RFID Smart Shelf

HP RFID Data Center Management

HP launches RFID-enabled data center management service. The RFID technology will support visibility to assets and reduce loss, increase security, and improve management controls. ...

... "The HP Factory Express RFID Service tracks critical data center assets, such as HP factory-built servers, storage devices and rack enclosures, so customers can continuously monitor the equipment as soon as it is received at their facilities. When deployed as part of a full RFID solution from HP and its partners, the service automates and tracks device movement, providing an accurate inventory of all assets throughout their lifecycle. RFID is a data-collection technology that uses radio waves to remotely store and retrieve data to identify objects. It provides companies with up-to-the-minute supply chain visibility, including inventory, logistics and freshness dates. Data center asset management is becoming crucial to customers, particularly those with thousands of servers in multiple data centers across several geographies. Many data centers operate with manual inventory lists and have low inventory accuracy. With moves, adds and changes, keeping track of technology devices can be complex. HP's RFID tagging process allows technology devices to be scanned from the factory to the customer without requiring workers to manually inventory each asset. Customers can then quickly locate and maintain devices with minimal employee intervention, saving time and reducing loss or theft of valuable technology assets. " ...

Via HP: RFID Service for Tracking Data Center Assets

RFID Product DNA Creates Asset History Through Its Life

HP uses Oatsystems RFID solutions to track printers through their manufacturing process and into the supply chain. HP is recognized for its innovative application of RFID technology. ...

... "HP tracks its printers using OATSystems' Asset Tracking Solution integrated with existing SAP and Baan ERP systems as well as HP's proprietary manufacturing execution system. The system tracks each printer from its origin on the assembly line through critical transition points to its eventual outbound shipment. HP also uses the system to create product DNA, storing unique information on the RFID tag for each printer. By saving information such as install-by dates and testing results, HP tracks and identifies printers returned for repairs under warranty. Having a full record of the printer's history has enabled HP to improve its repair service and allowed it to return printers to customers much more efficiently. HP estimates that RFID-enabling its printer manufacturing operations has reduced the company’s printer inventory by 17 percent by increasing visibility into the location of its products. " ...

Via OatSystems: RFID to Reduce Printer Inventory by 17 Percent

RFID Connector Integrates to SAP and Microsoft

HP introduces Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) software that integrates with RFID solutions from SAP AG and Microsoft enabling supply chain visibility. The company also created an innovation lab for research and development of RFID technology in partnership with Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT). ...

... "HP introduced the HP Connector Solution for use with SAP applications and Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2. The solution enables customers to link RFID devices to crucial supply chain and asset tracking applications. " ...

Via HP: RFID Adoption through New Solution and Innovation Lab

OATSystems RFID Solution Tracks Assets and Work-in-Process to Lower Working Capital

OATSystems has implemented its RFID-based Asset Tracking and Work-in-Process Solution at customers, such as Hewlett-Packard Brazil. ...

... "HP Brazil estimates that OAT's new solution has reduced its printer inventory by 17 percent by increasing visibility into the location of its products. Using OATSystems Asset Tracking Solution, HP tracks its printers from their origin on the assembly line through critical transition points to their eventual outbound shipment. HP also uses the system to create product DNA to save unique information on the RFID tag for each printer. By saving information such as install-by dates and testing results, HP tracks and identifies printers returned for repairs under warranty. Having a full record of the printer's history has enabled HP to improve its repair service and allowed it to return printers to customers much more efficiently. Today, the OAT solution is supporting nine RFID-enabled manufacturing and product completion lines producing over three million products annually. " ...

Via OATSystems: HP Brazil Reduces Printer Inventory by 17 Percent

RFID Infrastructure New Release

Reva Systems has released for general availability Version 2.0 of its Tag Acquisition Processor (TAP) and associated Management Console products, that will support plug-and-play support for RFID readers and printers, provide improved graphical user interface, and better integrate with IBM, Microsoft and SAP systems. ...

... "Release 2.0 has been tested and validated in some of Reva's previously announced customer RFID deployments, including METRO Group's retail and distribution environments and Hewlett-Packard's manufacturing and distribution operations. Additional Reva TAP 2.0 customers will be announced at the RFID Journal Apparel & Footwear Summit to be held this month. The Reva TAP is an RFID network infrastructure appliance that delivers accurate, actionable data for enterprise integration frameworks and consuming applications. It provides the RFID solution element that enables Reva's global customers to move from pilot projects to production RFID programs. " ...

Via Reva Systems: Reva Systems TAP Release 2.0

Hospital RFID Realizes Patient Benefits

HP and Precision Dynamics implement patient management system based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in Taiwan at the Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital (CGMH). The hospital CIO sees the hospital realizing benefits through a reduction in medical errors, from root causes such as manual processes, compliance to standard operating procedures, and visibility to real-time patient status and medical process exceptions. The system is architected with PDC's RFID wristbands and HP's mobile and fixed RFID infrastructure. Privacy is managed by storing confidential patient information on the RFID chip rather than printing the information on the wristband. ...

... "CGMH implemented the RFID system in its operating rooms to improve patient safety by verifying and positively identifying patients, gathering real-time data, reducing risk of wrong-site and/or wrong-patient surgery, and ensuring compliance with hospital patient safety procedures or standard operating procedures. Since the implementation, CGMH has achieved 100% accuracy in patient ID in the OR. The new RFID system automates many manual functions of the previous operating room processes. The system helps verify that the five rights of medication safety are met - right patient, medication, dose, time, and route - as well as right surgery and surgical site. Automating patient data verification processes has saved CGMH medical staff an average of 4.3 minutes per patient. Also, automated data collection has helped prevent common manual data entry mistakes, which if gone undetected could lead to medical errors." ...

Via HP: Precision Dynamics Corporation and HP Provide Chang Gung Memorial Hospital with RFID System for Patient Management

Healthcare RFID MayoClinic

3M and Mayo Clinic demonstrate pilot installation of a radio frequency identification (RFID) system in Mayo Clinic's endoscopy surgical suites for management of the collection and tracking of patient tissue samples. 3M RFID system was configured to enable Mayo Clinic's business processes for specimen management. ...

... "Utilizing 3M Track and Trace Technology, this RFID system enhances Mayo Clinic's ability to manage specimen and tissue samples from the collection stage to the pathology laboratory. Collecting and analyzing patient tissue is a crucial medical procedure. Mayo Clinic continues to take a leadership role in health care's effort focused on patient safety and care. Multiple 3M technologies were brought forward during the five-month pilot project at Mayo Clinic. Results demonstrated quantifiable operational efficiencies in the specimen-management process, accurate communication of data, and verification of information. Expansion of the Track and Trace system within the endoscopy practice will take place in planned, controlled phases. 3M and Mayo Clinic expect this rollout to be completed in early 2007. " ...

Via 3M: Two Minnesota Institutions Advance RFID Technologies in Health Care

HP RFID: DataCenter Asset Tracking ...

Meijer, a large privately held retailer, tests HP RFID solution for the tracking of assets in the data center. HP is investing in RFID technology to help retailers and manufacturers optimize their supply chain costs while accelerating the speed to market. ...

... "HP announced its researchers have created a radio frequency identification (RFID) asset tracking technology for data centers and successfully tested it at a major retailer. The technology was developed by HP Labs, the company's central research facility, and tested at Meijer Inc., a retailer with more than 170 grocery and specialty stores in the midwestern United States. The solution could automatically monitor data center assets, providing real-time tracking and auditing of servers, networking equipment, server and storage enclosures and other technology using RFID.

The technology uses RFID readers and RFID tags to monitor the location of individual components within the data center, including the addition of new devices and device movement to other areas. The sensing infrastructure creates a high-resolution view of devices throughout the data center. The system also can provide historical data related to additions, changes and moves of servers and server-related equipment. " ...

Via HP: HP Creates RFID Technology for Tracking Data Center Assets:

RFID Noisy Lab Tests ...

HP Noisy Lab will use ODIN tech's RFID tag testing technology ...

... "Recently ODIN announced European and Japanese support for the EasyTag testing tool. By adding the European and Japanese frequencies and power requirements to the mix, ODIN has created the only tool capable of testing RFID tags worldwide in multiple UHF bands. EasyTag works using ODIN's proven methodology of using the key metrics of Power Effectiveness and Orientation Sensitivity to arrive at an overall number of how well a tag and location perform on a SKU. After conducting thousands of SKU tests on behalf of clients, ODIN scientists knew that simplified testing and visualization of results was needed by end users and labs alike. ODIN first released it's highly acclaimed Trifecta RFID tag testing software in 2004 and EasyTag represents the next generation of automated scientific tag testing. Yuichi Murano, President of ODIN Japan added: Noisy Lab chose ODIN's EasyTag because it is the industry's leading scientific RFID testing software and because it can test tags in all UHF frequencies worldwide. Backed by HP, IDEC, Toyo Kanetsu and WL Solutions, HP Noisy Lab is a leading innovator in Japan's RFID market. " ...

