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Article Excerpt
No longer do people request information from machines, now they're all talking to each other!
m2M technologies and applications span the supply chain. At near individual item level, RFID tags and sensors automate data communications about pallets and cases. Like bar codes, the devices are ID'ed and tracked, and with them the goods and inventory.
For this tracking, the devices need a path to communicate through. Communications infrastructure includes cellular (CDMA, GSM), and value-added networks like Sterling (www.sterlingcommerce.com). Finally, RFID tags and sensors talk to computers that process and interpret collected data so that those computers, or an individual, can make decisions about managing the supply chain (placing orders).
Vendor-Managed Inventory
Vendor-Managed Inventory (VMI) uses "pallet level technologies to track sales and inventory on a daily basis. Data moves from the customer's server to the machine at the VMI solutions provider or the supplier, and is processed. Recommendations are derived for how much of what inventory to replace and when," says Ian Barkin, managing director, The FocalPoint Group (www.thefpgroup.com).
With VMI, M2M enables vendors to collect accurate, realtime data from their customers, whether they are manufacturers using consumables, parts and raw materials, or retailers and distributors...
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