Airbus Selects IBM and OATSystems for World's Largest RFID-enabled Manufacturing Initiative

10.04.08 - 20:54 ... source : IBM - United States

... PARIS and WALTHAM, MA - 10 Apr 2008: IBM (NYSE: IBM) and OATSystems today announced that Airbus has selected them to provide a software solution for a multi-million dollar, multi-year RFID project that will help streamline Airbus' supply chain and manufacturing operations and significantly reduce its aircraft production and maintenance costs. The project represents the manufacturing industry's single largest RFID software transaction to date. Using a solution comprised of software from IBM and OAT, Airbus' objective is to error-proof and automate its supply chain and manufacturing operations, while also reducing costs. The company selected IBM and OAT for the project following exhaustive research and pilot testing over the past year. The IBM/OAT solution runs on IBM's RFID infrastructure, which is powered by service oriented architecture technology that includes th ...» Next (HTML)