RFID 2.0 Applications

S3Edge introduces 3 tier S3 RTVSTM solution platform built on Microsoft BizTalk RFID Mobile technology. The system will support the development of RFID 2.0 applications. ...

... "A customizable framework to design, deploy and execute declarative Physical World workflows across multiple tiers in a seamless manner. Core capabilities such as modeling and visualization of workflows, scheduling and monitoring of tasks, reusable real time decision making primitives, and web based manageability, provide upto 50% reduction in custom code. " ...

Via S3Edge: RFID 2.0 applications

RFID Advance Shipment Notice

DOD uses Advance Shipment Notice (ASN) transactions in combination with RFID tagging to synchronize the arriving RFID tag ID with the contents of an inbound shipment. ...

... "The current acceptable method for ASN submission is through Wide Area Workflow (WAWF). The RFID mandate requires that all vendors who are contractually obligated to affix passive RFID tags to material must also send an ASN via WAWF. The ASN is not a new process/transaction, but it is the same existing Material Inspection Receiving Report (MIRR) transaction being sent to WAWF with additional data (RFID data elements) added to the transaction. " ...

Via Defense Logistics and Materiel Readiness: Radio Frequency Identification

Configure RFID Process Workflows

More details on the OatSystems enterprise solution ...

... "Managing enterprise-wide master data, devices and EPC numbers to avoiding overlapping or duplication across multiple sites.

Enabling users to configure a device once then replicate at multiple facilities.
Aggregating data from multiple and disparate sources into a single central database for further analysis and use with business intelligence applications.

Configuring, managing and deploying RFID processes and workflows.

Automatically distributing loads across available resources within a site.

Monitoring devices and operations in real-time across the enterprise.
Integrating with existing business systems. " ...

Via OatSystems: OATenterprise

RFID-Enabled Mobile Clinical Assistant, MCA

Motion Computing introduces new C5 mobile clinical assistant (MCA) at UCSF Medical Center. The MCA is a new computing category that enables the healthcare processes of nurses, physicians and other clinicians with mobility. The Motion C5 integrates reliable, automated patient data management at the point of care. UCSF piloted the the mobile clinical assistant to assess clinician productivity improvements through enabling mobile point of care. Its analysis demonstrates a substantial improvement in nurse productivity, satisfaction and documentation accuracy. ...

... "This collaborative effort resulted in development of the Motion C5 - designed with and for clinicians - that is now being implemented in clinician usability studies worldwide. The C5 is the first highly sealed, fully disinfectable computer to integrate into one durable device the relevant technologies important to clinician workflow and productivity. The C5 combines multiple devices into one - including a built-in barcode and RFID reader for patient identification and supply, specimen and medication administration verification; a built-in camera; and a fingerprint reader to improve security and simplify clinician authentication. " ...

Via Motion Computing: Motion Launches Industry's First Mobile Clinical Assistant Designed Specifically for Clinicians ...

Integrated RFID: UID and Workflow

EPCSolutions introduces an integrated solution that enables DoD suppliers to manage all aspects of UID creation, registration, validation and UID labeling requirements. The data is seamlessly integrated into RFID labeling and Wide Area Workflow (WAWF). ...

... "The integrated solution provides MIL-STD-129P compliant RFID labels and MIL-STD-130M compliant UID marks/labels. The solution also provides a combined RFID/UID WAWF remittance and material handling document to the DoD, as well as hard copy generation of the DD250. The solution supports all major brands of RFID and bar code printers, as well as, several popular direct part mark etching devices. " ...

Via ePCSolutions: DoD RFID, UID and WAWF Integrated Solution Now Available ...

RFID Middleware: Automate Integrate ...

Reltronics Technologies has made their system, SmartInstrument, a versatile middleware for automatic Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems, widely available in the marketplace. Reltronics strengths lie in automation and identification using remote RFID technology. The SmartInstrument middleware system plays a role in supporting interoperability and integration of multiple, potentially incompatible, solutions. ...

