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Zebra Technologies and IBS Partner to Provide End-to-End Safety and Logistics Planning Solution to Oil and Gas Industry
BOURNE END, England, September 28, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Partnership leverages Zebra's real-time location solution to
improve speed and accuracy of mustering or evacuation events
Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA), a recognised global
leader in solutions that extend visibility into operations and give a
digital voice to physical assets, and IBS, a leading global provider of new
generation IT solutions, today announced a partnership to provide the oil
and gas industry with an end-to-end solution for real-time tracking and
management of personnel and logistics. As a result, customers will secure
real-time location of personnel, automated process counts and improved speed
and accuracy in muster or evacuation events.
The partnership makes the Personnel Safety Solution (PSS) from Zebra
Technologies the preferred technology to be utilised with IBS' iLogistics, a
comprehensive personnel-on-board (POB) solution that controls planning,
scheduling and tracking the deployment of personnel for the upstream oil and
gas industry. Zebra's solution, which offers real-time visibility into the
location and identification of personnel within the oil and gas production
environment, improves safety practices and incident prevention. When used in
tandem with iLogistics, real-time visibility is extended from the oil and
gas production facility itself to also include logistical in-transit moves
to and from off-shore facilities.
"We are excited to partner with Zebra and provide our customers with a
more robust, end-to-end solution for efficient and automated logistics
planning and tracking," said Ramesh D Nair, Sr. General Manager, Oil and Gas
Business, IBS Software. "As a result, our customers will experience
increased productivity with minimal manual data entry, as the tracking
information from PSS seamlessly flows into iLogistics. Moreover personnel
will be automatically accounted for in real-time, vastly improving safety
measures."
IBS and Zebra are already providing oil and gas customers with the
integrated PSS and iLogistics solution. Those organisations now have an
automated process for counting and reconciling personnel in muster zones,
allowing for a quicker identification and location of missing personnel and
the elimination of human error. This improved personnel visibility and
management can equate to reduced non-compliance fines, increased safety,
better incident reporting, and faster evacuation management as well as a
significant reduction in incident reconstruction and reporting costs.
"We are very pleased to partner with IBS, a recognised logistics
planning leader in the oil and gas industry," said Stephen Logue, vice
president of sales and services for Zebra. "The location data our RFID-based
solution captures and feeds into the iLogistics application enables oil and
gas companies to not only automate and enhance existing safety and logistics
processes, but also glean powerful business intelligence for smarter
business decisions."
About Zebra Technologies
A global leader respected for innovation and reliability, Zebra
Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA) provides enabling technologies that
allow customers to take smarter actions. Providing greater visibility into
mission-critical information about assets, people and transactions, our
extensive portfolio includes bar code, receipt, card, kiosk and RFID
printers and supplies, as well as real-time location solutions. For more
information about Zebra's solutions, visit http://www.zebra.com.
About IBS
IBS is a leading global provider of new generation IT solutions to the
Travel, Transportation and Logistics industries. A specialist in the domain,
IBS offers a range of products and services that manage mission critical
operations of airlines and airports that help them increase safety, maximise
efficiency, improve revenue, manage growth and reduce costs. SEI CMMI Level
5 and PCMM Level 5 assessed, ISO 9001:2008, TickIT and ISO 27001:2005
certified, IBS operates from 10 global business centers in the Americas,
Europe, Asia-Pacific and Middle East and Africa. http://www.ibsplc.com
Source: Zebra Technologies
Contact: Sue Lynn Goh/Alex Budge, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, Email: zebra@uk.ogilvypr.com, T: +44(0)207-309-1016/101
Zebra Technologies and IBS Partner to Provide End-to-End Safety and Logistics Planning Solution to Oil and Gas Industry
BOURNE END, England, September 28, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Partnership leverages Zebra's real-time location solution to
improve speed and accuracy of mustering or evacuation events
Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA), a recognised global
leader in solutions that extend visibility into operations and give a
digital voice to physical assets, and IBS, a leading global provider of new
generation IT solutions, today announced a partnership to provide the oil
and gas industry with an end-to-end solution for real-time tracking and
management of personnel and logistics. As a result, customers will secure
real-time location of personnel, automated process counts and improved speed
and accuracy in muster or evacuation events.
The partnership makes the Personnel Safety Solution (PSS) from Zebra
Technologies the preferred technology to be utilised with IBS' iLogistics, a
comprehensive personnel-on-board (POB) solution that controls planning,
scheduling and tracking the deployment of personnel for the upstream oil and
gas industry. Zebra's solution, which offers real-time visibility into the
location and identification of personnel within the oil and gas production
environment, improves safety practices and incident prevention. When used in
tandem with iLogistics, real-time visibility is extended from the oil and
gas production facility itself to also include logistical in-transit moves
to and from off-shore facilities.
"We are excited to partner with Zebra and provide our customers with a
more robust, end-to-end solution for efficient and automated logistics
planning and tracking," said Ramesh D Nair, Sr. General Manager, Oil and Gas
Business, IBS Software. "As a result, our customers will experience
increased productivity with minimal manual data entry, as the tracking
information from PSS seamlessly flows into iLogistics. Moreover personnel
will be automatically accounted for in real-time, vastly improving safety
measures."
IBS and Zebra are already providing oil and gas customers with the
integrated PSS and iLogistics solution. Those organisations now have an
automated process for counting and reconciling personnel in muster zones,
allowing for a quicker identification and location of missing personnel and
the elimination of human error. This improved personnel visibility and
management can equate to reduced non-compliance fines, increased safety,
better incident reporting, and faster evacuation management as well as a
significant reduction in incident reconstruction and reporting costs.
"We are very pleased to partner with IBS, a recognised logistics
planning leader in the oil and gas industry," said Stephen Logue, vice
president of sales and services for Zebra. "The location data our RFID-based
solution captures and feeds into the iLogistics application enables oil and
gas companies to not only automate and enhance existing safety and logistics
processes, but also glean powerful business intelligence for smarter
business decisions."
About Zebra Technologies
A global leader respected for innovation and reliability, Zebra
Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA) provides enabling technologies that
allow customers to take smarter actions. Providing greater visibility into
mission-critical information about assets, people and transactions, our
extensive portfolio includes bar code, receipt, card, kiosk and RFID
printers and supplies, as well as real-time location solutions. For more
information about Zebra's solutions, visit http://www.zebra.com.
About IBS
IBS is a leading global provider of new generation IT solutions to the
Travel, Transportation and Logistics industries. A specialist in the domain,
IBS offers a range of products and services that manage mission critical
operations of airlines and airports that help them increase safety, maximise
efficiency, improve revenue, manage growth and reduce costs. SEI CMMI Level
5 and PCMM Level 5 assessed, ISO 9001:2008, TickIT and ISO 27001:2005
certified, IBS operates from 10 global business centers in the Americas,
Europe, Asia-Pacific and Middle East and Africa. http://www.ibsplc.com
Source: Zebra Technologies
Contact: Sue Lynn Goh/Alex Budge, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, Email: zebra@uk.ogilvypr.com, T: +44(0)207-309-1016/101