Harvesting Integration to Feed the World

February 27, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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wheat harvestIn the last decade, the world population has increased by more than 700 million to reach seven billion today. And by 2050, there will be two billion more people to feed. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), food insecurity is a major global concern today. With food consumption exceeding the amount grown for six of the past 11 years, countries have run down reserves by more than 30%.

Manage Risk to Increase Food Security

World grain reserves in the United States and other food-exporting countries have gone so low, that severe weather and extended calamities can cripple the food supply chain. Add to this tough scenario, the complexity, risk, and uncertainty inherent in agriculture and commodity supply chains. Managing and mitigating these risks – production, market, macro-economic, regulation – will play a significant role in determining the food security and safety for the billions of our population. [Read more...]

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TIBCO Innovates in Real Time for Global Carrier CargoSmart

November 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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“Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in so short a time.” Bill Gates uttered these words and they could not be truer for TIBCO. The famously successful businessman is no stranger to innovation, and today there is great promise for new and exciting technological advancements. As a leading provider of infrastructure software, TIBCO knows it is important to innovate and help other companies innovate to become event-enabled enterprises. One such company is Hong Kong-based CargoSmart Limited, an ocean-carrier transportation portal that allows customers to master the challenging “end-to-end” shipping process that requires multi-carrier shipping to connect seller and buyer.

Gates’ words are not just inspiring, but an idea CargoSmart realizes is vital to the success in the transportation industry. Not only does innovation promise to bring “so much to so many” in this day and age, but CargoSmart has to ensure that their shipments are being received by “so many” of their customers in a timely and efficient manner. CargoSmart uses a TIBCO-based platform to create products and respond to events in real time. Also, CargoSmart built a collaborative platform for the company on tibbr – TIBCO’s social computing tool for the workplace. Because of TIBCO’s help, CargoSmart has the ability to cut transportation management costs, automate and streamline operations, and reduce the risk of late or mismanaged shipments. [Read more...]

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Fastest Cars in the World Rely on Pirelli Tires

July 18, 2012 by 1 Comment
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A Pirelli-supported team smashed the outright circuit lap record at the Australian GT Championship at Winton. “We’re very happy with the pace of the Pirelli,” Maranello Motorsport engineer Pat Cahill commented post-event. “Jonny Reid hadn’t driven on the Pirelli before, and he was impressed with the pace and consistency of the tire.”

Let’s take it to the highest level: FORMULA ONE racing have the fastest on Earth – cars with speeds up to 220 mph with frequent hairpin turns, often on slick tracks. Milan-based Pirelli – exclusive tire supplier to FORMULA ONE racing through 2013 – uses TIBCO technology to circulate essential, real-time race data to FORMULA ONE Management (FOM) and FORMULA ONE teams.

Pirelli Decides to Speed Things Up With TIBCO Technology

With TIBCO, Pirelli became faster and more accurate in collecting, sorting, analyzing, and reporting key performance indicators (KPIs). Data processes that once consumed 90 days, now through integration, take just 30 minutes to generate the latest KPIs on business units and individual products. With these real-time indicators now readily available enterprise-wide, decision makers not only see Pirelli more clearly – they manage it more skillfully.

Pirelli’s reliance on TIBCO’s real-time data backbone doesn’t stop at the FORMULA ONE circuit; it extends to the marketplace, where competitive pressures are equally intense.  In the case of Pirelli, “21st-century efficiencies” mean integrating a global network of some 10,000 distributors and retailers. Every time Pirelli integrates a distributor into the system, the company boosts profitable growth.

TIBCO integration made Pirelli more profitable by balancing inventories to ensure that each time a customer enters a store, the right tires are in stock – no more, no less.  With TIBCO-powered integration, Pirelli gathers optimized results on the race track, generates new profit, and optimizes work processes and information flow to reduce total costs of ownership for its distributors.

“We capture practice sessions, qualifying sessions, top speeds, lap times, intermediates, flags, accidents, and the position of each car on the track and in the pit lane. The engineer of each team uses this real-time data to better understand the car, the track, and how to optimize performance. It’s an advantage enabled by Pirelli’s TIBCO integration.” 

– Fabrizio Orioli, Pirelli’s Integration Service Manager

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