RFID Noisy Lab Tests: Via ODIN Technologies: Noisy Lab (of Japan) Selects ODIN's Scientific RFID Tag Testing Software: HP Noisy Lab is a Consortium of HP, IDEC Controls, Toyo Kanetsu Solutions and WL Solutions ...

HP RFID Plans Gen2 Transition ...

HP plans shift to RFID Gen2 tags ...

... "HP uses RFID technology to identify and track pallets and boxes of various products shipped to select Best Buy Inc., Target Corp., and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. distribution centers. " ...

HP RFID Plans Gen2 Transition: Via TechWeb: HP Readying For Gen 2 RFID Switch

RFID Smart Cards: Norwegian Rail: National eTickets ...

Arcontia supplies RFID smart card solutions to Norwegian Rail in support of national eTicket program. ...

RFID Smart Cards: Norwegian Rail: National eTickets: Via Arcontia: Arcontia rolls out the new e-ticketing reader chosen by Norwegian State Railways (NSB): 1000 contactless smart card readers for the new onboard electronic ticketing system will be the new equipment for train conductors in Norway ...

... "Arcontia AB, a contactless smart card reader supplier in RFID markets, announces that its contactless smart card readers were rolled out to the Norwegian State Railways (NSB) for use within the nationwide electronic e-ticketing project. In total, 1000 pocket PC’s with the attached compact flash readers are to be used by train conductors across the country. The Norwegian company Unified Consulting and Arcontia have been cooperating since February 2005 regarding the implementation of the electronic ticketing issue in the Mobile Terminal system (the MT project) for the Norwegian State Railways. " ...

Arcontia has been active in the RFID technology since 1996 and is today a developer of a comprehensive range of contactless smart card readers and terminals, complying with ISO14443 A/B and MIFARE standards. The product range addresses e-ticketing and e-government markets as well as the supply chain management and logistics market. Local office is based in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Reference on RFID Smart Cards for eTicketing:

Via CIOInsight: Ahead of the Game: Designed by Hewlett-Packard Co., Cisco Systems Inc., and Fortress GB Ltd., the system includes RFID-enabled smart cards that must be scanned at one of the stadium's 84 turnstiles for entry. The smart cards were used by 85,000 fans last season - they are included with season tickets ...

HP RFID Healthcare IT Solutions ...

HP RFID Healthcare IT Solutions: Via Precision Dynamics Corporation: Precision Dynamics Corporation Forms Partnership with Hewlett-Packard Asia Pacific to Deliver Healthcare RFID Wristband Solutions

... "Under the agreement and effective immediately, HP Asia Pacific is granted an exclusive license to offer PDC RFID Wristbands, including Smart Band, SuperBand, ScanBand, CompuBand, and Smart AgeBand, as part of its healthcare IT offering to hospitals in Asia Pacific. PDC will also provide sales and technical support. Designed for positive patient identification and the reduction of medical errors, the RFID system will be targeted for use in a variety of hospital applications, including OR patient ID and surgical site verification, patient registration, and medication administration. " ...

With nearly 50 years of experience, PDC is the global leader and pacesetter in the development of automatic identification wristband systems and quality healthcare products. The company introduced the first patient Bar Code ID Wristband System in 1984, the Smart Band® Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Wristband System in 2000, and the AgeBand™ Electronic Age/ID Verification System in 2004. PDC also provides premium healthcare products for labor & delivery, urology, and other applications. PDC is committed to 100% quality in service, design, and manufacturing. This is substantiated by their ISO-9001: 2000 and ISO-13485: 2003 certification at their main facility in San Fernando, CA.

Second Generation RFID Solutions Partnership Drives Adoption ...

Second Generation RFID Solutions Partnership Drives Adoption: Via HP: HP and Philips to Drive Adoption of Second Generation RFID Solutions

... "HP and Royal Philips Electronics announced that they are partnering to accelerate the adoption of the latest global RFID standard, which is designed to provide customers with interoperable technology, solutions and services for migration from previous RFID standards. This new global EPC Class 1 Generation2 (Gen2) standard allows a single tag to now travel globally and still be read by most readers, something that wasn't previously possible. For example, most first-generation Class 1 RFID tags used in the United States cannot be read in Europe due to bandwidth limitations. Gen2 makes it possible to track a tag sent from the United States through Europe with ease. Having already successfully embraced RFID technology in their respective supply chains, both companies will leverage their complementary leadership in RFID chip development, business process design and systems integration to further drive adoption of Gen2 RFID technology. " ...

RFID Session HP Technology Forum ...

RFID Session HP Technology Forum: Via hP: Preview of sessions at HP Technology Forum 2005 ...

... "Implementing RFID-based solutions in health care industry: Get an overview of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in the health care industry—including the business case for adoption and the ROI that can be achieved. This session includes specific case studies for Patient and Asset tracking in health care environments using RFID technologies. It also describes the overall IT architecture needed to support such implementations. " ...

RFID CyberInfrastructure Center: Purdue Univ

Via Purdue University: New Purdue cyberinfrastructure center to speed innovation ...

... "Our vision is that world-class cyberinfrastructure is the foundation for rapid growth in 21st century economies, said Kim, an expert on cyberinfrastructure whose research includes work to improve radio frequency identification tags, known as RFID. This new initiative can be viewed as a bold and visionary experiment on the driving role of cyberinfrastructure, with Purdue as the laboratory, the state of Indiana as the pilot plant and the national economy as the full-scale system. " ...

Japan RFID Platform Alliance ...

Japan RFID Platform Alliance: IIJ, IIJ-Tech, and HP Japan Form Alliance to Deliver RFID (Radio Frequency Identification Tag) Platform ...

Japan Alliance targeting RFID platform development leveraging EPCGlobal RFID standards ...

... "Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ; headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; president and CEO: Koichi Suzuki), IIJ Technology Inc. (IIJ-Tech; headquarters: Chiyoda-ku; Tokyo; president and CEO: Ryosuke Ariga), and Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd. (HP Japan; headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; president and CEO: Shingo Oda) have formed a business alliance for the commercialization of an RFID (radio frequency identification, a general term for the technology to store and remotely retrieve information using wireless IC tags) platform using networks based on international RFID standards called the EPCglobal Network ..." ...

Founded in 1992, Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ, NASDAQ: IIJI) is one of Japan's leading Internet-access and comprehensive network solutions providers. The company has built one of the largest Internet backbone networks in Japan, and between Japan and the United States. IIJ and its group of companies provide total network solutions that mainly cater to high-end corporate customers. The company's services include high-quality systems integration and security services, Internet access, hosting/housing, and content design.

RFID Hypertag Mobile Tags

What's a Hypertag

... "Hypertags are short-range wireless tags fitted inside poster advertising. Using ubiquitous mobile phone technologies such as infra-red, they enable advertisers to beam interactive content to people's mobile phones. A user simply activates the infra-red on their phone, holds it up to the Hypertag and receives content such as vouchers, business cards, ringtones or games. Because Hypertags do not rely on mobile phone networks to function, they can be deployed in areas such as underground stations. " ...

Hypertag is a mobile marketing technology company offering short-range wireless tags (Hypertags) for use in poster advertising. The company uses infra-red technology to enable consumer interaction with poster advertising and works with major media owners such as Viacom Outdoor and JC Decaux as well as with brands such as P&G, O2 and HP. By adding interactivity into posters, Hypertags increase brand awareness and recall and offer a positive call to action for consumers. Hypertags are cost effective and easy to install, revolutionising poster advertising for a minimum investment. As well as basic interactions, Hypertags can send dynamic content, games and applications to phones.

Procter Gamble RFID T3CI Strategic Partnership

Procter Gamble RFID T3CI Strategic Partnership: T3Ci: The RFID Analytics and Applications Company The Procter & Gamble Company and T3Ci Multi-Year Joint EPC/RFID Applications Development Agreement: RFID Expert Steve Rehling of Procter & Gamble Joins T3Ci Customer Advisory Board ...

... "We are honored that Procter & Gamble has selected T3Ci as their strategic RFID partner, said Jonathan Golovin, CEO T3Ci. Procter & Gamble is not only an experienced early pioneer in the exploration of the potential benefits of RFID technology, but has also demonstrated leadership in the development of EPCglobal standards. " ...

