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“We no longer have
to worry about
password fraud
from users at all.”
transition to biometric security. The
purpose of the project is a major
fleet renewal of railway locomotives
serving South Africa. A purchase of
1,064 locomotives from four OEMs
entails assembly of the majority of
components (55% local content) in
South Africa to support the economy.
Transnet Engineering plays a major role
in the project, building auxiliary cabs,
traction motors, platforms and more.
The major objective for the system
improvement was securing the SAP
ERP Plant Maintenance and Production
Planning modules and shop floor
processes in diverse locations using
shared devices. This involved:
• Securing access to scheduling,
planning, BOM, maintenance
• Preventing unauthorised access to
SAP data at shared kiosks
via biometrics
• Improving efficiency, lowering
downtime and maintenance costs
• Increasing accountability
• Reducing shrinkage
Shop floor kiosks were installed in the
factories and depots, delivering SAP
EAM functions through a simple and
easy to use ATM-like graphical user
interface (GUI) to enable and empower
shop floor operations and maintenance
personnel to quickly respond and react
to events that require maintenance
support. The Fujitsu palm vein sensor
was embedded in the kiosk.
Fujitsu PalmSecure technology uses the
very complex vein pattern in the palm
of your hand to ensure the safety of
your information. Your palm vein pattern
remains the same for your entire lifetime
and is different on your left and right
hand. More than five million reference
points of the vein pattern are captured
by the highly accurate PalmSecure
sensor. Vein recognition technology
is one of the most secured solutions
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“This technology is very important for
Transnet Engineering to secure the
identities of the employees.”
because the authentication data is
inside your body in your circulatory
system, making it very difficult to forge.
Smart cards, usernames or ID numbers
can be stolen, to be copied or forgotten;
biometric characteristics are unique
and fixed to a person. This contactless,
hygienic system offers maximum
security as well as maximum precision.
With regards to the efficiencies that the
solution provides, Pule says, “Using the
bioLock is very quick, you don’t have to
remember your password.”
Fujitsu PalmSecure and bioLock are
used in the SAP ERP system to control
and monitor transactions. The following
functions and steps are implemented:
• Biometric identification and access
management (IAM)
Equipment:
• View and change PM notifications
Notifications:
• Create and change
maintenance requests
• Assign artisans to tasks
• Add tasks
• Add comments/notes
• Test and sign-off for closing
• Reopen/close notifications
Work orders:
• Create
• Assign spares
• Create purchase orders
• Schedule confirmation
Kiosk features:
• Touch screen with keyboard/mouse
• On-demand A4 printing at kiosks
• Barcode scanning
• Biometric user identification device
Fujitsu’s biometric technology enables
security through the use of age-
independent, highly individualised
vein structure and biometric features
concealed in the body. The technology
is impervious to dirt, moisture, and
superficial injuries to the hand with an
error rate of 0.00001% (FAR, or access
granted to an unauthorised person)
or 0.01% (FRR, or access denied to an
authorised person).
The introduction of biometric technology
also enables Transnet Engineering to
log system accesses and attempted
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