How were certified business partners of Microsoft Business Solutions involved in the KiMs pilot project?
Schn: Microsoft Business Solutions and its certified business partners work closely together to offer customers access to the highest level of expertise possible. The pilot project developed for KiMs is a compelling example of how collaboration among Microsoft Business Solutions and its partners is beneficial to all concerned – particularly customers. A number of partners were involved in the pilot project for KiMs. One of them, SAMSys, brought an engineering team onsite to do a thorough evaluation of KiMs’ production cycle and barcode system. Based on their findings, the SAMSys engineering team designed and supervised the hardware installation of a UHF RFID pallet tracking system within the finished goods area of the KiMs factory. The data from the SAMSys reader feeds directly into Microsoft Axapta at KiMs, enabling an increase in visibility into the supply chain. Other partners include Avery Dennison, which supplied the write-able RFID tags to be used in the project, and Philips Semi
