 "Savi Releases SmartChain 6.0 To Simplify RFID Integration")
Lockheed Martin’s Savi Technology has released Savi SmartChain 6.0, a software application for managing assets, inventory and shipments both within facilities and throughout the global supply chain. Savi’s sixth-generation software drives ‘just-in-time’ operations by providing decision makers with up-to-date information about the location, condition and security of their assets.
Savi has also announced the availability of two other Savi innovations - a new type of active RFID Real Time Locating System and hybrid RFID/ SatCom GlobalTag.
SmartChain 6.0 is designed to ease the integration of Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) technologies, such as bar codes, IUID, RFID, GPS and sensors, into existing business processes. Savi also offers a software toolkit, which includes source for the applications, to make it simpler to add and transform real-time data from AIDC technologies. The result is an adaptable product for customers to continuously improve the performance, security and condition of assets moving both within facilities and throughout the supply chain.
Savi SmartChain 6.0 features a refreshed user interface built using Web 2.0 tools and techniques. Upon login, users see a dashboard summary of automated alerts and analytics tailored for that user. Adaptive Applications support the ability to update database structures, modify workflows, adjust business rules, customise nomenclature, and add completely new capabilities to the application. All of these SmartChain 6.0 adaptations will be supported in future product upgrades.
Also, SmartChain includes a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) framework that supports the exchange of business intelligence with other legacy systems.