IBM (International Business Machines Corporation) has acquired two major projects from Honda Italia Industriale and Pliant Corporation to develop RFID software and chips for asset tracking and detect tampering.
Honda Italia Industriale, a division of Honda Motor Co. and global leader in the two wheels worldwide market would implement RFID technology and infrastructure of IBM to transform and innovate the production processes at its plant situated in Atessa, Italy.
With IBM RFID solutions, Honda Italia aims at improving efficiency and accuracy in managing its large motorcycle and scooter production in Italy.
Schaumburg, Ill-based Pliant has implemented an RFID platform pilot program of IBM to track shipments between the two technical centers and consumer sites and detect tampering in its stretch-wrapping products.
The company is adopting IBM software to keep track of RFID-marked cargo-everything from cereal boxes to diapers. The RFID solution makes Pliant to use handheld devices to track products and identify potential tampering in real-time.