... "One of Reltronics Technologies' fortes is in creating and supporting RFID systems that assist in automating asset and inventory management, identifying drug pedigrees, etc. and which rely upon storage and remote retrieval of data using RFID hardware (Readers, Antennas, Tags or Transponders). Retailers such as Wal-Mart and Target have whole-heartedly accepted the RFID concepts to implement efficiencies in their workflow and to limit inventories in their warehouses and they have subsequently initiated mandates to their vendors to implement RFID technology in their supplies within set timelines. These mandates are allowing shorter timelines and the industry not only needs many new deployments but also sustain existing deployments. SmartInstrument is a step forward to facilitate transparency in the RFID systems deployment thereby bringing commonality between various RFID protocols and hardware technologies (reader, antenna, and transponders or RFID tags), irrespective of the technology being new or old.

For instance, SmartInstrument enables end-users to deploy new RFID systems while seamlessly supporting all existing RFID systems and eliminating the need for single- sourcing thereby achieving a better return of investment. It fills the need by interpreting any RFID system utilizing any reader (Active, Passive), working on any frequency (LF, HF, VHF, UHF), with any communication protocol (Ethernet, WiFi, RS-232, RS-485), any transponder (Active, Passive), and any standard (EPCGlobal, ISO, AIMGlobal) bringing the much needed commonality into the RFID infrastructure. Reltronics Technologies' focus on bringing interoperability and sustainability into the RFID technology environment is the result of industry satisfaction with the RFID initiative, to enable overcoming the customer perception of which RFID technology to deploy, to enable commonality between the various RFID protocols, to enable a more cost-effective RFID system deployment, and finally to allow the end-users to start small with one RFID system and expand at their own financial pace without having to worry about the RFID system being antiquated. " ...

Via Reltronics: A Novel Idea to Harmonize Automatic Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Systems ...

RFID Hospital Blood Supply Management ...

Siemens supports RFID technology implementation for management of hospital blood supply ...

... "Back in 2005, Siemens Business Services chose Saarbruecken as the first hospital in Germany to try out an RFID project for patient identification by fitting all patients admitted to the clinic with a bracelet containing an RFID chip. In the future, this system will be extended to blood bank supplies for around 1,000 patients. When the blood bags reach the hospital, they are each equipped with an RFID chip on which a unique number has been stored. This number corresponds to an entry in a protected database containing information on the origin, designated purpose and recipient of the blood. When a nurse fetches a blood bag for a patient, she uses a PDA to read in both the chip on the packaging and the data on the patient's RFID bracelet. Only if the data matches will the blood actually be used for this patient. This ensures patients always receive the right transfusion in the right quantity. The data involved is immediately added to the clinic's process workflow and the patient's data records. Siemens Business Services acts as prime contractor. The technological equipment involved in the RFID solution includes notebooks from Fujitsu Siemens Computers with access to the clinic's patient system, as well as Pocket Loox PDAs and Stylistic tablet PCs with Intel mobile technology. RpDoc Solutions is in charge of the software for medication plans and storage, as well as for checking the dosages involved in various treatments, including blood transfusions. " ...

RFID Hospital Blood Supply Management: Via Siemens Business Services: Saarbruecken Clinic adds stocks of stored blood to its RFID pilot project

RFID SOA Architecture: OpenSource ...

RFID integration middleware offered in SOA service oriented architecture in an open-source format ...

RFID SOA Architecture: OpenSource: Via i-Konect LLC: i-Konect Announces First Milestone Release of Singularity: An Open Source RFID/Sensory Integration Platform ...

... "Singularity's M1 release focuses on the Middleware component that captures and filters RFID data. Complex event processing, coupled with business context and process control, integrates key information with existing enterprise systems (e.g., CRM, ERP, WMS), as well as new or customized user applications. Singularity also supports standards developed by EPCglobal (e.g., ALE, EPC-IS). The Information Services component is an Enterprise Service that would ultimately reside as a member of a company's Enterprise Service Bus (ESB). Although an ESB is not required, utilizing a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a best practice approach for providing EPC event information to the enterprise as well as to external business partners via the EPCglobal Network or the DoD's Wide Area Workflow (WAWF). An SOA approach with Singularity's EPC-IS provides a federated deployment model that enables global Track and Trace visibility with the logical appearance of a single EPC-IS repository. " ...

i­-Konect is a privately owned integrator providing software solutions that promotes the use of open-source development platforms and adheres to the latest industry standards. i-Konect designs solutions to maximize scalability, reliability, as well as improving the ease to adapt, extend, and maintain. The company's expertise includes globally distributed enterprise solution architectures as well as the seamless integration of new technologies such as RFID, smart cards, and mobile devices with legacy systems.

