En dit was de voorbode van al dat mooie RFIF nieuws. En het gaat nog verder ....
Sopheon Offers Industry-Wide Portal for RFID
Sopheon, the international software and services company, and Siemens Business Services has introduced a Siemens Compliance Direct Service jointly supported by Airbus and Boeing that will provide an industry-wide internet portal to selected reference sources for the implementation of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in commercial airplanes. The solution is built around Sopheon's Compliance Monitor software, a component of the Sopheon Accolade product life cycle management (PLM) suite. Airbus and Boeing are collaborating to introduce this Web-based service into the aviation industry as a way of promoting standardization around RFID use.
The Sopheon solution, called “Antenna,” is expected to streamline and accelerate product development, ordering, procurement and manufacturing processes throughout the commercial aviation industry. It provides a medium for Airbus and Boeing to publish their own RFID standardized requirements to supplier organizations. The initiative follows successful piloting of the Sopheon and Siemens service at Airbus.
Industry analysts have forecasted that RFID may become the major technology enabler for the transportation sector in the next decade. Adopted by the aviation industry, the technology has been linked to an ability to ensure higher levels of safety, airworthiness and operational efficiencies for commercial airplanes. Standardization has been identified as a critical factor in encouraging widespread adoption of RFID technology.
The Sopheon Antenna service is a subscription-based offering that replaces what is often a costly and time-intensive manual process for manufacturing companies and their customers. The solution is built around Sopheon's Compliance Monitor software, a component of the Sopheon Accolade product life cycle management (PLM) suite. The technology enables location, capture, management and analysis of critical data from a variety of sources, including professional journals, news publications, Web sites, and internal libraries arranged.
By making relevant collections of RFID standards, operating procedures, best practices and other data readily available to engineering and procurement teams, Antenna will help to ensure proactive compliance.