T3Ci, the leading RFID analytics and applications company, develops and markets software and subscription services for leaders of RFID initiatives at major retail suppliers, major retailers and pharmaceutical companies who are responsible for delivering business value from their company's RFID investment. T3Ci's enterprise-class solutions include: RFID data analysis services and software, deductions management and authentication/ e-pedigree, representing the most comprehensive RFID application vision in the industry. To date, T3Ci has more experience in analyzing and gaining business value from retailer EPC data than any other company. They recently received AMR Research's 2005 Innovation Award as the most innovative software and services company in America under $10 million. T3Ci's customers include P&G, Gillette, Unilever and HP.

Two billion times a day, P&G brands touch the lives of people around the world. The company has one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Pampers(R), Tide(R), Ariel(R), Always(R), Whisper(R), Pantene(R), Bounty(R), Pringles(R), Folgers(R), Charmin(R), Downy(R), Lenor(R), Iams(R), Crest(R), Actonel(R), Olay(R), Clairol Nice •n Easy(R), Head & Shoulders(R) and Wella(R). The P&G community consists of about 110,000 employees working in almost 80 countries worldwide.

RFID Partnership Business Solutions

RFID Partnership Business Solutions: Weidenhammer Systems Corporation joins forces with Stratum Global: Partnership to deliver Radio Frequency Identification Solutions ...

Stratum Global partners to deliver RFID business solutions to the marketplace ...

... "Stratum Global and Weidenhammer Systems Corporation have announced a partnership agreement. Delivering best-in-class RFID business solutions requires a solid understanding of the emerging industry’s key issues, current trends, the unique needs of the customer, and the latest technology available to address complex requirements. This partnership enables Weidenhammer to provide its customers with Stratum Global’s TagNet RFID Solutions for Closed Loop, EPCglobal Compliance and Fixed Assets. " ...

Stratum Global offers complete RFID-enabled solutions for Closed-Loop, Compliance and Asset Management that integrate into any back end solution. Stratum Global delivers best-in-class business solutions with a solid understanding of the RFID industry’s key issues, current trends and recognizing that each customer has unique needs and complex requirements. Our goal is to eliminate costly customizations for our customers and provide an RFID solution that operates optimally.

Weidenhammer, founded in 1978, is a provider of Information Technology solutions to its clients in the mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions. In addition to its headquarters in Reading, Weidenhammer maintains offices in Bethlehem, Philadelphia, Lancaster, and Kalamazoo, MI, and has 150 professionals on staff. The company has core competencies in Internet solutions, application development/integration, outsourcing, e-business, IT/Business consulting, network integration and security, UCCnet solutions and consulting, as well as school district administrative solutions. Weidenhammer has strategic relationships with Cisco, IBM, Lotus, Microsoft, Pearson School Systems, HP, LANSA, and UCCnet.

Healthcare RFID Solutions: Patient Safety

Healthcare RFID Solutions: Patient Safety: Precision Dynamics Corporation Signs Reseller Agreement with Hewlett-Packard Taiwan for Healthcare RFID Wristband Solutions

... "PDC and HP Taiwan have begun an RFID implementation at Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan. During the initial phase of the implementation, PDC Smart Band RFID Wristbands will be used in the hospital's operating room to identify the right patient, right surgical site, right nurse, right blood, and right doctor. This additional safety check is expected to help reduce human errors and enhance the safety of patients. " ...

OnDemand RFID Information Integration

OnDemand RFID Information Integration: Viacore's BusinessTone to Support the Sharing of Real-Time RFID Information: BuisnessTone Enables the Development and Management of Real-Time Information Networks Required for RFID Implementations ...

Viacore delivers its ondemand integration solution, BTMS, for RFID information sharing in a trading community ...

... "Viacore, the leader in partner integration and management for real-time, inter-enterprise information networks, announced the availability of its BusinessTone solution for companies that need to share RFID information with trading partners. BusinessTone can now help companies maximize the value they receive from using RFID tags by providing a real-time information network for all of their inter-enterprise processes. " ...

Viacore, Inc., the leader in partner integration and management provides BusinessTone, a comprehensive on-demand integration solution for global 2000 companies that need to rapidly and cost-effectively integrate information and processes throughout their extended enterprises. BusinessTone speeds implementation and lowers a company's risk by leveraging a unique tool set called the BusinessTone Management System. The BTMS was developed specifically to address the needs of managing complex partner on-boarding projects as well as to manage high-volume, real-time process flows. Viacore's BusinessTone clients include industry leaders such as Arrow Electronics, Cisco Systems, Gap and HP.

Microsoft dotNet RFID Infrastructure ...

Microsoft dotNet RFID Infrastructure: Microsoft Unwraps Technology at Tech•Ed 2005 to Spark Greater Adoption of RFID: Microsoft’s RFID infrastructure taps the power of the .NET Framework, SQL Server and Visual Studio .NET to make integration and deployment of RFID easier and less costly ...

Microsoft dotNet architecture will enable an agile, integrated RFID infrastructure that allows for flexible and efficient business processes ...

... "Today at Microsoft® Tech•Ed 2005, Senior Vice President of Server Applications Paul Flessner announced a new strategy to develop a scalable radio frequency identification (RFID) technology infrastructure, enabling customers and partners to easily integrate business processes using RFID data. Flessner’s Tech•Ed keynote demonstration was built on an early version of this technology. Businesses around the world are evaluating how RFID technologies can enable them to streamline business processes and provide real-time visibility into their supply chain. However, adoption of RFID is hindered by many factors, including complexity of device management, lack of standards, limited solutions to cleanse volumes of data, and costly integration with existing business applications. Microsoft Corp.’s RFID infrastructure is intended to address these pain points and stimulate faster adoption of RFID. Built on top of the .NET Framework, Microsoft’s RFID technology can be embedded within third-party applications or used on its own to capture and interpret data from sensors and manage business events in an easy–to-deploy, user-friendly environment. " ...

... Management of the RFID infrastructure has been integrated into the Microsoft dotNet architecture to enable innovative business process applications.

Tech•Ed, one of Microsoft’s premier developer and IT professional training events, reaches more than 75,000 people worldwide annually, providing attendees with access to technical experts, the latest technical information and hands-on labs to learn the skills they need to build state-of-the-art solutions. Sponsors of Tech•Ed 2005 in Orlando include Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Computer Associates International Inc., EMC Corp., HP, Intel Corporation and Veritas Software Corp. Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

Healthcare RFID Wristband Solutions

Healthcare RFID Wristband Solutions: Precision Dynamics Corporation Signs Reseller Agreement with Hewlett-Packard Taiwan for Healthcare RFID Wristband Solutions

... "Precision Dynamics Corporation (PDC), a global leader in automatic wristband identification, has signed a reseller agreement with Hewlett-Packard Taiwan, Ltd., intended to accelerate the adoption of RFID (radio frequency identification) solutions in the Taiwan healthcare market. Under the agreement and effective immediately, HP Taiwan is granted an exclusive license to offer PDC RFID Wristbands, including Smart Band, SuperBand, ScanBand, CompuBand, and Smart AgeBand, as part of its healthcare IT offering to hospitals in Taiwan. PDC will also provide sales and technical support. The RFID solution will initially be targeted for use in operating rooms of hospitals that are ready to implement the technology to help prevent medical errors. " ...

With nearly 50 years of experience, PDC is the global leader and pacesetter in the development of automatic identification wristband systems and quality healthcare products. The company introduced the first patient Bar Code ID Wristband System in 1984, the Smart Band® Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Wristband System in 2000, and the AgeBand™ Electronic Age/ID Verification System in 2004. PDC also provides premium healthcare products for labor & delivery, urology, and other applications. PDC is committed to 100% quality in service, design, and manufacturing. This is substantiated by their ISO-9001: 2000 and ISO-13485: 2003 certification at their main facility in San Fernando , CA . Plans to establish certification at their new facility in Tijuana, Mexico are underway.

RFID Service Oriented Architecture SOA ...

RFID Service Oriented Architecture SOA: SeeBeyond to Host Webinar Highlighting Value of SOA-Based Solution Suite for Retailers; Webinar to Feature How Leading Retailer Lowered TCO by 50% ...

SeeBeyond presents web seminar on service-oriented architecture, SOA, that enables RFID deployment and the data synchronization complexities ...

... "Increasing competition and escalating costs are driving the need to address many common IT issues in the retail industry today such as global data synchronization, multi-channel integration, and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology deployment. SeeBeyond has extensive experience working with leading retail organizations to address these issues through the enablement of integration across sourcing and procurement, supply chain planning and fulfillment. As a part of the webinar, SeeBeyond will discuss the importance of leveraging a fully integrated composite application development platform based on a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) to address these business and IT challenges. " ...