Syclo Agentry RFID Middleware ...

Syclo Agentry RFID Middleware: Via Syclo: Syclo Joins Symbol's PartnerSelect ISV Partner Program: Long-time partner Syclo selected for Symbol's Partner Advisory Council; Syclo and Symbol deliver mobile solutions to more than 100 customers and thousands of mobile workers ...

Syclo collaborates with Symbol to deliver RFID solutions to mobile workforce ...

... "Syclo’s Agentry mobile platform, the basis for all of its products, enables organizations to build out their mobile programs using the same platform. Recognized as best-in-class middleware, Agentry can be used to rapidly deploy custom mobile applications that work in and out of wireless coverage, run on multiple handheld devices and support the latest in device peripherals, including RFID, GPS, GIS and more. " ...

Syclo is a leading developer of mobile solutions that streamline workflow and maximize productivity. Building on its flagship development platform Agentry, Syclo offers fully configurable mobile applications that run on a variety of devices and support real-time wireless or offline computing. Syclo's SMART Suite, the most widely deployed solution for enterprise asset management, includes pre-packaged and pre-integrated applications for maintenance and field service teams. Syclo and its partners utilize Agentry to design, develop and integrate customized solutions on-time and within budget. Over 500 Global 1000 corporations across industries have deployed Syclo's solutions.

Hospital RFID Bracelet Integrated Medical Record ...

Hospital RFID Bracelet Integrated Medical Record: Exavera Technologies Incorporated - Insight Comes from Information: eShepherd™ Combines WiFi and RFID Technologies to Maximize Patient Safety and Optimize Hospital Workflow ...

... "eShepherd's RFID bracelets contain a subset of the patient's electronic medical record, including a photograph for positive identification and medical history such as insurance information, vital signs, physician contact data and current medications. In addition to this intelligence, the bracelet communicates automatically with the hospital's information system through Exavera's wireless broadband premise router, eliminating the need for scanning and making the flow of data transparent to patients and caregivers. Working with a hospital's HIS and wireless input devices such as PDAs, tablet PCs, and laptops, eShepherd enables real-time, point-of-care read and write access to information contained in the bracelet and the hospital's database." ...

RFID Shipment Verification Automation

RFID Shipment Verification Automation: Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is poised to dramatically impact and improve the way manufacturers, distributors and retailers do business and interact with each other ...

Tibco offers integrated and automated business processes, such as shipment verification, based on the use of RFID technology ...

... "TIBCO's Shipment Receipt Verification Solution integrates EPC information with business processes and rules to provide visibility into inventory movement and receipt. This solution improves the efficiency of claims adjustment processes by mitigating the technological limitations of RFID, generating and coordinating the workflow of alerts and exceptions when scans don’t match up with established rules and logic. " ...

Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, TIBCO Software Inc. (Nasdaq:TIBX) TIBCO is a leading business integration and process management software company that enables real-time business with thousands of customers and annual revenues of more than $250 million.

RFID File Tracking Systems Government Contract ...

RFID File Tracking Systems Government Contract: 3M Awarded GSA Contract for RFID File Tracking Systems, Giving Agencies Easy, Low-Cost Access to RFID Systems ...

... "3M has been awarded a five-year schedule contract from the General Services Administration (GSA) for 3M RFID File Tracking Systems. The GSA contract allows 3M to offer federal agencies a simplified process for obtaining its latest RFID (radio frequency identification) tracking products and systems for tracking physical files, at the lowest possible price. These products are listed under GSA contract number GS-25F-0033R. " ...

For more than 30 years, 3M has provided premier security solutions and services that identify, authenticate, secure and track materials and information by combining security and productivity. Drawing on its broad technology base and expertise, 3M creates solutions for a wide array of security needs. Examples include issuance and authentication of travel documents and personal identification cards, brand and asset protection solutions to fight counterfeiting and tampering, file tracking solutions, and library security and workflow management solutions.

Active RFID Wireless Asset Management Solution ...

Active RFID Wireless Asset Management Solution: PanGo First to Integrate Wi-Fi-based Active RFID Product with Cisco’s New Wireless Location Appliance: Worldwide leader in networking collaborates with PanGo to extend the power of the wireless network ...

PanGo's asset management solution support mobile wireless capabilities integrated with active RFID technology ...

