Airbus has ordered a new software system

designed to help it better track the supply of parts and to cut its production and maintenance costs, announced technology providers IBM and OATSystems today. The system uses radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology, details Dow Jones Newswires. In an interview with the news agency, IBM vice-president RFID solutions Martin Wildberger explains that Airbus is under pressure to improve its manufacturing efficiencies given its huge aircraft backlog. Financial details of the project were not disclosed. Dow Jones Newswires (10/04)