Eastman Goes Wireless
Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, TN; www.eastman.com) is adding wireless capabilities to its warehouse inventory management system in Kingsport by implementing Symbol Technologies' (Holtsville, NY; www.symbol.com) Intrinsically Safe (I-Safe) mobile computing solution. I-Safe offers an alternative to the traditional paper-based model of gathering data by linking warehouse bar code scanners directly to Eastman's enterprise resource planning system. Additional Eastman plants in the U.S., U.K., Asia Pacific and Latin America are expected to come on line next year.
Shell Seeks Planalytics
Shell Chemical LP (Houston, TX; www.shellchemicals.com) has li- censed Planalytics GasBuyer, a web-- delivered risk-management tool, developed by Planalytics Inc. (Wayne, PA; www.planalytics.com) to help weather the volatile natural gas market. GasBuyer uses long-range climate forecasts and inventory change projections, weekly storage data, real-- time contract pricing, and advanced neural network technologies to evaluate gas prices for the coming months.
BOC Edwards Launches A B2B Marketplace
BOC Edwards (West Sussex, U.K.) has launched a marketplace (clearance.bocedwards.com) where customers can purchase refurbished or inventory-clearance equipment for the semiconductor-processing and industrial-vacuum markets. Built upon FairMarket, Inc.'s (Woburn, MA; www.fairmarket.com) business-to-- business (B2B) e-commerce platform, the site allows customers to purchase products through online auctions and fixed-price listings.
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