... "PanGo Networks, Inc., today announced the availability of a joint asset tracking solution that integrates Cisco’s 2700 Series Wireless Location Appliance with PanGo Locator® 2.0. PanGo is the first company to successfully integrate and commercialize a location-aware application on Cisco’s Location Appliance. PanGo Locator is an active RFID system that includes true Wi-Fi asset tags and all the software necessary to easily track assets over a wireless LAN. Cisco announced the general availability of its 2700 Series Wireless Location Appliance product today which makes location an actual feature of the network and provides the means for third party applications to access the location of devices connected to the wireless LAN. The new 2.0 release of the PanGo Locator active RFID system transforms location coordinates, adds a number of valuable services and ultimately provides a complete application solution. " ...

... PanGo leverages active RFID into its wireless asset management solution.

PanGo Networks™ is a leading provider of location-aware wireless services and applications for the enterprise market. PanGo’s 802.11-based software transforms off-the-shelf WLAN infrastructure into a platform for intelligent applications that improve and expedite important business processes. Through its flagship PanOS™ platform and mobile applications, PanGo offers the industry’s first comprehensive solution for real-time asset visibility and context-aware information delivery. Specializing in a range of markets including healthcare, manufacturing, retail and government, PanGo delivers reliable and accurate information about the location of connected devices, people and assets. PanGo’s location-based applications enable optimal information management and workflow, and provide significant return on investment. PanGo is headquartered in Framingham, MA. The company is privately held.

RFID Mobile Enterprise Solutions ...

Syclo Announces the Release of Agentry version 3.7: Agentry mobile platform adds support for BlackBerry and also includes compatibility with IBM's DB2 Everyplace database for mobile devices ...

Syclo enterprise solutions offer mobile device integration with peripherals, such as RFID ...

... "With Agentry, 80 percent of the application is already built allowing the designer to concentrate on the business solution, while the underlying Agentry components handle the technical details. Out of box integration with more than 25 different peripherals such as bar code scanners, wireless printers, GPS, GIS, and RFID. " ...

Syclo is a leading developer of mobile solutions that streamline workflow and maximize productivity. Building on its flagship development platform Agentry, Syclo offers fully configurable mobile applications that run on a variety of devices and support real-time wireless or offline computing. Syclo's SMART Suite, the most widely deployed solution for enterprise asset management, includes pre-packaged and pre-integrated applications for maintenance and field service teams. Syclo and its partners utilize Agentry to design, develop and integrate customized solutions on-time and within budget. Over 500 Global 1000 corporations across industries have deployed Syclo's solutions.

3M Law Firm RFID Solution ...

3M Introduces Legal Professionals to Radio Frequency Technology That Tracks and Manages Critical Files ...

... "At the upcoming Association of Legal Administrators conference, 3M is unveiling a high-tech way to take control of file tracking and management. 3M RFID Tracking Solutions offers a suite of products for law firms based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology that locates and identifies individual files via a tiny microchip and antenna. The microchip and antenna are inside a 3M RFID Tracking Tag that is affixed to each file and allows the files to be easily tracked through the entire workflow. As a file moves from central file rooms, team rooms, or individual offices, a complete file history is tracked and can be easily viewed on any network computer." ...

3M is a $16 billion diversified technology company with leading positions in consumer and office; display and graphics; electronics; health care; industrial; safety, security and protection services and transportation. Headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, the company has operations in more than 60 countries and serves customers in nearly 200 countries. 3M, which marked its 100th anniversary in 2002, is one of the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average and also is a component of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.

RFID Optimize Patient Flow in Orthopedic Center

Lancaster General implements PeriOptimum and Radianse solution to optimize patient flow in new orthopedic center

... "Lancaster General Hospital is using a real-time workflow-management and patient location solution from industry partners PeriOptimum and Radianse to streamline patient throughput and optimize capacity in its new state-of-the-art Orthopedic Center. The solution integrates Radianse active-RFID location technology into PeriOptimum's PathFinder, a software application that collects patient, equipment and process-tracking data across perioperative care, then distributes the information via a hospital's intranet or the Internet and stores it for analysis.

When patients arrive at the center, they are assigned active-RFID location tags that identify where they are in real-time and their surgical status as they move through the perioperative process. The PeriOptimum/Radianse solution replaces an old manual-data-entry system with one that automatically enters the patient data into the network for quick and easy access by caregivers and administrators." ...

