refers to all services and other activities around warehouse. Here, an entire industry has emerged, offering storage as a service and takes over the management of the goods (order processing, shipping, returns) for third parties. This offers advantages for both sides: The seller of the product saves money, because he does not have to operate his own warehouses.
The storage provider on the other hand can utilize its capacity optimally, by offering its warehousing services to various third parties.
For the special requirements of storage in warehouses TIS offers the mobile software solution TISLOG intra.

In retail and in warehouses, warehouse management systems are used to process orders in a software-controlled and automated manner. The software records stocks and flows of goods. Thanks to the warehouse management system, the user always has an overview of the number and type of articles sold and existing stocks in the warehouse.
The correct and complete recording of goods is the prerequisite for the functionality of a warehouse management system. This is done by human workers, often through scanning.
With the Wavelink terminal emulation, barcode scanners can access the ERP system directly.

Disposal logistics (or reverse logistics) includes all logistical measures for preparation and implementation of disposal. This includes all planning and implementing activities for reuse, recycling and proper disposal of waste objects. The order management software TISLOG also offers solutions for the field of disposal logistics.

(also: consignment note) is issued by the shipper (sender) and regulates the legal relationship between the sender and the carrier. It is the transport document of the contract of carriage and contains all important information about the sender, receiver and shipping goods. Retained therein, among other things, is the state of the cargo prior to shipment and the amount. Today within Germany instead of a waybill other accompanying documents, such as delivery notes or loading lists, may be carried.
In the European and international freight within CMR Member States the so-called CMR must be carried.

The WiMAX-Standard (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) is a standard of the „Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers“ (IEEE) ´for wireless mobile data communication, specifically for broadband Internet. Theoretically it can exceed a range of over 50 km and a rate of more than 109Mbit/s (at a bandwidth of 28 MHz). Based on WiMAX performance the technology is a possible alternative to DSL lines and UMTS connections. In particular, it is an alternative to DSL networks, in cases in which the installation of cable networks is too expensive.

For this purpose 50,000 Euro WiMax communication towers would have to be erected. The WiMax communication towers have a transmission range of up to 50 km into rural areas. In cities, however, WiMax hotspots would have to be installed every 600 to 900 meters to ensure coverage, due to building interference. It is conceivable that in a few years 10 to 20 cells could be connected to form a local network.

To accelerate the development of this new communication standard as the future alternative to the last mile in the land line area, the communication industry leaders such as Intel, Fujitsu, Siemens and Nokia have already come together to form the WiMAX forum. Currently there is strong WiMAX demand in Latin America, Russia, and India, unlike the tepid demand in Western Europe, because Western Europe is still focused on UMTS.

If and how fast WiMAX will establish itself is still up in the air. It still needs to be determined if different provider and operator networks and devices will be 100 percent compatible. Different interpretation of the standard, for example in individual countries or by the manufacturers, often impede the worldwide sale of systems.

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Regardless if it is in the office or at home, regardless if you are a technician or non-technician, the term “Wireless LAN" or in its abbreviated form “WLAN” is (almost) known to all. This wireless connection to a network is particularly well liked by homeowners who surf and email from their home computer or laptop.

To secure the communications connection with regard to confidentiality of data, a standard has existed for years to encrypt data within WLAN: WEP is short for Wired Equivalent Privacy. The WEP standard, however, has proven to be faulty and has not lived up to security expectations. Many years will however pass before this new standard (802.11i) is fully implemented. This standard was defined as a result of market pressure. This standard only contains the agreed upon and important features of the new 802.11i standard: the WPA Standard.

This WPA encryption technology is significantly more secure than the current WEP standard, which one day may primarily be used by industry. WPA employs a so-called Pre-Shared Key, or PSK. With this key or password, which is defined in advance, the user device (for example a TISWARE mobile device) logs on to the respective AccessPoint. In order to prevent the key from being cracked or misused, new Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (in short: TKIP) keys are assigned in regular intervals.

An additional option in this context is the Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol (in short LEAP). LEAP is a Cisco System proprietary standard. While currently all user devices that are logged on to an access point use the same authentication password, LEAP functionality ensures that each user device has its own authentication information (user name, password) assigned to it. What at first glance appears to be unnecessary additional installation work, can however prove to be a blessing should a key wind up in the hands of unauthorized individuals: Until now, if such a situation arises the password of each individual user device had to be changed, now all that needs to be done is to the change the corresponding key of one single device.

You may ask what this has to do with TIS. Recently the functionality of WPA encryption technology has become an integrated component of our TISLOG software. As soon as hardware (for example your WLAN cards in mobile devices) also support these standards, you will be able to use the WPA encryption. The LEAP standard can also be used within the context of your TISLOG software solution. For more information please contact the TIS GmbH sales and project team.