| K2 "Blackpearl" overview |
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K2 has been a Solidsoft partner for a number of years so we are pleased to introduce K2’s blackpearl to our customers to use in conjunction with Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006, This white paper from K2 outlines and explains how blackpearl is a workflow tool that can be used to support business process management efficiencies. It describes how it allows you to pull together business processes, people, services, information and systems into a single application — a dynamic business application — that helps drive business. It offers simple tools and familiar environments, so it’s easy to create processes and applications; and when business needs shift, it’s easy to modify these processes and applications. This paper explains how K2 blackpearl fosters collaboration between business users and technical users and can be used to eliminate redundancies whilst letting you assemble new solutions from information that already exists and code that has already been written.
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| K2 BPM overview |
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This whitepaper outlines K2’s view on how the design, assembly, execution, monitoring and optimization of process-driven applications can improve business efficiency. It describes how by using K2 blackpearl to improve business processes by automating them it can make them quicker, more efficient, more flexible, more productive, accurate and secure. Using simple, graphical K2 tools and familiar environments it explains how it is possible to foster collaboration between business users and IT departments and enable anyone to design and create business applications and processes that are fast and efficient by re-using information, code and already-built processes to build new applications.
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| An Introduction to Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) |
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Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is evolving as a major technology enabler for identifying and tracking goods and assets around the world. It can help hospitals locate expensive equipment more quickly to improve patient care, pharmaceutical companies to reduce counterfeiting and logistics providers to improve the management of moveable assets. It also promises to enable new efficiencies in the supply chain by tracking goods from the point of manufacture through to the retail point of sale (POS).
But while the technology has received more than its fair share of media coverage over the last 12 to 18 months, many are still unfamiliar with RFID and the benefits it can offer. In the face of this need for clear, comprehensive information about RFID and its benefits, this paper defines the opportunities offered by the technology for all organisations involved in the production, movement or sale of goods. It is equally relevant for organisations wishing to track or locate existing goods, assets or equipment.
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| Deploying RFID - The Bigger Picture |
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This white paper describes for C-level executives and line-of-business managers the processes involved in the deployment of RFID by taking the “Bigger Picture” route. It identifies the challenges that have to be solved from a business and technical standpoint in terms of:
• The complete process from pilot to roll-out.
• The selection of tags, readers and printers (the hardware).
• The site survey (the environment).
• The selection of RFID software (the middleware).
• The need for integration.
• Security and privacy.
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| Potential of RFID in the Construction Sector |
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This white paper describes for C-level executives and line-of-business managers the opportunities and business benefits of RFID in the construction sector. It looks at various scenarios and provides answers to the questions:
• What are some of the potential uses of RFID technology in the construction industry?
• What are some of the critical issues with RFID in construction applications?
• How can individual companies leverage collective industry efforts to understand and implement these
technologies?
Highlights of this white paper include:
• Using RFID for maintenance.
° Plant machinery, smart metering, servicing
• RFID track and trace capabilities:
° Supply chain, utility pipe work
• Authentication scenarios:
° People, products
• The potential of RFID in health and safety.
• RFID in compliance.
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| Potential of RFID in the Pharmaceutical Market |
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This white paper describes for C-level executives and line-of-business managers the opportunities and business benefits of RFID in the pharmaceutical and medical equipment sector. It looks at various scenarios where RFID is and can be used to solve business problems.
Highlights of this white paper include:
• The need for automation of the Pedigrees to solve the counterfeit issue and the need for compliance
to the US State and Federal Drug Agency.
• The use of RFID technology to:
° Provide visibility in the supply chain and production line
° Reduce risks in employee health and safety
° Verify plant maintenance
• Automate clinical trial processes.
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| Potential of RFID in the Supply Chain |
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This white paper describes for C-level executives and line-of-business managers the opportunities and business benefits of RFID in the supply chain sector. It looks at various RFID scenarios and how RFID can be used to solve business problems. Highlights of this white paper include:
• Current issues in the supply chain and complexity that exists in managing the supply chain.
• Visibility needs.
• The use of RFID to provide data to manage visibility in the complete supply chain, including:
° Shrinkage
° Electronic proof of delivery
• The need to manage data effectively across organisational boundaries.
• Production Information Management Systems.
• Global Data Synchronisation.
• The use of RFID to control retail compliance and other regulatory compliance requirements.
• The use of RFID to control product authenticity through ePedigrees.
• The use of RFID to provide effective control to support WEEE and RoHS legislation.
• The use of RFID in support of better HSE data and systems.
• The challenges involved in a RFID implementation.
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| Potential of RFID in the Aerospace and Defence Market |
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This white paper describes for C-level executives and line-of-business managers the opportunities and business benefits of RFID in the aerospace and defence sector. It looks at various scenarios where RFID is and can be used to solve business problems. Highlights of this white paper include:
• The need for automation of the Pedigrees to solve the counterfeit issue.
• The need for support for compliance with US Department of Defense mandate and the commercial
impacts of the Boeing-Airbus initiative.
• The use of RFID technology to:
° Provide visibility in the supply chain and production line
° Reduce risks in employee health and safety
° Verify plant maintenance
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