For more than 100 years, Lancaster General has been meeting the healthcare needs of Lancaster County in southeast Pennsylvania. Lancaster General is a hospital and a healthcare system with a reputation for excellence. The winner of numerous national and local awards, 563-bed Lancaster General Hospital employs more than 4,600 people and has more than 470 physicians and surgeons on its active staff. Lancaster General Hospital has won the Solucient Leadership Institute 100 Top Hospitals award for five years from 1997 through 2001 and been recognized by Hospital & Health Networks magazine's Most Wired Award in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003.

Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PeriOptimum provides a broad range of products and services that help hospitals improve surgical throughput. Hospitals and surgicenters use the company's Perioperative Improvement Evaluation (PIE?) PathFinder? workflow management solution and Surgical Capacity Improvement Program (SCIP?) to create predictable and streamlined perioperative environments. The result is increased patient throughput, significantly improved physician, staff and patient satisfaction, and tremendous net revenue gains.

Radianse, Inc., Lawrence, MA, provides indoor positioning solutions (IPS) to track medical equipment, patients and staff, combining active-RFID with a patent-pending location algorithm to deliver the proven accuracy and return on investment hospitals require. Radianse adheres to an open systems approach to location solutions, shunning exclusive arrangements it sees as limiting effectiveness across a healthcare campus. Hospitals in the U.S. and Europe use Radianse solutions to reduce asset shrinkage and excess rentals and improve staff efficiency, resource utilization and overall safety, patient flow and workflow. The Radianse Ready? partner certification program provides training, support and warranties to ensure consistently high performance of Radianse location software, active-RFID-tags and LAN- or WiFi-ready receivers.

Healthcare RFID ActiveRFID Location System Deployed ...

Healthcare RFID ActiveRFID Location System Deployed: Mississippi Baptist Health Systems uses real-time workflow ...

Baptist Health deploys active-RFID location tracking system ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... The solution integrates patent-pending Radianse active-RFID location technology into PeriOptimum's PathFinder, a software application that collects patient ...

... Committed to using information technology to support improved clinical outcomes, staff productivity and operational efficiency, Mississippi Baptist Health System Surgery Department has deployed a real-time workflow management and patient location solution from industry partners PeriOptimum and Radianse. The solution integrates patent-pending Radianse active-RFID location technology into PeriOptimum's PathFinder, a software application that collects patient, equipment and process tracking data across perioperative care, distributes it via a hospital's Intranet or the Internet and stores it for analysis. ...

Baptist Health Systems is the parent company of Baptist Medical Center, The Mississippi Hospital for Restorative Care and a number of related healthcare services and programs. Since 1911, Baptist has served Mississippi as a Christian-based, non-profit comprehensive medical center. Today, Baptist Medical Center is part of a growing network that makes comprehensive health care, health education, health risk assessments and wellness more accessible than ever before. Radianse, Inc., Lawrence, Mass., provides indoor positioning solutions (IPS) to locate and associate medical equipment, patients and staff. A Radianse IPS combines active-RFID with a patent-pending location algorithm to deliver proven accuracy and return on investment. Radianse adheres to an open systems approach to location solutions, shunning exclusive arrangements it sees as limiting effectiveness across a healthcare campus. Hospitals in the U.S. and Europe use Radianse solutions to reduce asset loss and excess rentals and improve efficiency, resource utilization, safety and patient flow.

RFID Yard Event Management ...

RFID Yard Event Management: Vizional Announces Release of RFID-Enabled Yard Management ...

Vizional launches RFID solution that support optimization of yard processes ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... Vizional Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of RFID event-driven supply chain solutions for the ...

... Vizional Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of RFID event-driven supply chain solutions for the logistics, transportation and retail industries today announced the Vizional Yard RFID(TM) solution -- an RFID-enabled application designed to effectively manage trailers, tractors, shunt trucks and labor. This new application, based on Vizional's core enterprise-scalable event management, alerting and visibility technology, improves asset utilization, optimizes inventory management, shortens order cycle times, improves fill rates and reduces overall transportation costs. ...