With more than 15 years of software innovation and real-world experience in integrating systems across Global 2000 organizations, SeeBeyond (Nasdaq:SBYN) delivers the industry's first integrated composite application network built on a comprehensive integration platform. The SeeBeyond(R) Integrated Composite Application Network Suite(TM) helps organizations rapidly assemble and deploy enterprise-scale end-user applications built on existing systems and infrastructure to dramatically improve business operations. SeeBeyond has more than 2,000 customers worldwide, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, BHP Billiton, The Cleveland Clinic, The Dial Corporation, DuPont, Florida Power & Light, Fluor Daniel, Fujitsu, General Motors, Halliburton, Hertz Corporation, HP, Lockheed Martin, Pfizer, Samsung, Sprint and Sutter Health.

RFID Technology Market Prediction ...

RFID Technology Market Prediction: RFID market to exceed $6 billion worldwide by 2010 ...

Datamonitor provides predictions for the RFID technology market ...

... "Independent market analyst Datamonitor (DTM.L) predicts that RFID technology including hardware, software and services across all verticals, will be $6.1bn market by 2010, three times that of today. The report RFID in Manufacturing: The race to radio-tag is heating up in manufacturing, predicts 43% of revenues will be derived from North America, 33% from Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and 21% from Asia Pacific (APAC). Central and Latin America will account for 3% of global expenditure ($185m). " ...

Datamonitor's report, RFID in Manufacturing: The race to radio-tag is heating up in manufacturing, looks at RFID technology, its application in manufacturing, challenges to its wider adoption, implementation options available to manufacturers, profiles on 8 vendors (Informatica, HP, Ascential, Oracle, Vizional, SAP, IBM, Sun). Geographies covered: America, Canada, China, Taiwan, Japan, India, RoAP, Benelux, France, Germany, Italy, Nordics, Russia, Spain, UK, RoEMEA. The verticals manufacturing sectors: Automotive, Industrial, Hight Tech and Electronic, Semiconductor Fabrication, Consumer Packaged Goods, Pharmaceuticals, Food and Beverage, Oil and Gas, Retail Sector, Public Sector.

RFID Framework System: Retail Industry ...

RFID Framework System for Retail Industry: OAT Launches Industry’s First RFID Framework Designed for Retailers: Result of Unique Collaboration with Top Retailers and RFID Hardware Companies ...

... "OATSystems, Inc., the recognized RFID Framework leader, today announced OAT Foundation Suite 4.5 for Retail, the industry’s first RFID framework solution designed specifically to maximize systemwide performance for retailers’ unique requirements. " ...

OATSystems, Inc. is the recognized RFID framework leader with software that empowers businesses to achieve competitive advantage from radio-frequency identification (RFID). As pioneers in the development of RFID technology, OAT has been setting the standard in RFID for over half a decade and is responsible for industry firsts that include the largest scale and largest scope of deployments, as well as the most innovative approaches to providing enterprise-wide RFID solutions. OAT’s multinational client base, which includes companies such as Hewlett-Packard and Gillette, consists of over 50 customers in retail, CPG, consumer electronics, manufacturing, life sciences, aerospace and defense. Headquartered in Waltham, MA, OAT has offices in Chicago, London and Bangalore.

Strategic RFID Applications: EPC Standards

Strategic RFID Applications: The Procter & Gamble Company and T3Ci Announce Multi-Year Joint EPC/RFID Applications Development Agreement: RFID Expert Steve Rehling of Procter & Gamble Joins T3Ci Customer Advisory Board ...

P&G collaborates to develop strategic use of RFID applications, using the EPC standards, to lead the CPG industry ...

... "T3Ci, the leading RFID analytics and applications company, and The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) today announced a multi-year, non-exclusive joint development agreement to collaboratively identify and build high value RFID applications designed to leverage the EPCglobal RFID standards. The two companies aim to jointly develop a range of strategic RFID applications as learning continues behind RFID programs at multiple retailers. " ...

T3Ci, the leading RFID analytics and applications company, develops and markets software and subscription services for leaders of RFID initiatives at major retail suppliers, major retailers and pharmaceutical companies who are responsible for delivering business value from their company's RFID investment. T3Ci's enterprise-class solutions include: RFID data analysis services and software, deductions management and authentication/ e-pedigree, representing the most comprehensive RFID application vision in the industry. To date, T3Ci has more experience in analyzing and gaining business value from retailer EPC data than any other company. They recently received AMR Research's 2005 Innovation Award as the most innovative software and services company in America under $10 million. T3Ci's customers include P&G, Gillette, Unilever and HP.

Two billion times a day, P&G brands touch the lives of people around the world. The company has one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Pampers(R), Tide(R), Ariel(R), Always(R), Whisper(R), Pantene(R), Bounty(R), Pringles(R), Folgers(R), Charmin(R), Downy(R), Lenor(R), Iams(R), Crest(R), Actonel(R), Olay(R), Clairol Nice n Easy(R), Head & Shoulders(R) and Wella(R). The P&G community consists of about 110,000 employees working in almost 80 countries worldwide.

RFID 2005 Conference UCLA: What's Next

RFID 2005 - What's Next

... "In the year 2005, RFID is being applied to a variety of applications including supply chain, logistics, warehousing, security, brand protection, asset management, shipping, etc. These applications are finding their way into a variety of industries including retail, aerospace, automotive, airport management, pharmaceutical, medical/healthcare, etc. Major organizations have been carrying out trials over the last couple of years and have gained experiences including Walmart, Target, DoD, TESCO, IBM, HP, Albertsons, Fedex, UPS, etc. UCLA-WINMEC is hosting a forum to discuss where this industry is today with respect to actual usage, the successes failures, standards, how RFID projects are justified, how RFID is actually being implemented, deployment issues.

October 25 - 26, 2005 at UCLA. " ...

RFID: Partnership Drives CPG Performance and Growth ...

Capgemini, HP and Intel Join to Help Consumer Products Companies Boost Business Performance and Revenues

... "Capgemini Group, HP and Intel today announced CP-Connect, a joint initiative designed to help consumer products companies respond to customer demands more quickly, drive down costs in their supply chain, and improve profitability through their distribution and retail network. ... The joint initiative addresses critical performance challenges in the consumer products industry through: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) - to reduce shrink and improve product/stock availability; " ...

HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging and printing. For the four fiscal quarters ended Jan. 31, 2005, HP revenue totaled $81.8 billion.

Capgemini, one of the world's foremost providers of Consulting, Technology and Outsourcing services, has a unique way of working with its clients, called the Collaborative Business Experience. Backed by over three decades of industry and service experience, the Collaborative Business Experience is designed to help our clients achieve better, faster, more sustainable results through seamless access to our network of world-leading technology partners and collaboration-focused methods and tools. Through commitment to mutual success and the achievement of tangible value, we help businesses implement growth strategies, leverage technology, and thrive through the power of collaboration. Capgemini employs approximately 60,000 people worldwide and reported 2004 global revenues of 6,291 million euros.

Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products.

RFID Data Flow Orchestration ...

RFID Data Flow Orchestration: SEEBEYOND AND RAINING DATA ALIGN TO GENERATE STANDARDS-BASED RFID SOLUTIONS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN COLLABORATION: Companies To Support Real-Time RFID Information Service

SeeBeyond and RainingData are joining forces to support the orchestration of RFID data management through systems and solutions based on standards ...

... SeeBeyond (Nasdaq: SBYN), provider of the world’s first fully integrated composite application network suite (SeeBeyond ICAN) for advanced integration and composite application solutions, and Raining Data (Nasdaq: RDTA), a leading XML Data Management, XQuery and Web Services technology provider, today announced an intent to enter into a strategic agreement whereby the two companies will team to provide solutions to manage and orchestrate the flow of data generated by Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems. As a part of the intended agreement, the companies intend to enable the integration of information from existing applications to generate standards-based collaboration among partners across the Supply Chain, powering the EPCglobal Information Service, EPC-IS. ...

Raining Data Corporation (Nasdaq: RDTA) has been providing reliable data management solutions for more than three decades. Product offerings include the high performance TigerLogic® XML Data Management Server, Pick® Universal Data Model based data management systems and .Net integration solutions. Raining Data’s EPC/RFID and Supply Chain business solutions utilize XML, XQuery and Web Services to enable companies to leverage their existing enterprise systems and incorporate EPC/RFID data and business processes seamlessly. Raining Data’s customer installed base includes more than 500,000 active users, representing over 20,000 customer sites worldwide with a significant base of diverse vertical applications.

With more than 15 years of software innovation and real-world experience in integrating systems across Global 2000 organizations, SeeBeyond (Nasdaq: SBYN) delivers the industry’s first integrated composite application network built on a comprehensive integration platform. The SeeBeyondÒ Integrated Composite Application Network Suite™ helps organizations rapidly assemble and deploy enterprise-scale end-user applications built on existing systems and infrastructure to dramatically improve business operations. SeeBeyond has approximately 2,000 customers worldwide, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, BHP Billiton, The Cleveland Clinic, The Dial Corporation, DuPont, Florida Power & Light, Fluor Daniel, Fujitsu, General Motors, Halliburton, Hertz Corporation, HP, Lockheed Martin, Pfizer, Samsung and Sprint.

