Advantech - Embedded Software Solutions

Logistics

Logistics service can be greatly improved by accurate delivery, speedy shipment, flexible dispatching, and efficient data management. A package delivery or cargo company can manage its customer’s services better if the data can be reached real-time at different locations. The mobile computing device, MobiPanel™ combined with database allows dispatching staffs to check the shipment themselves and confirm the pickup by the recipients.

Integrating with GSM and GPS, MobiPanel™ can simultaneously transfer the data to the control and database centers from the local destinations. The application of GPS will provide the traveling staffs with positioning, tracking, and map functions, the delivery company can control shipment status, ensuring their staffs and the goods are arrived on time and fulfilling the field staffs’ navigation needs.

• Dispatching
• Shipment and pickup status monitoring
• Package tracking
• Database management
• Real-time data transfer

Warehousing

Wireless solutions are ideally suited for facilitating immediate collection on high-value data. A typical application is for inventory control. By replacing manual inventory system with wireless handheld devices, the procedures can take advantage of mobile computing technology at the speed beyond our prediction. The mobilization and relatively low costs of handheld devices are driving corporations to deploy them in workplaces. With the introduction of Advantech's mobile computing platform, the traditional method of hand-counting inventory once a month will be obsolete and replaced with the

use of wireless handheld devices, which will highly facilitate warehouse management. The tasks can be accomplished within a couple minutes and these data can also be refreshed/updated/obtained whenever needed.

• Routing
• Accounting
• Distribution
• Inventory tracking
• Data updating, accessing and acquisition

Manufacturing

With the development of mobile computing devices and automation applications, this industry has realized that deploying mobilized technology in their manufacturing and product status reporting system is not a dream any more. Now the automation engineers can easily carry out the tasks.
It is our aim to improve the working status and enhance the communication between the remote engineers by providing more convenient mobile computing devices like Advantech MobiPanel ™100, and at the same time lower the communication costs.

• Production status monitoring and reporting
• Remote monitoring
• Real-time data acquisition

Transportation

Ailrines and railway companies have initiated the implementation of the hand-held computing devices on their wireless network. Advantech's MobiPanel™100 is among the candidates and has already won high regard. If MobiPanel™100 is chosen, it will be used by the agents at the check-in gates and on the airport/train stations. According to the team in-charge, the objective of using wireless devices is to improve productivity, reduce

passenger line-ups and take-off delays, speed up baggage handling process, reduce lost bags and improve passenger security and service.

• Ticketing
• Schedule information
• Baggage handling
• Maintenance status

Field service

CAD mobility has long been desired by utility field industry professionals for its convenience in improving efficiencies, and regarded as an indicator to the nation's evolvement towards the eWorld. The integration of Advantech's mobile computing platform with the CAD system becomes an ideal solution in connecting field professionals to the control and data centers with the latest wireless technology.

• Public Service Administration: Gas/Water/Electricity Supplying Systems, Sewage Treatment etc.
• Civil Service Administration: Draining system, Flood Control System,
• Road Construction, Street-lamp Construction, etc. Disaster/Emergency Treatment System

Medical / Healthcare

Mobile and wireless solutions are not only ensuring professional practice, but also gaining patient trust in the healthcare arena. These healthcare professionals are increasing using mobile computing devices, which are connected to hospital LANs through wireless mobiles, to provide instant service to patients in hospitals, or remotely through GPRS and GSM telecommunication technology.

• Patient data retrieval, research, acquisition
• Data transmission from ambulance to hospital and vice versa
• Remote prescription service
• Routine bed-side treatment
• Emergency medical service

Hospitality

Modern restaurants and hotels have been deploying wireless mobile handheld devices for their field sales forces to improve services and manage service cost-effectively. Guests no longer need to queue up for check-in at the front desk. The crews will simply and quickly check the guests in with wireless handheld devices anywhere in the restaurants or hotels. On top of that, field sales can immediately confirm the availability of restaurant conference rooms or suit rooms with their GPRS/GSM equipped handheld devices.

• Guest check-in
• Restaurant/ Hotel reservation
• Synchronize sales force remotely