Abstract: This invention relates to a system and method for creation and deployment of client specific, dynamic, interactive dashboards to access business intelligence. More particularly, the present invention relates to a system for creation of a client specific, dynamic, web interactive dashboards to access business intelligence providing live preview on multiple platforms throughout development of the dashboard. The method for providing live preview of a business dashboard, includes using a design tool running on a first computer to create a dashboard and to render the dashboard on a display of the first computer. The first computer then establishes communication between the design tool on the first computer and at least one remote target device, such as a smart phone or tablet computer.

Abstract: There is disclosed a system and method for electronic article surveillance wherein the time taken for articles to move from a starting point to a destination point by way of a series of zones is monitored in real time, taking into account bottleneck and non-bottleneck zones. A set of simple rules is applied so as to give estimated times of arrival for any given article. When it is calculated that an article will arrive after a predetermined critical time, an alert is triggered and remedial action may be taken. Various attributes of each zone may additionally be monitored, for example the number of articles in the zone or the temperature of the zone. The system and method may be applied to passengers in an airport, a warehouse or distribution centre, or any other application where articles are being moved from one place to another.