RFID software and infrastructure provider OATSystems today announced a partnership with business software giant Oracle Corp. through which the companies will augment the inventory and asset tracking capabilities of Oracle's supply chain and retail software with OAT's RFID technology.
As part of the alliance, OAT has written a new application interface that links its RFID software to Oracle's applications, giving Oracle users real-time visibility into supply chains, distribution centers, work in process, and retail settings, OAT officials told Managing Automation today.
"The goal of the partnership is to allow Oracle customers to extract more value from the applications they use today by increasing visibility into their supply chains," said Paul Cataldo, vice president of marketing at OATSystems.
Oracle users will be able to access OAT's RFID functionality in two ways, said Venkat Krishnamurthy, chief technology officer at OAT. They can directly RFID-enable existing Oracle applications by using the new interface to tap into OAT's software, or they can import OAT RFID capabilities via Web services into Oracle's business process management suite and build their own applications.