RFID Circulation Management Solution at 3M ...

3M Introduces New RFID Solution for Managing CDs and DVDs in Libraries; Improves Productivity in CD and DVD Circulation ...

... "3M announces a new radio frequency identification (RFID) solution to simplify check-in, checkout and circulation management of CDs and DVDs. New 3M CD8 RFID tags, coupled with special software and standard 3M D8 RFID tags, link CDs and DVDs to their jewel case as a set." ...

Every day, 3M people find new ways to make amazing things happen. Wherever they are, whatever they do, the company's customers know they can rely on 3M to help make their lives better. 3M's brands include Scotch, Post-it, Scotchgard, Thinsulate, Scotch-Brite, Filtrete, Command and Vikuiti. Serving customers in more than 200 countries around the world, the company's 67,000 people use their expertise, technologies and global strength to lead in major markets including consumer and office; display and graphics; electronics and telecommunications; safety, security and protection services; health care; industrial and transportation.

RFID System Interoperability Demonstrated ...

RFID System Interoperability Demonstrated: SeeBeyond to Showcase RFID Solution in Conjunction with Sun ...

SeeBeyond is demonstrating RFID interoperability ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... Building on its continued focus in driving added ROI from radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies, SeeBeyond (Nasdaq: SBYN) today announced it will ...

... Building on its continued focus in driving added ROI from radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies, SeeBeyond (Nasdaq: SBYN) today announced it will be collaborating with Sun Microsystems at this week's RFID World Conference to jointly demonstrate interoperability between SeeBeyond and Sun technology. The demonstration will address common issues in the supply chain and be unveiled at the Sun Dallas RFID Test Center on March 1, and will later be shown at the 3rd Annual RFID World Conference being held at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Dallas, Texas, March 2- 3. Based on the companies' collaborative efforts in RFID, this demonstration simulates an application spanning a manufacturing-retail supply chain, targeted at improving business processes and quickly obtaining business insight from transformational data collected via RFID technologies. ...

Based on 15 years of software innovation and real-world experience in integrating systems across Global 2000 organizations, SeeBeyond (Nasdaq: SBYN) delivers the industry's first integrated composite application network built on a comprehensive integration platform. The SeeBeyond(R) Integrated Composite Application Network Suite(TM) helps organizations rapidly assemble and deploy enterprise-scale end-user applications built on existing systems and infrastructure to dramatically improve business operations. SeeBeyond has approximately 2,000 customers worldwide, including BHP Billiton, The Cleveland Clinic, The Dial Corporation, DuPont, Florida Power & Light, Fluor Daniel, Fujitsu, General Motors, Halliburton, Hertz Corporation, HP, Lockheed Martin, Pfizer, Samsung, Sprint and Sutter Health.

Mobile Device Security Software Platform Strengthens Physical Security Layers ...

Mobile Device Security Software Platform Strengthens Physical Security Layers: Intermec Strengthens Device Security With CREDANT(R) Mobile ...

With mobile device computing and adoption of RFID technology, comes the need for increased physical security measures ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... supply chain solutions and in the development, manufacture and integration of wired and wireless automated data collection, Intellitag(R) RFID (radio frequency ...

... Intermec Technologies Corp. of Everett, Wash., which provides intelligent, mobile computing technologies to companies around the world, has selected CREDANT(R) Mobile Guardian mobile security software platform for its popular 700 Color series of rugged mobile computers. CREDANT is a member of Intermec's Independent Software Vendor (ISV) partner program. CREDANT Mobile Guardian software adds a layer of physical security to Intermec 700 computers through advanced encryption methods and PIN/password controls, ensuring that the device itself and the data onboard are secure -- even if the device is stolen or lost. ...

CREDANT(R) Technologies is the market leader in providing security software that enables organizations to protect and control mobile devices throughout the enterprise. With CREDANT security, organizations minimize risk and ensure regulatory compliance while benefiting from the increased productivity mobility provides. CREDANT Mobile Guardian protects corporate data on smartphones, notebook computers, tablet PCs and PDAs with directory-integrated and centralized security policy management. Strategic partners and customers include Global 2000 companies such as Dell, EDS, Extended Systems, HP, Intermec, Microsoft, Palm, Schindler Elevator, and U.S. Army Medical Command. CREDANT is recognized as the visionary leader in mobile data protection and has been selected by Red Herring as one of the top 100 privately held companies and one of the top 100 Innovators for 2004. Austin Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Crescendo Ventures, Intel Capital and Cisco Systems are investors in CREDANT Technologies. Intermec Technologies Corp., a UNOVA Inc. (NYSE: UNA) company, is a leader in global supply chain solutions and in the development, manufacture and integration of wired and wireless automated data collection, Intellitag(R) RFID (radio frequency identification), mobile computing systems, bar code printers and label media. The company's products and services are used by customers in many industries to improve productivity, quality and responsiveness of business operations, from supply chain management and enterprise resource planning to field sales and service.

Track Record for Quick RFID Implementation Projects ...

Track Record for Quick RFID Implementation Projects: Shipcom Completes a Record Number of RFID Projects in 2004

From PR Newswire (press release) ... Shipcom Wireless, Inc., a leading global provider of RFID solutions completed a record number of RFID projects in 2004, ahead of the Wal ...

... Shipcom Wireless, Inc., a leading global provider of RFID solutions completed a record number of RFID projects in 2004, ahead of the Wal*Mart mandate. Shipcom's customers include a wide spectrum of companies from manufacturing, logistics, to consumer goods and transportation industries, namely, HP, Ryder Logistics, Tatung, Hasbro, MGA Entertainment, to name a few. Suppliers to Wal*Mart achieved quick, robust implementations thereby creating productivity gains. ...

Shipcom Wireless is a leading provider of enterprise RFID solutions for Supply Chain Automation and Asset Tracking initiatives. Its CATAMARAN(R) rapid deployment framework extends and enhances the productivity of SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, Provia, Siebel, "legacy" and other back-end systems for WMS, Lean Manufacturing, and CRM applications. With the market's lowest total cost of integration and ownership, CATAMARAN(R) reduces risk and is the most flexible solution. Founded in 1997, the Houston based company's systems are being used in Fortune 1000 companies such as, British America Tobacco, Beckman Coulter, General Electric, Hasbro, Hewlett-Packard, Menlo Logistics, Medtronic, NVIDIA, Philips, Ryder Logistics, Sempra Energy, Samsung, Siemens, Shell Oil, and Tatung.

Additional resources on companies with suucessful track record for quick RFID implementation projects ...

RFID Implementation – RFID Technology: labeled and tracked via RFID for quick and accurate ... Intermec Intellitag® 2450 MHz Metal-Mount RFID tag is ... pallets, but which has a proven track record in a ...

RFID Technology and EPC in Retail: in varied and extreme environments like fast paced outdoor ... are well known for their long track record of managing ... and reusable containers to track the movement ...

New Risk Assessment Profile From AMR Research Evaluates RFID: File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat ... Companies evaluating RFID partners will have to weigh their priorities -- a quick compliance fix ... spend $500M in 2004 on implementation projects, and this ...

RFID for Supply Chain - Benefits - Supply Chain - Wireless Mobile: to assist you in mapping out an RFID implementation that can ... The InfoLogix RFID Process. Our proven quick start methodology with existing RFID projects helps ...

Linda Dillman on the Walmart RFID Program ...

Dillman on the Walmart RFID Program: WalMart CIO Linda Dillman to Offer Keynote Address at RFID World ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... Linda Dillman, executive vice president and chief information officer (CIO) of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., one of the RFID market's most outspoken ...

... Linda Dillman, executive vice president and chief information officer (CIO) of WalMart Stores, Inc., one of the RFID market's most outspoken executives on the benefits of RFID in the retail supply chain, will be presenting the opening keynote address at RFID World 2005, on March 2nd, at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Dallas, Texas. An additional highlight of the first day of RFID World 2005 is an end-user panel, featuring a cross-section of industry players leading the way in early RFID implementations. Moderated by D'Anne Hotchkiss, editor of RFID News & Solutions, the panel includes Miley Ainsworth, director, Innovation and Scanning Technology, FedEx Corporate Services; Stephen M. Moody, chief warrant officer and RFID program coordinator, U.S. Army; Robert E. Kashmer, Jr., vice president, Information Technology, H. D. Smith Wholesale Drug Company; and Howard Stockdale, chief information officer, Beaver Street Fisheries. These end users will discuss lessons learned in early implementations and share ideas for expanding these trials into broader-scale deployments. ...

