Kraft Foods 15 Gillette 15 Current Usage of RFID 16 RFID in Military 16 Successful RFID Implementation in different Industries 17 Volkswagen 17 Supermarket tries out smart tagging 17 Sun Microsystems sets up RFID test centre in Scotland 17 I.B.M. Expands Efforts to Promote Radio Tags to Track Goods 17 Texas Instruments 17 EPC global Network 18 Limitations and Challenges of RFID 18 Future of RFID 20 Future Applications 20 REFERENCES: 22 Introduction Technology is inevitable in every sphere of life today; it has always made things easier. Wal-Mart works on the same strategy, from the...
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...Technology, a 1.8B company, is a value added reseller (VAR) of IT products and supply chain outsourcing solutions in the commercial, government and telecom sectors. It not only uses the sophisticated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system and electronic procurement and logistics (e-PL) capabilities, but also WWT partners with other consulting firms, OEMs and business process outsourcing companies to generate business opportunities. ClearOrbit: ClearOrbit, as a supply chain execution company, integrates company specific ERP functionality supporting the complete product flow from manufacturing & inventory management to warehouse labeling & shipping. Situation: WWT and one of its consulting firms had signed an agreement with a large automotive Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) to outsource the entire MRO sourcing and purchasing operations and to manage the vendor relationship in order to reduce the spend. The plan of action is to strategically reduce the number of suppliers and integrate the automation process with those suppliers. Before: The consulting firm targeted the OEM for this proposal because it identified the following issues in the OEM’s MRO purchasing system: large supply base with 1,800 vendors, excessive number of employees at different levels: purchasing group, store, plant and HR, and unofficial communications between vendors and OEM plant managers. The most inefficient and time consuming factor was exchanging all the information and data in the form of...
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...Note: Answer any 4 Case Studies CASE 1: GE, Dell, Intel, and Others: The competitive Advantage of Information Technology CASE 2: Celanse Chemicals and Others: Wireless Business Applications CASE 3: Wal-Mart, Bank Financial, and HP: The Business Value of AI CASE 4: The Rowe Cos. and Merrill Lynch: The ROI Process in Business/IT Planning CASE 5: F-Secure, Microsoft, GM, and Verizon: The Business Challenge of Computer Viruses CASE – 1 GE, Dell, Intel, and Others: The competitive Advantage of Information Technology There’s nothing line a punchy headline t get an article some attention. A recent piece in the Harvard Business Review (May 2003), shockingly labeled “IT Doesn’t Matter,” has garnered the magazine more buzz than at any time since Jack Welch affair. The article has been approvingly cited in The New York Times, analyzed in Wall Street reports, and e-mailed around the world. But without such a dramatic and reckless title, I doubt the article would have been much noticed. It’s a sloppy mix of ersatz history, conventional wisdom, moderate insight, and unsupportable assertions. And it is dangerously wrong. Author Nicholas Carr’s main point is that information technology is nothing more than the infrastructure of modern business, similar to railroads, electricity, or the internal combustion engineering advances that have become too commonplace for any company to wangle a strategic advantage from them. Once-innovative applications of information technology have...
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...Running Head: KUIPER LEDA GENERIC BENCHMARKING Kuiper Leda Generic Benchmarking University of Phoenix December 01, 2008 Abstract Kuiper Ledia, Inc. is an electronic components manufacturer, specializing in the "production of Electronic Control Units (ECU's) and sensors for the automotive industry" (UOP, 2007). After finding success with this niche during the past 10 years, the company has recently entered into the Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID) market and has been in production for six months. This new capability has caused notice from Midland Motors and they placed an urgent, substantial order for ECU's and RFID's; an amount that exceeds Kuiper's current daily production capacity. To complete this order to Midland's specifications and time frame, Kuiper needs to determine the best way to undertake this order while meeting the production needs of orders already in the pipeline as their current capacity is insufficient to meet the additional demands. To further complicate the situation, Kuiper's production planning, inventory tracking, and supply chain management systems are inadequate to meet the demands of increased production. Benchmarking strategies are excellent resources to appraise the decision that Kuiper Leda can make when having alternative solutions based on benchmarking companies such as Dell, Eastman Kodak, ETC name all companies. Eastman Kodak Issue Kodak is the world’s foremost imaging innovator. George Eastman put...
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