Q. Just how easy is it to change your password?

Answer. A lot Harder than you might think! The other week it occurred to me that I really ought to get around to changing the passwords that pretty much control my life. You might think that would be pretty simple, but this “project” has been going for 3...

RFID Equipment Tracking – Part 2

Building on the Harland & Simon Discovery Interface If you’ve read the 1st article in this series then you will be aware of how e-Quip integrates with the Harland Simon Discovery system to provide improved inventory visibility without the need for an...

RFID Equipment Tracking – Part 1

A Practical Solution to Keeping Track of Device Locations You are probably aware of RTLS (Real-Time Locating Systems) technologies which use radio frequency (RF) tags attached to portable devices. At the risk of over-simplification, the tags periodically broadcast an...

Evidence-Based KPI’s – Part 2

Equipment Fault Efficiency Performance Indicators The KPI SIG’s (Special Interest Groups) identified that two main performance indicators were required to describe how effectively equipment faults are dealt with. These are response time and turnaround time. Both...

The 2012 User-Group Meeting

Clinical Sciences Building – Walsgrave  – Tuesday 11th September 2012 The user-group is upon us once again. The agenda is below. I’ve not set aside specific times for any of the following. They’re really just bullet points of the things...