Shorecliff Communications is a leading producer of high-quality content rich events worldwide in technology industries including broadband, wireless infrastructure, telecommunications and radio frequency identification (RFID).

Additional resources on Linda Dillman and the Walmart RFID program in the retail supply chain ...

Wal-Mart begins using RFID product tags: Wal-Mart chief information officer Linda Dillman would not say ... a presentation organized Thursday by Wal-Mart in Dallas, and he spoke with Dillman and Ian ...

Wal-Mart Details RFID Requirement: President and CEO Mike Duke, CIO Linda Dillman and others at ... Opts for EPC Class 1, V2.) Dillman said Wal ... “Wal-Mart is saying to CPG companies and RFID vendors ...

Talking RFID with Wal-Mart's CIO: when an item is out of stock, says Linda Dillman, Wal-Mart's chief information ... In RFID, Wal-Mart is running a little behind some of its international ...

Noisy RFID Environments ...

Noisy RFID Environments: HP Unveils ''Noisy Lab'' for RFID Technology Development; Company ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... HP (NYSE:HPQ) (Nasdaq:HPQ) today announced plans to open an RFID Noisy Lab in Omaha, Neb., next month to further the development of radio frequency ...

... HP (NYSE:HPQ) (Nasdaq:HPQ) today announced plans to open an RFID Noisy Lab in Omaha, Neb., next month to further the development of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. Announced at the National Retail Federation 94th Annual Convention and Expo, the HP facility will be one of the most comprehensive RFID labs in the industry, simulating a real-world manufacturing and distribution center where HP, its customers and its partners can pilot and evaluate RFID technology and solutions. ...

HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging and printing. For the four fiscal quarters ended Oct. 31, 2004, HP revenue totaled $79.9 billion.

Additional resources on RFID in noisy environments ...

RFID Reader Matrics Radio Frequency Identification RF Tags: read rate supplies the muscle to overcome interference in noisy environments, and to ... port reader designed for embedded applications, such as RFID printers and ...

RFID with Tagsys: and Power Levels The read range achieved in an RFID system is ... with the smart label - The coupler' sensitivity, especially in noisy environments - The smart ...

Impinj Readies A Next-Generation RFID Tag: For companies who haven't yet implemented RFID, Impinj recommends they start ... ZumaRFID chip, the Gen2 RainierRFID chip is designed for noisy environments and 32 ...

The RFID Demand-Driven Supply Chain ...

The RFID Demand-Driven Supply Chain: i2 Helps the World's Leading Retailers to Extract Additional Value ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... the millions of SKUs across multiple systems are essential to introducing new products, managing supply chains, merchandising, and implementing RFID and other ...

... The world's leading retailers have the applications they need to run their businesses. However, in order to compete in today's rapidly changing business environment, it is necessary to add applications that work together with existing systems to enhance supply chain flexibility and visibility across multiple systems and extract additional value from technology investments. Retailers are turning to i2 Technologies, Inc. (OTC: ITWO), a leading provider of demand-driven supply chain solutions designed to enable business agility, to help them achieve these goals. Innovative solutions from i2 can help address retail's toughest industry challenges and assist companies to plan merchandise lifecycles to lower inventory and improve shelf availability, control price to increase sales, execute orders to improve customer service, optimize transportation to improve efficiency and manage information to drive business performance. ...

i2 is a leading provider of demand-driven supply chain solutions designed to enable business agility. i2's flexible solutions can synchronize demand and supply across an ever-changing global supply network. Seventeen of the AMR Research Top 25 Global Supply Chains belong to companies who are i2 customers. Seven of the Fortune global top 10 are also customers of i2. Founded in 1988 with a commitment to customer success and supply chain innovation, i2 has a history of delivering value by implementing solutions designed to provide a rapid return on investment.

Additional resources on RFID-enabled demand-driven supply chain for retailers ...

EDI, UCCnet & RFID: Synchronizing the Supply Chain, By Nahid Jilovec;

Mobilizing the Supply Chain: Developing RFID and EPC Professional and Managed Services for the Consumer Packaged Goods and Retail Sectors, By IDC;

RFID Labeling: Smart Labeling Concepts & Applications for the Consumer Packaged Goods Supply Chain, By Robert Kleist;

Turning signals into profits in the RFID-enabled supply chain: File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat ... Turning signals into profits in the RFID-enabled supply chain ... behavior makes it demand-driven and enables the ... Event Intelligence in RFID-enabled Value Networks ...

SAP: newest SCM solution will support RFID-enabled execution scenarios ... as well as major retailers such as ... been to build a demand-driven supply chain that delivers ...

Performance Measurement: RFID Software, manufacturing rfid tags: RedPrairie's visibility tool enables retailers to create a demand-driven supply chain and better support overall logistics flow. ...

HP and BearingPoint Expand Global Alliance by Combining RFID Tools: collaborate to implement RFID-enabled technology designed ... technologies linked with supply chain and merchandizing ... a DDSN (Demand Driven Supply Network) strategy ...

European RFID Networking Forum: SeeBeyond Sponsors Largest RFID Event in Europe, RFID Networking ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... network suite (SeeBeyond ICAN) for advanced integration and composite application solutions, today announced its sponsorship of the RFID Networking Forum being ...

... SeeBeyond (Nasdaq:SBYN), provider of the world's first fully integrated composite application network suite (SeeBeyond ICAN) for advanced integration and composite application solutions, today announced its sponsorship of the RFID Networking Forum being held today at the Renaissance Hotel in London Heathrow, UK. As Europe's largest RFID event, the RFID Networking Forum allows attendees to investigate how investments in radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies can be leveraged to extract greater efficiency, higher availability, lower costs, and reduced shrinkage for their organizations. ...

Based on 15 years of software innovation and real-world experience in integrating systems across Global 2000 organizations, SeeBeyond (Nasdaq: SBYN) delivers the industry's first integrated composite application network built on a comprehensive integration platform. Beyond eAI, the SeeBeyond(R) Integrated Composite Application Network Suite(TM) helps organizations rapidly assemble and deploy enterprise-scale end-user applications built on existing systems and infrastructure to dramatically improve business operations. SeeBeyond has nearly 1,950 customers worldwide, including ABN Amro, BHP Billiton, The Cleveland Clinic, The Dial Corporation, DuPont, Florida Power & Light, Fluor Daniel, Fujitsu, General Motors, Halliburton, Hertz Corporation, HP, Lockheed Martin, Pfizer, Samsung, Sprint and Sutter Health.

RFID Investment ROI: SeeBeyond to Highlight Value of Comprehensive Framework in ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... 18th at 10:00 am (PST) / 1:00 pm (EST) highlighting how organizations can accelerate the ROI from their radio frequency identification (RFID) investments. ...

Most companies are working to understand the return on investment (ROI) from RFID. Walmart sees a significant ROI from their RFID compliance program. ...

... EPCglobal Solution Provider To Host Webinar: "RFID: The Next Big Thing?" SeeBeyond (Nasdaq:SBYN), provider of the world's first fully integrated composite application network suite (SeeBeyond ICAN) for advanced integration and composite application solutions, today announced that it will host a webinar on Thursday, November 18th at 10:00 a.m. (PST) / 1:00 p.m. (EST) highlighting how organizations can accelerate the ROI from their radio frequency identification (RFID) investments. ...

Based on 15 years of software innovation and real-world experience in integrating systems across Global 2000 organizations, SeeBeyond (Nasdaq: SBYN) delivers the industry's first integrated composite application network built on a comprehensive integration platform. Beyond eAI, the SeeBeyond(R) Integrated Composite Application Network Suite(TM) helps organizations rapidly assemble and deploy enterprise-scale end-user applications built on existing systems and infrastructure to dramatically improve business operations. SeeBeyond has nearly 1,950 customers worldwide, including ABN Amro, BHP Billiton, The Cleveland Clinic, The Dial Corporation, DuPont, Florida Power & Light, Fluor Daniel, Fujitsu, General Motors, Halliburton, Hertz Corporation, HP, Lockheed Martin, Pfizer, Samsung, Sprint, Sutter Health and UnitedHealth Group. For more information, please visit www.seebeyond.com. Powered by the SeeBeyond Integrated Composite Application Network (SeeBeyond ICAN) Suite, the SeeBeyond RFID Composite Application Network was architected with key input from several Fortune 500 customers and solution partners who sit at the forefront of driving the adoption of RFID solutions. Optimized for the data intensive needs of RFID, the SeeBeyond RFID Composite Application Network is the first service-oriented RFID network to provide the infrastructure customers need to rapidly deploy end-to-end RFID initiatives today, while providing the architecture to support evolving RFID standards and process needs of the future.

