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Dataworks
monthly newsletter - 8th edition
Welcome
to the April issue of our newsletter and particularly to all
of the new subscribers that have recently signed-up. We hope
that you will enjoy this month's readings.
In
this issue, you will find a small selection of projects that
we are working on at the moment as well as 'The Leading Edge'
technology news, this month about 'RFID' technology. Should
you want to unsubscribe, simply click on the link provided
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 Dataworks
was invited to represent Waterford City Enterprise Board
at the launch of the review of the boards throughout Ireland
earlier this year. Pictured here alongside Tánaiste
Mary Harney (Irish Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment)
is Brian Robinson, Dataworks and Bill Rafter, Waterford City
Enterprise Board. Established in 1995, Dataworks has since
been leading the way in the area of bespoke software development
in the South East and is proud to be associated with such
an event and to have been selected as Waterford's business
ambassador.
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Dataworks
helps Aventis Pharma in their cost cutting effort by developing
a made-to-measure software solution to address their need
for increased control and accuracy in the automation of their
engineering stores and maintenance functions. The system also
allows Aventis to track maintenance hours and apportion costs
to cost centres and equipment codes. The developed application
also integrates with SAP, updating order, delivery and invoicing
details. The Aventis Pharma Engineering Stores Application
was developed over the last 3 months and installed successfully
earlier this month.
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Irish
clothing brand, Mananan approached Dataworks to produce
an innovative and industry-first website. The Mananan
website will serve as promotional tool and on-line shop for
the brand as well as playing host to an original on-line competition
in which internationally renowned big wave surfers will be
expected to participate at. On-line credit card payment processing
& shopping cart, a community forum, dynamic news, user
registration/login, images upload, video streaming, on-line
poll and a content management system are just some of the
features that will be developed by Dataworks in asp.NET to
support the competition and Mananan brand.
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Radio
Frequency Identity (RFID) is fast becoming one of the top planned
IT investment priorities for manufacturers, logistics companies
and even retailers. RFID technology consists of two principal elements:
the tag and the reader. The tag is made up of a microchip and an
antenna. The information stored in the tag is read by the reader
when passing within proximity using UHF frequency (like the old
radios). Ultimately, a product can be tracked trough the whole supply
chain, from manufacturing to purchase and even its disposal.
The
technology is already in place in a number of manufacturing facilities
here in Ireland but will become more widespread over the coming
years as the tags will become cheaper with the rising demand. Studies
have shown that this technology can reduce the cost of handling
large returnable items (such as pallets etc.) to up to 8.5% with
a payback time of between two or three years based on the current
cost of a tag. Some software issues still remain, such as the integration
of the technology with an existing IT infrastructure as the technology
has not yet reached maturity.
Dataworks
has recently developed a series of bespoke solutions for a Waterford-based
multinational engineering company, which address these issues, bridging
the gap between their existing system and the RFID technology that
they currently have in place.
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