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Managing MRO And Tools: Are You Ready For The Wave?
11/4/2010
So it is a 95-degree, beautiful, sunny day on the California coast, and you decide to go surfing with a few buddies. The surf has been much better, but it is not too bad and certainly enough to have a good time. By Robert Holmes, WinWare, Inc.
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Managing MRO And Tools: Are You Ready For The Wave?
11/4/2010
So it is a 95-degree, beautiful, sunny day on the California coast, and you decide to go surfing with a few buddies. The surf has been much better, but it is not too bad and certainly enough to have a good time. By Robert Holmes, WinWare, Inc.
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RFID-Based Materials Management - Supply Side Economics
9/27/2010
Every EPC firm or owner I speak with tells me the same thing: "The supplier is the best person to attach the RFID tag to the pre-engineered component before it arrives at the site." Every supplier I speak with asks the same questions: "How hard will it be for my employees to learn to attach the RFID tags and how long will it take?" By Jon Chesser and Vincent Hsieh, Atlas RFID Solutions
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Guest Series Part 3: RFID-Based Materials Management - Supply Side Economics
9/27/2010
Every EPC firm or owner I speak with tells me the same thing: "The supplier is the best person to attach the RFID tag to the pre-engineered component before it arrives at the site." Every supplier I speak with asks the same questions: "How hard will it be for my employees to learn to attach the RFID tags and how long will it take?" By Jon Chesser and Vincent Hsieh, Atlas RFID Solutions
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The New MRO Normal — Doing More With Less
9/13/2010
We hear a lot about the "new normal" in business these days. Most often this term is used to describe our new economic outlook. It is also used to describe the new business outlook. I have even seen it used to describe the changing temperatures on our planet. And these may all be big-picture truths. It is hard to deny that there truly is a "new normal" for each of these facets of life. But what does "new normal" mean beyond the big picture? What does it mean to our everyday lives? To our work? To the management of MRO (maintenance, repair, and operations) materials? By Robert Holmes, Marketing Director, WinWare, Inc.
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Guest Column: The New MRO Normal — Doing More With Less
9/13/2010
We hear a lot about the "new normal" in business these days. Most often this term is used to describe our new economic outlook. It is also used to describe the new business outlook. I have even seen it used to describe the changing temperatures on our planet. And these may all be big-picture truths. It is hard to deny that there truly is a "new normal" for each of these facets of life. But what does "new normal" mean beyond the big picture? What does it mean to our everyday lives? To our work? To the management of MRO (maintenance, repair, and operations) materials? By Robert Holmes, Marketing Director, WinWare, Inc.
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Guest Series Part 2: RFID-Based Materials Management - A Game Of "What If"
8/9/2010
No matter how effective a manual system may seem, because the recording of material movement is not automated, data becomes obsolete very quickly. To make matters worse, unique material identification numbers are often hand-written, painted, or etched onto material and can become faded, smeared, removed, or hidden by other materials or elements like grass, dirt, or snow. Thus, manual tracking of pre-engineered components leads to increased instances of components that are "not immediately found," which leads to higher costs and decreased productivity. By Jon Chesser and Vincent Hsieh, Atlas RFID Solutions
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RFID-Based Materials Management - A Game Of "What If"
8/9/2010
No matter how effective a manual system may seem, because the recording of material movement is not automated, data becomes obsolete very quickly. To make matters worse, unique material identification numbers are often hand-written, painted, or etched onto material and can become faded, smeared, removed, or hidden by other materials or elements like grass, dirt, or snow. Thus, manual tracking of pre-engineered components leads to increased instances of components that are "not immediately found," which leads to higher costs and decreased productivity. By Jon Chesser and Vincent Hsieh, Atlas RFID Solutions
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Guest Series Part 1: RFID-Based Materials Management - An Overview
7/15/2010
Tracking and monitoring the location of construction assets on a jobsite is vitally important to project executives, owners, contractors, and suppliers. Yet this activity is a commonly overlooked aspect of field data acquisition. Timely and precise information about the status of critical assets such as pre-engineered components, equipment, tools, and labor resources allow contractors to bid more competitively on projects, and are directly related to the successful and profitable completion of a project. By Jon Chesser and Vincent Hsieh, Atlas RFID Solutions
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RFID-Based Materials Management — An Overview
7/15/2010
Tracking and monitoring the location of construction assets on a jobsite is vitally important to project executives, owners, contractors, and suppliers. Yet this activity is a commonly overlooked aspect of field data acquisition. Timely and precise information about the status of critical assets such as pre-engineered components, equipment, tools, and labor resources allow contractors to bid more competitively on projects, and are directly related to the successful and profitable completion of a project. By Jon Chesser and Vincent Hsieh, Atlas RFID Solutions