Walmart RFID: Reference Testimony of Linda Dillman, EVP and CIO, Walmart ...

From the Committee on Energy and Commerce ... ... comments to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection concerning the expansion of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology into new industries and the potential impact on consumers ...

Testimony of Ms. Linda M. Dillman, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 702 SW 8th Street, Bentonville, AR, 72716 provided to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection ...

... RFID that it had the potential to significantly help reduce out-of-stock conditions through the introduction of what has now become known as an Electronic Product Code or EPC. In June 2003, convinced that it could, we challenged our top 100 suppliers -- representing some of the most innovative companies in America -- to begin using RFID tags on cases and pallets of products destined for our three North Texas distribution centers by January 2005. These distribution centers ship products to 150 of approximately 3500 Wal-Mart stores. It is important to note that we chose to focus on case- and pallet-level tagging. ...

Linda Dillman testimony continues ...

... On April 30, 2004, Wal-Mart moved EPCs from the laboratory environment to an actual field pilot program. Currently, cases and pallets of 21 products (1) from eight suppliers (2) destined for one distribution center and seven Supercenters (3) in North Texas are being tagged. At our Sanger, Texas, distribution center, we have placed readers at our receiving doors, above our conveyor belt systems, and at our shipping doors. At the seven Supercenters, we have placed readers at the receiving doors, at strategic points throughout the stores’ backrooms, at the door to the sales floor, and at the trash compactor. There are no readers on the sales floor, at the check stands, or at customer entryways or exits. ...

Lastly, Dillman testimony concludes with ...

... During 2004 to 2006, Wal-Mart will continue to focus on case-and pallet-level tagging. However, because some cases also serve as consumer packaging (4), there will be instances where a consumer could purchase a product which bears an RFID tag. We currently have three products in our pilot program -- two HP printers and one HP scanner -- where this is the case. These tags are on the outermost packaging of the product and, adhering to EPCglobal privacy guidelines, are marked with an EPCglobal symbol. ...

Walmart RFID Compliance References

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology: What the Future Holds for Commerce, Security, and the Consumer
The Committee on Energy and Commerce
2125 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-2927

Supply Chain RFID: PWC Logistics awarded contract for IT and logistics services

From AME Info, United Arab Emirates ... Hand-held radio frequency (RF) communication devices and radio frequency identification (RFID) tags will be used to accurately record the movement of all goods ...

... PWC Logistics, the leading provider of comprehensive supply chain solutions in the Middle East, today announced they have been awarded a KD9.3 million (USD31.5 million) contract for IT and logistics services. ...

The Public Warehousing Company (PWC Logistics) Group was established in 1979 and through its wholly owned division, PWC Logistics, provides leading edge supply chain and logistics solutions to private and public sector entities worldwide. PWC Logistics is one of the largest and most sophisticated supply chain management companies in the region, providing solutions to a range of global companies, with an extensive, well-established network across the Middle East, a highly customer-focused team, and ISO 9001: 2000, certification across all operations as well as ISO14001 and OHSAS18000. The company's services include warehouse and fleet management, international freight, transportation, inventory management and order processing, and other supply chain related solutions and value added services. PWC Logistics is a publicly traded company with a market capitalization of approximately 2 billion US Dollars and a shareholder base that comprises prominent private and public sector investors including the Public Institute for Social Security, the pension aim of the State of Kuwait. Representative customers and partners include Nestle, Schlumberger, Equate (a joint venture of Dow Chemicals) Microsoft Corporation, Oracle, HP, Exe Technologies, Philips, The Governments of Dubai, Kuwait, Argentina, Kazakhstan and the United States of America.

RFID Conference: Advanstar Communications Appoints Mary LaSelva as New Group ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... The event provides the largest gathering for automatic identification (Auto-ID), radio frequency identification (RFID), and mobility experts in North America. ...

... Advanstar Technology Group, a division of Advanstar Communications, Inc., today announced the appointment of Mary LaSelva as group director of the Frontline Solutions Conference & Exposition. With nearly 20 years experience in technology marketing, LaSelva brings excellent leadership and a proven track record in events management to the Advanstar team. LaSelva joins Advanstar from leading document management companies such as HP Indigo, RISO, Inc., as well as early stage start-ups. At these organizations, LaSelva developed and managed marketing functions, gaining experience in communications, corporate branding, demand generation, channel marketing, original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partnerships, and business development. ...

The Frontline Solutions Conference & Exposition takes place September 13-15 in Chicago, Illinois. The event provides the largest gathering for automatic identification (Auto-ID), radio frequency identification (RFID), and mobility experts in North America. Advanstar Communications, Inc. is a worldwide business information company serving specialized markets with high quality information resources and integrated marketing solutions. Advanstar publishes 92 business magazines and directories, 79 exhibitions and conferences, numerous Web sites, and a wide range of direct marketing, database and reference products and services. Advanstar serves targeted market sectors in such industries as art, automotive, beauty, collaboration/e-learning, CRM/call center, digital media, entertainment/marketing, fashion & apparel, healthcare, internet/e-business, manufacturing and processing, pharmaceutical, power sports, science, telecommunications, and travel/hospitality. The Company has more than 1,300 employees and currently operates from multiple offices in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia.

SAP RFID: SAP Summit Ends With RFID Beginning

From CXOtoday.com, India ... The second and penultimate day of SAP Summit 2004 ushered in a new beginning for RFID in the country, with HP announcing its latest RFID initiative on the SAP ...

RFID Visibility: XcelleNet Afaria From iAnywhere Wins Mobility Product of the Year ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... XcelleNet M2M and RFID solutions provide a framework that gives visibility to remote operational data currently trapped within silos of monitoring and control ...

iAnywhere is the worldwide market leader in mobile and embedded databases, mobile middleware and mobile and remote device management. More than 15,000 customers and 1,000 partners rely on the company's award-winning products, including SQL Anywhere(R) Studio and XcelleNet frontline solutions. In addition, its AvantGo(R) mobile Internet service has more than ten million registered subscribers. iAnywhere is a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY). Afaria’s Frontline Systems Management and Frontline Security Management capabilities go beyond conventional systems and device management to proactively manage all the devices, applications, data and communications critical to frontline success. Afaria software solutions keep technology simple and useful for those on the front lines of business—mobile sales people, field service engineers, workers in remote offices and retail sites—while providing headquarters with a whole new level of control and visibility.

XcelleNet, a part of iAnywhere Solutions, provides software for managing the front lines of your business. More than 2,200 companies worldwide use XcelleNet’s Frontline Management solution to keep information and applications current and secure wherever business takes place—in retail stores and branch offices, at customer sites, and in the field. With XcelleNet software solutions, business can see and direct its frontline activities, IT can manage any platform in the field from a browser, and end users can enjoy unparalleled reliability of the solutions on which they depend. XcelleNet Frontline Management products have been selected by Microsoft to extend System Management Server’s capabilities to the front lines, and by HP to fully manage its line if iPAQ handheld devices.

RFID Deployed: OAT Completes Successful RFID Deployment for HP; OAT EPC-IS Edge ...

From TMCnet ... OAT EPC-IS Edge Server 3.0 is enabling HP to track cases of printer cartridges with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to manage the flow of ...

The OAT EPC-IS Edge Server is the world's most widely deployed RFID software suite. OAT provides a complete and powerful standards-based RFID solution for companies in the retail, CPG, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and logistics markets. Built around open industry standards, the OAT EPC-IS Edge Server collects data from leading RFID hardware devices, turns that data into intelligent and actionable business objects, and then seamlessly integrates it into enterprise applications such as ERP, warehouse management, supply chain management, and manufacturing execution systems.

OAT EPC-IS Edge Server excels at handling large volumes of data, and can run hundreds of RFID readers off a single server, while eliminating the problems that stem from RF interference, as well as duplicate or spurious reads. With Web-based configuration management, support for SNMP, and robust APIs, OAT EPC-IS Edge Server is both simple to manage and simple to extend.

RFID Testing: HP, Sun Launch RFID Test Centers

FRom ComputerWorld  MAY 10, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - The RFID bandwagon continues to pick up steam, as Hewlett-Packard Co. and Sun Microsystems Inc. launch ...

HP RFID Technology: Hewlett-Packard expands its RFID footprint

From San Jose Business Journal, CA  ... Hewlett-Packard Co. is expanding its investment in RFID technology, the new way of better tracking inventories of merchandise. The ...