Vizional Yard RFID marries the automatic data identification and collection power of RFID technology with business rules and business processes to automate workflow and events. Deployment of Vizional Yard RFID enables companies to replace the manual or paper-based systems that rob companies of visibility along the supply chain. Vizional Yard RFID readily captures and exchanges information in real-time across the business enterprise using the most appropriate and mature RFID technologies, in any combination of fixed-mounted, mobile and handheld RFID readers, to collect and share information critical to time-sensitive business processes. The application supports both passive and active RFID tags and a multitude of environmental sensors in conjunction with existing barcode technologies. This ability to support multiple Auto-ID technologies translates into a very cost-effective and customizable solution that preserves investment in existing infrastructures.

Mobile RFID Kit Drives Field Applications With Real-Time RFID Integration ...

Mobile RFID Kit Drives Field Applications With Real-Time RFID Integration: Nokia Mobile RFID Kit as part of the Nokia Field Force Solution is ...

Nokia has launched a software kit for mobile RFID that will enable real-time, rich-experience applications for the field service workforce ...

From Mobile Game Developer (press release), FL ... Espoo, Finland - The Nokia Mobile RFID Kit as part of the Nokia Field Force Solution has started shipping. The solution allows for ...

... The Nokia Mobile RFID Kit as part of the Nokia Field Force Solution has started shipping. The solution allows for easy management of tasks and service team workflow in the field. The Nokia Field Force Solution is designed specifically for industry sectors such as security, services, utilities, health care, and government branches to increase the efficiency of field personnel. Application examples include repair, maintenance, asset management, time, attendance, meter reading and work completion reporting. The solution is based on RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology. ...

Library RFID Enhances Circulation ...

VTLS Inc. Fastrac RFID Technology Used For Library Asset Management ...

... "Delray Beach Public Library has selected FASTRAC, a second-generation asset management system based upon radio frequency identification (RFID) technology for enhancing their circulation services and security: The FASTRAC system will enable the Delray Beach Public Library to provide enhanced circulation services to patrons, while streamlining workflow and processing tasks for staff. These services include such tasks as multiple-item processing for checkout, check-in, as well as patron self-check out. At the same time, FASTRAC provides for rapid, uninterrupted security for all library materials. Collection management is faster and more accurate and library staff spends less time with repetitive, clerical tasks. Delray Beach Public Library will be implementing FASTRAC within their new main library scheduled to open in October 2005. The library will begin tagging their existing 100,000 volumes while in their present location and are planning for an additional 100,000 volumes from their book vendor as part of their ODC. The new TagSYS C320 ISO 18000-3 standard tags will be used across the complete collection. " ...

RFID Service Management for Mobile Assets ...

RFID Management of Mobile Assets: TrenStar Delivering Mobile Asset Management Solution to Martek

From Market Wire (press release) ... has signed an agreement to acquire Martek's container fleet and provide a management solution featuring radio frequency identification (RFID) tracking, systems ...

... TrenStar Inc. announced today at the ProMat trade show that it will be delivering an outsourced mobile asset management solution to Martek Biosciences Corp., a company that develops and sells products derived from microalgae. TrenStar has signed an agreement to acquire Martek's container fleet and provide a management solution featuring radio frequency identification (RFID) tracking, systems integration, logistics, fleet assessment and procurement, and maintenance services including sterilization. TrenStar will provide reverse logistics for some domestic and European Martek customers. ...

Martek Biosciences Corporation develops and sells products from microalgae. The Nutritional Products Group manufactures and sells two nutritional fatty acids, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and arachidonic acid (ARA). Martek has patented its DHA (DHASCO®) and ARA (ARASCO®) oil blend (Formulaid®) and sells it to infant formula manufacturers worldwide. Martek also sells its DHA oil, under the Neuromins® brand name, to the nutritional supplement industry, either directly or through a number of supplement manufacturers. The Fluorescent Products Group develops and sells a series of proprietary and non-proprietary fluorescent markers. These markers have been designed for use in a wide range of drug discovery and research applications. TrenStar is the first company to offer mobile asset management. From the start in 2001, TrenStar's singular mission has been to buy, track and manage high-value containers for customers throughout asset-intensive industries. TrenStar offers one complete outsourced solution that combines asset acquisition, tracking technology and management services all for a per-use fee, so customers, and eventually entire industries, reduce operating expenses, improve customer service and manage assets and their contents effectively. TrenStar's clients include Carlsberg UK, Coors Brewers Limited, Kraft and Goodyear. Ranked as the top software developer in the Denver area and named a Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Rising Star in North America, TrenStar has offices in Denver, the United Kingdom, Australia and South Africa. TrenStar is privately held, and the primary shareholders are Trencor Limited, The Carlyle Group and the Leede Companies.

