The move streamlines the transfer of RFID data collected by TransitionWorks into E-Business applications.NCR is integrating its TransitionWorks for RFID and Mobility solution with the E-Business Suite from Oracle.
Announced April 17 at the RFID Journal Live convention in Las Vegas, the integration streamlines the transfer of radio-frequency identification data collected by TransitionWorks into E-Business order fulfillment and supply chain management applications.
“With some of our customers being the largest retailers in the world and having RFID mandates and already using the NCR TransitionWorks platform to meet them, we decided to go ahead and integrate that functionality into our back-end systems, which happen to be Oracle,” said Terry Massey, director of marketing for NCR’s AIDC Group. “It makes sense to be a user of our own products.”
Massey said NCR launched the integration with two main goals: gaining the ability to sell into the Oracle customer base and integrating TransitionWorks with the Oracle E-Business Suite modules that NCR uses at its own central fulfillment center—inventory, shipping and order fulfillment.
“Oracle thought it was good idea and assisted us,” Massey said. “The whole process took three weeks.”
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