HP is rolling out its first RFID-ready products as part of a Wal-Mart trial, however HP is a leader in using and understanding RFID technology. The company uses RFID within its own supply chain, provides RFID services to customers, and is part of the global effort on RFID standards. HP Labs is taking RFID technology even further.
For HP Labs, RFID enables a Sentient Environment, which knows precisely what happens to objects in its vicinity. This environment is designed to ensure that goods are not only in a specific location, but in a specific condition. HP RFID researchers are combining the object-tracking abilities of RFID with sensors that capture video images, determine location or measure environmental factors like temperature or humidity into a powerful RFID infrastructure, called Sentient Environments.

Walmart RFID Pilot Update: The Tests Begin...

BENTONVILLE, Ark., April 30, 2004 - A new era in supply-chain management begins this morning as Wal-Mart and eight product manufacturers begin testing electronic product codes, or EPCs, at select Supercenters and one regional distribution center in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex.

"This pilot is the next step in Wal-Mart's addition of radio frequency identification, also known as RFID, to improve product availability for Wal-Mart customers. The real-world trial follows extensive testing at the company's RFID lab and months of collaborative preparation by Wal-Mart and its suppliers. Field equipment testing has been underway in Texas since mid-month but nothing with an RFID tag was placed on store shelves.

"It is imperative that we have the merchandise the customer wants to buy when they want to buy it," said Linda Dillman, executive vice president and Chief Information Officer. "We believe RFID technology is going to help us do that more often and more efficiently. This will help us increase customer satisfaction in the near-term and ultimately play an important role in helping us control costs and continue offering low prices."

Wal-Mart has set a January 2005 target for its top 100 suppliers to be placing RFID tags on cases and pallets destined for Wal-Mart stores and SAM'S CLUB locations in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex area. Since announcing that initiative nearly a year ago, 37 additional suppliers have voluntarily chosen to meet that same milestone. The implementation beginning today will pave the way for achieving this goal...

... Field Test Synopsis
Initially, a total of 21 products out of the more than 100,000 products carried in a typical Supercenter will be included in the trial. Cases and pallets containing these products will feature EPCs when delivered to Wal-Mart's Sanger, Texas regional distribution center where RFID readers installed at dock doors will automatically let Wal-Mart's operations and merchandising teams as well as suppliers know this exact shipment of products has arrived and is inside the building. Cases will then be removed from pallets and processed as usual through the distribution center.

Wal-Mart is targeting 100 percent readability of pallet tags through dock doors and 100 percent readability of case tags on distribution center conveyor belts.

At seven pilot stores in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex - specifically in the communities of The Colony, Decatur, Denton, Hickory Creek, Lewisville and Plano, RFID readers at dock doors will replicate the process from the distribution center by automatically confirming that this particular shipment is now in the store's back room. Individual products will then be stocked as needed.

During the initial test, tagged cases and pallets may be distributed to stores throughout North Texas and South Central Oklahoma - the geographical area served by the Sanger, Texas distribution center. As suppliers expand their efforts to meet the requirements of multiple retailers, it is possible that tagged cases and pallets will arrive at Wal-Mart stores around the country. However, readers will not be installed in stores outside the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex so those cases and pallets would be handled as usual.

Although Wal-Mart and its suppliers are focusing on case and pallet level tagging, there are instances where a case can also be a product's individual consumer packaging. This is especially true for electronic items. In the test beginning today, three products - two HP Photosmart photo printers and an HP ScanJet scanner - may feature RFID tags on the outer packaging consumers see on store shelves. That outer packaging will be marked with an EPCglobal symbol...

About Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. operates Wal-Mart Stores, Supercenters, Neighborhood Markets and SAM'S CLUB locations in the United States. Internationally, the company operates in Puerto Rico, Canada, China, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, United Kingdom, Argentina, and South Korea. The company's securities are listed on the New York and Pacific stock exchanges under the symbol WMT.

In Texas alone, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. employs more than 130,000 Associates and operates 92 Wal-Mart discount stores, 196 Supercenters, 26 Neighborhood Markets, 69 SAM'S CLUB locations and 12 distribution centers.

Walmart RFID Test: Wal-Mart testing new tracking system

From San Jose Mercury News, CA ... HP is supplying two printers and one scanner with RFID tags which allows them to be tracked in a warehouse and anywhere in the supply chain. ...

Retail RFID Conference: Wal-Mart and Target Sit on Panel With Their Suppliers to Discuss ...

From Business Wire (press release) ... Top IT and business executives from Wal-Mart, Target Stores, HP, and Kimberly Clark will discuss critical issues around RFID during one of the three opening ...

Retail Systems 2004/VICS Collaborative Commerce
17-19 May, 2004
McCormick Place, Chicago IL USA

Conference RFID highlights...

Keep Pace with RFID and other Evolving Technologies
Improve Product Movement and Visibility
Collaborate with Trading Partners
Align IT with Business Objectives

Walmart keynote speaker:

Mike Duke will discuss the long-term vision driving Wal-Mart Stores’ decision to integrate Electronic Product Code (EPC) and RFID network technology into his company’s supply chain practices. He will discuss his senior management team’s rationale for the well publicized Wal-Mart 2005 initiative and its implications for the suppliers of the world’s largest retailer. He will describe how he views transformational technologies such as RFID and their potential impact on logistics, store operations and merchandising.

Michael, who is one of the primary business sponsors of Wal- Mart’s RFID initiative, is responsible for the day-to-day retail and merchandising operations of Wal-Mart’s discount stores, Supercenters and Neighborhood Markets in the US.

Prior to this position, he served as executive vice president of administration. Mike joined Wal-Mart in 1995. During his time at the company he has also served as executive vice president of logistics, senior vice president of logistics and senior vice president of distribution. A long-time retail industry veteran, Mike spent 23 years with Federated Department Stores, May Department Stores and Venture Stores.

VICS

Come join members of the VICS Board of Directors as they provide an overview of the VICS Strategic Plan, highlighting the significant changes that will define VICS for the short- and long-term future, 2003 accomplishments, and major initiatives planned for 2004 - 2005. The new VICS value proposition, of critical importance to existing as well as potential members, will be discussed. An explanation of member benefits, including a revitalized Web site and newsletter that will feature current and relevant information, will conclude the session.

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT at DOD
Adopt an RFID Supply Chain Practice
Maurice Stewart
Deputy Chief of DOD Logistics Automatic Identification Technology
Automatic Identification Technology (AIT) Office U.S. Department of Defense
Maurice will look at how the Department of Defense (DOD) is preparing to deploy RFID technology. He will explain how the DOD, which has been using active RFID tags to track freight containers since 1995, will require all suppliers to use active and passive RFID tags on all shipments to the military by January 2005. Learn about the feedback from supplier educational meetings of October 2003, and the RFID Summit of January 2004, as well as analysis of the DOD’s initial RFID projects. Explore the intricacies considered when phasing in RFID requirements on a large scale. Understand the DOD’s plans for embracing and utilizing diverse numbering schemes, and leveraging RFID technology throughout the DOD supply chain.

Technology Viewpoint Session on Microsoft RFID
Features and benefits of Microsoft’s Smarter Retail Initiative
Frank May
Industry Manager
Microsoft
An overview of the Microsoft Smarter Retailing Initiative will identify the functional benefits of providing “new edge of the enterprise” information to both retailer’s customers and sales associates in the store. A description of the architecture behind the initiative will illustrate how Microsoft and their partner solutions can be installed today to provide a competitive edge in the marketplace. The availability and usage of real time operational data provided by this architecture provides the methodology to migrate current systems into this new world. Integration of this architecture into an existing IT infrastructure will be discussed. Emerging wireless and RFID and other technologies introduction into the architecture will also be described.

RFID Price: HP says RFID chip price expected to drop below US$0.05

From DigiTimes, Taiwan ... At a Hewlett Packard (HP) conference in Taipei yesterday on RFID (radio frequency identification) chips, Lucien Repellin, the company’s representative for ...

Manhattan Associates has taken the core warehouse management functionality from their industry leading warehouse management system and merged it with new RFID-specific capabilities and EPC compliance to create this new solution.

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Middleware solution combines components of its industry-leading Supply Chain Execution (SCE) solutions with cutting-edge RFID capabilities to create the most feature-rich RFID solution on the market. This new solution is the first to utilize Electronic Product Code (ePC) compliant printing technology to print RFID-tagged labels.

Manhattan Associates' RFID middleware provides you with the ability to create RFID tags using state-of-the-art Electronic Product Code (ePC) compliant printing technology, and to use RFID tags within the Warehouse Management System execution environments such at Receiving, Packing, and Shipping processes.

Manhattan Associates has taken the core warehouse management functionality from their industry leading warehouse management system and merged it with new RFID-specific capabilities and EPC compliance to create this new solution. The solution is design to provide RFID functionality to any existing WMS or ERP solution that you may already have installed.

Manhattan Associates
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