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Case StudiesVodafone Ireland Capacity ManagementUbanquity Mobile
Core Banking Applications10n2 Technologies Anti-Messaging System
Fleet Management ToolPicosoft Arete Asset Management System cutting
edge use of RFIDJinny Software Agile before it was defined
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Vodafone
Vodafone Capacity ManagementIT Capacity & Simplification
ManagerResponsible for the right sizing of over 1000 servers and
350 databasesCorrelated and quantified project system
impactsManaged P2V, decommissioning and SLA rationalisationBusiness
Owner for middleware and other system upgradesManaged vendor SLAs
and 3rd party support agreementsKey contributor to CIO budget
management
Ubanquity
Ubanquity Mobile Core BankingConsultant Director
2011-2012Developed base material for all sales collateral Audited
security measuresPresented at the 2011 Web SummitPrepared detailed
proposals for banks
Ubanquity Mobile Core Banking
10n2 Technologies
10n2 TechnologiesFulfilled outsourced chief consultant function
for 2 years on a project basisBrought product from idea to
commercial realityDeveloped EU Patent on SIM based anti-messaging
while driving productLed a team of 7 and realised 1.5m
revenuesIrish based requirements analysis, design and testIndian
based coding
Picosoft RFID Solutions
Picosoft RFID SolutionsCo-Founder, Owner and Director
2005-2008Multinational Customers including Analog Devices and
EMCResponsible for end to end RDCT of cutting edge RFID Asset
Management System and Warehouse Management SystemPartners included
Cisco, Motorola and MicrosoftLAMP, WAMP, WLAN, GS1/EPCGlobal asset
taggingColour coded asset auditing using handheld RFID ReadersAsset
track and trace using door based readers, web based interfaces,
abstracted middleware and database storage classic model, view,
controller architecture
Picosoft RFID Solutions 1 RFID Based AMSAreteAsset Management
SystemDeployed at Analog DevicesRFID Based Asset Management
SystemEPCGlobal Standard Passive UHF RFID Technology
Picosoft RFID Solutions 2 - RTLS
Proof of Concept with EMC2 and MojixLean Sigma proven
savings
Jinny Software
Jinny SoftwareChief Technologist from 1999 2001First Irish
Employee (number 8 overall)Set up the HQSoftware and hardware
product design verificationTechnical Writer for all collateral
including detailed technical specificationsTechnical sales support
on many bids and tender responsesAttendance and presentation at
trade shows and standards bodies meetingsContributed to the sale of
the company for 14m in 2001
responsibility for internal IT systems; ; analysis and design of
Jinny project management techniques; analysis and design of Jinny
product management techniques; company organisation and procedures
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Asset location made
simple
Automated Inventory
Asset History and
Reporting
Passive RFID
approach lowers costs
Ease of Implementation
Automated, Affordable, Asset Management
The Company:EMC Corporation (EMC) was founded in 1979 and has
grown to be a Market leader ininformation data storage. EMC
develops, delivers and supports the information technology(IT)
industry's range of information infrastructure technologies and
solutions. EMC'stechnologies and services allow their customers to
manage their information in a secureenvironment.
The Challenge:EMC have a large high value, high volume
manufacturing facility in Cork Ireland. Therequirement was to track
and retrieve real time data to improve efficiency in an
alreadyefficient facility. One key area which needed to be resolved
was ensuring that the RFIDenabled solution had the ability to track
assets comprising of metal and electroniccomponents.
The Solution:Picosoft tested several solutions both passive and
active. The decision was to install aPassive RFID system sourced
from the Mojix company (Picosoft is a Mojix partner). Inaddition to
this Picosoft tested several tag types to ensure the most suitable
to the EMCenvironment was established. These included on metal
tags, printed battery assisted tagsand short dipole tags. An area
of 100sqm was selected in the open plan manufacturingfacility to
carry out our pilot. This area was densely populated with data
storage cabinetswhich moved through the area as part of the
production cycle. It presented a verychallenging environment for an
RFID solution.
The Approach:A pilot project was set up to establish the
business case and prove the technology. The pilotwas to meet all
the requirements of tracking assets comprising metal and
electroniccomponents. Picosoft worked closely with EMC to ensure
that customer requirements werecomprehensively identified and
agreed.
Picosoft designed the pilot system which would monitor the test
area. A single Mojix starreader was installed in the 100sqm test
area and several enodes (energy points for RFIDtags) positions were
calculated and installed throughout the test area. Picosoft affixed
aselection of the tags to the products in the test area.
The test area was mapped out on a grid map using visualization
software. A picture of thetest area was generated. This picture
linked to the Mojix receiver provided an XYZ (3-D)location point of
each tagged asset as it moved through the test area.
EMC Case Study
RFID-enabled Asset Management SystemSolutions
Automated, Affordable, Asset Management
Solutions Realised benefits:The Picosoft designed system
achieved its objectives of tracking assets in real time
andpresenting the reported data back to a central database.Accurate
recording of product movement through the manufacturing process
provides thedata to enable improved business efficiency.
The Results:The system proved that Passive RFID can be used in a
complex manufacturing environment toprovide localization of
products. All tagged assets could be seen and located to an area of
less than 30cmThe RFID technologies recommended and implemented by
Picosoft worked.Though all the tags could be read the pilot and lab
tests proved Omni-ID tags to have the bestresults.
Lessons learned: Complex environments require adequate upfront
time for testing and identifying the mostappropriate equipment.
Business case analysis in the early stages of the project was
useful as it provided a keybenchmark of success after
completion.The ease of use and flexibility of the system has made
it easy for people working at all levelsin the organization to
access asset location information through the browser on their PC.A
close working partnership between the EMC project and technical
teams and Picosoftplayed an essential role in the projects
success.
Abrem Developments Ltd.Trading as Picosoft-SolutionsE2 Nutgrove
Business Park,Nutgrove Avenue,Dublin 14,Ireland
E [email protected] +353 (0) 1 291 6256F +353 (0) 1
291 0905
W www.picosoft-solutions.com
Monitoring and tracking assets in a complex environment presents
many challenges. Picosofts solution was innovative and delivered on
agreed objectives
(Tom Conway, EMC Corporation)
Solutions
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