RFID Asset Management for Equipment Tracking ...

RFID Asset Management: US Postal Service Awards Contract to ID Systems, Inc. for National ...

From PR Newswire (press release)  ... ID Systems' RFID-based technology has demonstrated significant operational benefits in several USPS facilities where it is currently deployed. ...

... I.D. Systems, Inc.(Nasdaq: IDSY), a leading provider of wireless asset management solutions,announced today that it has won a contract from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to implement the company's Wireless Asset Net(TM) industrial equipment tracking and management system at USPS facilities nationwide. The contract has a minimum guaranteed value of approximately $4 million for a near-term deployment at eight major USPS facilities. Over the duration of the three-year contract, the USPS could deploy the system at up to 460 facilities ofvarying sizes. ...

The Wireless Asset Net is designed to improve industrial workplace safetyand security by restricting vehicle access to trained, authorized operatorsand by providing electronic safety inspection checklists. The system is designed to reduce maintenance expenses by automatically uploading vehicledata, reporting vehicle problems in real time, scheduling maintenance according to actual vehicle usage rather than on a calendar basis, and helping plant management determine the optimal economic time to replace equipment.The system is also designed to help improve productivity by ensuring equipmentis in the proper place at the right time and by providing management with unique reports on vehicle utilization.