Additional resources on RFID Management of Mobile Assets ...

Inventory Software: RFID Technology, logistics, Inventory: and simplify management and control of valuable mobile assets and helps speed shipments through homeland security procedures. Based on active RFID technology ...

Mobile Asset Management Solutions for Healthcare: tracking and identification of mobile assets including medical ... is the first to offer RFID-enabled resource and workflow management solutions designed ...

RFID: ready for its close-up?: In addition, the RFID's mobile asset management solution provider will package the cost of assets, services and solutions into a per-use fee, enabling you to ...

RFID technology to power real-time asset: The ID-tags transmit continuous active-RFID information to Radianse ... us a further competitive edge in real-time management of mobile assets across healthcare ...

RFID Readers: Agility Releases New Version of Equipment Management System That ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... AgileTrac 2.0 is the only equipment management solution in the healthcare industry that integrates comprehensive functionality into handheld RFID readers. ...

... Agility Healthcare Solutions has released AgileTrac 2.0, its Web-based, radio frequency identification-enabled equipment management system that can be applied to other healthcare facility needs, including patient tracking and surgical-instrument management. Agility's AgileTrac 2.0 is the only equipment management solution in the healthcare industry that integrates comprehensive functionality into handheld RFID readers. ...

Agility offers healthcare providers the first RFID-enabled resource and workflow management solutions designed to optimize asset utilization, reduce operating costs and improve care quality. Agility tracks, measures and improves utilization of a client's resources, including mobile medical equipment, surgical instruments, supplies and pharmaceuticals, while improving patient flow, staff workflow and facility productivity. Agility is a TrenStar Inc. subsidiary headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.

Healthcare RFID: PanGo Networks to Present at RFID In Healthcare Conference

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... Officer of PanGo Networks, (www.pangonetworks.com) will be presenting with Dr. John Halamka, MD, MS CIO at CareGroup Health System at the RFID in Healthcare ...

Who: Richard Barnwell, Chief Technology Officer of PanGo
Networks, (www.pangonetworks.com) will be presenting with
Dr. John Halamka, MD, MS CIO at CareGroup Health System
at the RFID in Healthcare Conference in Cambridge, MA.

When: Tuesday, November 30 at 10:45 a.m. (EST)

Where: Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, MA

What: Leveraging your 802.11 WLAN to Achieve a Cost Effective
Active RFID Deployment For Asset Tracking in a Healthcare
Setting

PanGo Networks(TM) is the leading provider of location-aware wireless systems for the enterprise market. PanGo's software and systems transform off-the-shelf WLAN infrastructure into a platform for intelligent applications that improve important business processes. Through its flagship PanOS(TM) platform and mobile applications, PanGo offers the industry's first comprehensive system for real-time asset visibility and context-aware information delivery. Specializing in a range of markets including healthcare, manufacturing, retail and government, PanGo delivers reliable and accurate information about the location of connected devices, people and assets. PanGo's location-aware systems enable optimal information management and workflow, and provide measurable and significant return on investment.

RFID Education: RFID Technology Lecture Series Explores Revolution in Business and ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology is revolutionizing the world of inventory and data storage around the globe. ...

Merrimack College sponsors advanced lecture series on RFID technology with exciting roster of presenters ...

... A complimentary three-part lecture series on RFID and its future implications, featuring internationally renowned guest speakers, will be held at Merrimack College. The series will focus on: -- where RFID technology began -- what industries can benefit from RFID, and -- how the technology will modify identification and data collection in the future. ...

Dr. Sanjay Sarma will discuss RFID as a larger class of technology and focus on RFID tags in terms of wireless sensing and the business and economic benefit of those tags. He will also describe the Auto-ID Center (Dr. Sarma is a co-founder of the Center) and address the research MIT and other universities did to bring RFID to reality.

Radianse, Inc., of Lawrence, Mass., provides an active-RFID technology that incorporates an indoor positioning system (IPS) for healthcare to reduce asset shrinkage and labor costs and improve utilization, patient flow-times and overall workflow efficiency. A Radianse IPS combines long-range active-RFID with a patent-pending location algorithm for accurate, continuous location and association of people, places and things. The IPS solution is in use at Mass. General Hospital, Brigham & Women's Hospital, the Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania, and several other hospitals.

