The imperative of traceability

December 22nd, 2002
PW: What is an EAN-128 code?

TONY: It’s a barcode symbol, used on traded units or pallets, which allows additional information to be held about the product, as well as the article number.
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Milestone for AIMS

December 4th, 2002
Early on 2nd December, the AIMS hub routed its 250,000th message – quite a milestone.

Here are some other interesting statistics on the current usage of AIMS:
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BCP links to Cashmaster for automated cashing-up

October 4th, 2002

BCP has enhanced its retail solution – Accord – Retailer– to offer faster, more accurate cash control and cash reconciliation procedures for its retail clients.
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Real-time rewards

September 4th, 2002
Musgrave Cash and Carry have just completed a country-wide rollout of a new Radio Frequency (RF) back-bone to their central and satellite depots within Ireland. The first phase finished mid 2002 and plans are afoot to build upon the infrastructure already in place as the year progresses.
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BCP partners with VoiteQ

September 4th, 2002
BCP has chosen VoiteQ to be its technology partner for Voice Recognition Systems. VoiteQ is the UK distributor of the Talkman Wearable Voice Terminal developed and manufactured by Vocollect in Pittsburgh.
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Mispicks can drop by 80%

August 22nd, 2002
Voice technology has been around for a while, but only now do wholesalers seem to be implementing it. BCP’s Tony Beales answers our questions on the subject.
Tony has been involved with Supply Chain Solutions for over 20 years. BCP is a leading provider of supply chain and e-business solutions.

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Capper & Co benefits from AIMS

July 4th, 2002

Retail Distribution Company, Capper & Co. Ltd., is reporting significant cost savings and substantial improvements in its information flow as a result of implementing BCP’s new Accord Internet Messaging Service - AIMS – across its entire estate of company owned stores.
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BCP launches AIMS to the Progress Community in Chicago

June 4th, 2002
Following BCP’s acclaimed session on XML and Messaging technology to the Progress Exchange 2000 conference in San Diego two years ago, BCP returned to Progress Worldwide Exchange 2002 in Chicago to present the finished product:AIMS (Accord Internet Messaging Service).
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