IBM implementing innovative solution for HPCL

BANGALORE: IBM on Thursday announced that it is implementing an innovative Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)-based solution for Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL).

HPCL will leverage IBM's technology expertise to deploy an end-to-end tracking solution based on RFID technology at HPCL's Nashik plant, an IBM statement said.

This USD 2.2 million deal is one of the single-largest implementations in India for RFID-based tracking solution and involves infrastructure services, business consulting services and middleware solution from IBM, it said.

Under this agreement, IBM will design, deploy and integrate the RFID solution for tracking LPG cylinders from plant to the end-consumer. The solution will streamline the process of identification of LPG cylinders during bottling, distribution and supply chain, and is expected to cover 500,000 cylinders in the initial phase.