http://forum.odette.org The Odette Forum is both an information repository for Odette recommendations and services and a collaboration platform for the Odette community, including committee and project group members or users who want to implement Odette recommendations and are looking for help or support. If you are a new user of the Forum you can find more information by clicking on the 'Read More' link below. daily 1 2008-07-12T15:28:27Z http://forum.odette.org/global-rfid-item-level-standard Odette and AIAG have joined forces to publish this standard which describes best practices, processes, and methods for item identification, verification, traceability, product characteristics, and Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) throughout the global automotive supply chain. No publisher StephB Recent News 2012-01-06T18:04:41Z News Item http://forum.odette.org/updates-to-rfid-recommendations-published Version 2 of RFID for Tracking of Parts and Assemblies and RFID in Supply Chain Container Management are now available from download from the publication area. The major reason for this revision is the creation of a new Data Identifiers documented in ANSI MH10.8.2. No publisher StephB Recent News 2012-01-05T09:55:30Z News Item http://forum.odette.org/auto-gration-conference-registration-now-open Attend the auto-gration Conference free of charge in Stuttgart on 15/16 March. The Conference will target key stakeholders from the automotive and ICT industries and will include an official ceremony for the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding among these stakeholders. No publisher StephB Recent News 2012-01-04T18:10:22Z News Item http://forum.odette.org/we-are-moving It is with mixed emotions that we announce that we are leaving our current headquarters in Forbes House, Belgravia to relocate to more modern and swish facilities in Victoria. No publisher StephB Recent News 2011-08-04T14:28:48Z News Item http://forum.odette.org/report-on-odette2011 The annual Odette conference and exhibition held in Lyon, France on 23-24th May was yet another great success. It was simply summed up by Pascal Born, Global Supply Chain Solutions Director at Caterpillar Logistics who said afterwards..…”Many good subjects and presentations and great opportunities for networking and exchanging with others from similar industries with similar challenges”. No publisher StephB Recent News 2011-07-06T12:10:03Z News Item http://forum.odette.org/news/comparison-of-file-transfer-alternatives-just-published The Odette Technology Committee created a Project Team to study the preferred standardised solutions for file transfer alternatives for future B2B data exchange within the European Automotive Industry. There were a number of specific reasons why this initiative was undertaken: No publisher StephB Recent News 2011-07-06T12:05:49Z News Item http://forum.odette.org/global-transport-label-v3-now-available Today’s global automotive suppliers ship to vehicle manufacturers around the world. This means that suppliers must often follow widely differing container labeling requirements, depending on the location of their customer’s operations. Studies show that unnecessary variations in this basic business process, multiplied by millions of parts transported every day, can lead to millions of dollars in added supply-chain costs each year. Members of automotive industry associations from Europe (Odette), Japan (JAMA/JAPIA) and North America (AIAG), have worked together to address this common problem. No publisher StephB Recent News 2011-01-17T13:14:30Z News Item http://forum.odette.org/news/oftp2-capable-suppliers Publicise your OFTP2 capabilty (free of charge) by registering your company in the Odette OFTP2 Directory. No publisher StephB Recent News 2010-10-22T07:45:10Z News Item http://forum.odette.org/new-publication-rfid-in-vehicle-distribution-processes-1 This recommendation covers the use of RFID and the information necessary for vehicle distribution processes, beginning with the vehicle leaving the production line and ending with delivery to the dealership. It provides guidelines for the standardisation of the dispatch data for vehicle distribution and the representation of this data in an RFID system. No publisher StephB Recent News 2010-11-15T10:38:56Z News Item http://forum.odette.org/sesam Odette has just published its recommendation for Federated Identity Management in the Automotive Industry. The recommendation is the culmination of work by an Odette project team comprising BMW, Daimler, Bosch, Hella, ZF and Covisint supported by PingIdentity, Siemens, and Microsoft. The idea of Federated Identity Management is to enable Single-Sign-On (SSO) functionality across different security infrastructures in a standardised way. It is an enabling technology for addressing the demands of new business models (e.g. virtual companies, joint development programs, co-operation between companies etc.) No publisher StephB Recent News 2010-11-15T10:22:44Z News Item http://forum.odette.org/news/data-exchange-via-portals-and-edi-survey-results-published Odette has conducted an extensive survey on the use of portal applications and EDI for data exchange in the automotive industry. The results are now published. No publisher JoergW Recent News 2010-11-15T10:24:35Z News Item http://forum.odette.org/news/oftp2-integration-in-communication-solutions OFTP2 is becoming the communications protocol of choice for an increasing number of automotive companies. Providers of communications solutions are integrating OFTP2 in their products to meet this demand. No publisher StephB Recent News 2010-09-27T09:29:32Z News Item