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Secondly, @hand’s FMS includes a sophisticated Rapid Application Development (RAD) environment which has enabled Jade to develop a range of applications, including Jump Mobile Asset Management, Jump Mobile Field Service, Jump Mobile Supply Chain and Jump Mobile ePoD, all of which are provided to the customer under a single licence. FMS enables Jade to offer a highly configurable multiple workflow application ecosystem to meet all of a business’ mobile data requirements, enabling faster deployment for a much lower cost when compared to multiple single application solutions.
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The RAD environment also enables Jade’s customers to easily re-configure the existing applications and to develop their own mobile workflows as their business requirements evolve. This includes the option to configure object modelling,
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RFID technology enables
efficient use of assets in gas cylinder industry
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PM Raflatac and Technology Solution Partners LLC have jointly developed a curved UHF RFID tag as part of a gas cylinder tracking and
production solution called Trakaid CyTrack. The solution interfaces UPM Raflatac Belt RFID tags equipped with NXP's U-Code G2XM chips with a four part application comprising tracking, interface, mobile and synchronisation systems.
The solution seamlessly integrates the production, warehousing and distribution processes. Each gas cylinder is tagged, and data from the tags is automatically read and entered into the system. This is said to leave no room for data entry errors due to illegible handwriting, poor readability, transcription or transposition.
Trakaid CyTrack was first implemented at Kay Nitro, a manufacturer and supplier of industrial gases including medical oxygen and nitrogen in Maharashtra, India. The company uses the solution to manage cylinder movement during receipt, filling and issue in order to reduce operating costs and improve productivity by automating data entry. This automation reportedly improves overall accuracy, allows an efficient use of assets, enables a faster turnaround of inventory, increases employee and customer safety, reduces cylinder loss and enhances the customer experience.
“The RFID solution helps Kay Nitro improve the visibility of the cylinders’ operational cycle and improve customer-facing processes while reducing untraceable
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assets,” said Yogendra Chaudhary, manager of Kay Nitro. “We use RFID technology to shorten the production and turnaround time for cylinders to remove costs and downtime from our processes. This also results in improved safety, which shows directly on our bottom line.” Kay Nitro implemented the RFID solution into its normal operating processes without any disruptions.
The benefits of an RFID implementation to the gas cylinder industry are measurable. Cylinders represent a highly valuable investment, and productivity is closely tied to how well these assets are managed. Overall, the average increase in productivity from receiving to shipping is 30 per cent, claim UPM Raflatac and Technology Solution Partners LLC.
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design workflows, and manage user roles and permissions. “The need for the Jump ecosystem has been driven by the requirement to handle and manipulate the multiple data streams that flow between the organisation and its mobile workers, in order to further empower these remote individuals to increase business efficiency and customer service levels. Businesses have seen the benefits of single application solutions and are now looking for a more holistic solution to cover all of their enterprise mobility requirements,” stated Brackley.
Recent research from a number of analysts* has shown that Enterprise Mobility Solutions improve SLA compliance by 29 per cent, improve customer satisfaction by 19 per cent, improve first-time-fix metric by 23 per cent, improve worker productivity by 23-27 per cent, achieve cost savings of US$7500+ per worker, and deliver an average three year solution ROI of 402 per cent. To facilitate increased business efficiency, Jump delivers full and accurate
visibility of an organisation’s remote workers through the Jump Dashboard, a web based monitoring and reporting tool for business managers. This increased visibility highlights the status of each mobile worker within specific workflow processes, enabling the improved allocation of resources to provide enhanced customer service.
“Jade’s mobile application development expertise, coupled with its understanding of the growing needs of the UK enterprise mobility marketplace, has empowered Jade to successfully leverage @hand’s feature- rich software to create the Jump ecosystem,” commented John Cannington, @hand’s CEO. “@hand is excited to be a part of the Jump solution portfolio, which delivers a distinct competitive advantage for Jade.”
*The Mobile Field Service Solution Selection Report, Aberdeen Group
Mobile Line-of-Business Applications: An ROI Analysis, IDC Mobile Field Service Best Practices, Aberdeen Group
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