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UK tech Skills Academy needs YOU
News We've sort of lost the shop floor here in the UK. The government has given the go ahead for a National Skills Academy for IT set to open next year - but the real work is only just beginning. The National... [08 Oct 2008]
CIOs rate MBAs
News They acknowledged it was no substitute for skills and experience gained on the shop floor, but it did provide a fresh perspective. In the latest silicon.com CIO Jury poll, the 12-strong panel of IT... [19 Aug 2008]
Red Cross invests in Epos system
News Azzopardi told silicon.com the tills will also act as a communication tool to staff on the shop floor. The British Red Cross has signed a deal with Cybertill to install up to 430 electronic point of sale... [14 Jul 2008]
TJ Hughes buys into email to slash admin costs
News At the moment, they are restricted to putting a telephone call through to head office, keeping them away from the shop floor. Discount department store chain TJ Hughes has managed to save more than... [14 May 2008]
Carphone Warehouse gears up for Christmas
News CPW is part-way through a data integration project with Informatica to improve the availability of customer data down to the shop floor. Demand for the Apple iPhone at the Carphone Warehouse (CPW) is... [22 Nov 2007]
Fortnum & Mason replaces LAN
News If we need to expand [shop floor space], we can do that. Luxury department store Fortnum & Mason has replaced its LAN infrastructure as part of a massive store refurbishment costing £24m. The fixed and... [19 Nov 2007]
Marks sparks IT revamp with multimillion deal
News Based on a Java platform, the Beanstore application is designed to provide a high degree of flexibility, with a user interface that can be configured for multiple store formats and for on-the-shop-floor... [14 Aug 2007]
Virgin Retail to save £500,000 with inventory system
News The retailer expects to save £315,000 in stock-outs in the first 12 months and £240,000 in saved man-hours on the shop floor. Virgin Retail hopes to save up to £550,000 by implementing an inventory... [29 Mar 2007]
Marks & Spencer extends RFID tagging nationwide
News M&S uses mobile scanners to scan garment tags on the shop floor, and portals at distribution centres and the loading bays of stores allow rails of hanging garments to be pushed through and read at speed. [14 Nov 2006]
RFID privacy law on the cards?
News RFID tags can be used in supply chains to help companies track their stock from the supplier to the shop floor, and possibly beyond. Many individuals and organisations are concerned about the privacy... [18 Oct 2006]
Bookshop tags texts with RFID
News Each of the books in BGN's Almere store is chipped and a second store, in Maastricht, will soon go the same way, allowing the retailer to track each book from its central warehouse to the shop floor. The... [11 Oct 2006]
Tesco to trial RFID tags on milk deliveries
News These tags will be read at key points in the supply chain, including as the trolleys leave RWD, when they arrive at a Tesco store and as they move onto the shop floor. Tesco is to start using RFID tags... [01 Jun 2006]
How Nasa gets the right stuff out of software
News Making sure you are talking to the right people is also vital - and these people are often not the mangers but the people actually out on the shop floor. The key to success when it comes to business... [26 Apr 2006]
Tesco flirts with RFID for products and vehicles
News Supermarket giant Tesco is looking into the possibility of adding RFID tracking tags to its shop-floor products and lorries. John Clarke, group technology director at Tesco, said this week that the chain... [09 Jun 2005]
Desktop Linux 9 ready for release
News In this first Linux desktop product sold by Novell, the company is selling primarily to companies that have people who use Unix engineering workstations or employees who have a "fixed function" PC that performs a few tasks in a call... [08 Nov 2004]
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