RFID Printers: Zebra Technologies Announces Becton Dickinson Joins Alliance ...

From Yahoo News (press release) ... The Company has sold nearly four million printers, including RFID printer/encoders and wireless mobile solutions, and also offers software, connectivity ...

" ... Key components of the BD.id System include BD's proprietary software and management reports, handheld computers, and Zebra's QL 220 Bluetooth-enabled mobile wireless-compatible bar code printers. Designed for use in acute care facilities, the BD.id System reduces specimen collection and medical errors by using bar codes to verify and ensure that blood and other specimens are collected from the right patient, at the right time, into the right specimen containers -- and also to ensure that this information is linked back to the right patient, accurately and consistently. From a quality management perspective, the BD.id System using Zebra printers also provides essential tools for monitoring workflow and managing quality by capturing and storing collection events, including proper sequencing, and providing data to be analyzed for hospital accreditation by JCAHO and CAP ... "

RFID Tags: SAT Corp.'s Handhelds Help Refineries Quickly Spot Problems

From ComputerWorld ... based SAT Corp. that marries handheld devices, radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and workflow applications. Workers are ...

SAT Corporation is the leading provider of integrated field force automation solutions for process manufacturing industries. For process-intensive enterprises, the integration of manufacturing decision support systems with mobile field workers has proven to be labor intensive, time consuming, and costly. SAT Corporation's integrated field force automation software and technology provide a practical, intelligent solution. Our IntelaTrac® enterprise software enables data collection, field force management, asset tracking and integration capabilities that fully extend enterprise and manufacturing decision support systems to mobile field workers through wireless handheld computers, like those offered by Symbol Technologies. Based on Adaptive Process Management, a rules-based workflow model for implementing field force automation solutions around complex processes, IntelaTrac software has been successfully deployed by Fortune 500 companies and other organizations and has produced significant, documented cost savings.

SAT's IntelaTrac® Work Process Management System is based on Adaptive Process Management (APM), a rules-based workflow model for implementing field force automation solutions around complex processes. Within the structure of this APM model, the data collection, field force management, asset tracking, and integration capabilities of IntelaTrac fully extend enterprise manufacturing decision support systems to mobile field workers. IntelaTrac software was designed from the ground up to operate on multiple mobile computing operating systems and platforms, and integrate seamlessly with a variety of back-end CMMS enterprise manufacturing, planning, and decision support systems. Using a suite of integrated modules, IntelaTrac software optimizes flexibility in addressing specific tasks and goals, and it allows for expansion to meet future needs.

RFID is the most advanced asset tracking and identification tag technology available today. It provides positive identification and automatic data transfer between a tagged object and a reader, which speeds data collection and improves the quality of data by validating asset and location information. Further, RFID tags have read/write capabilities, so tag data can be updated in the field with mobile computing devices. SAT's MA V wearable computer is designed to fit securely and comfortably on the body using a complete range of Xybernaut-designed vests, belts, and cases. Xybernaut has taken great care to consider key ergonomic, comfort and function issues or body placement, access, weight balance, materials, freedom of movement, hygiene and body support to ensure seamless human-computer interaction.

RFID Data Synchronization Software: Cardonet Expands Product Information Management Solution With ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... the new Synergy software to a wide range of companies attending sessions regarding data synchronization, radio frequency identification (RFID), and other ...

Cardonet Synergy offers the perfect complement to your existing "systems of record," providing a powerful, yet flexible, rules-driven environment for the capture, validation, transformation, and distribution of constantly changing product information. Synergy's intelligent workflow can automatically extract new information from internal item masters or data bases and notify authors that product information needs review or editing. The software streamlines the process of manually adding products or attribute data to the repository, creating new packages or other relationships between products, and linking unstructured data such as images or datasheets to each product.

Data can be published via UCCnet standards for data synchronization, as well as to customer e-procurement systems, industry exchanges, or to complementary applications for web content management, print publishing or CD-ROMs. Cardonet Synergy lets companies go beyond mere compliance with UCCnet mandates.

Cardonet is a leading provider of product information management solutions used by medium to large enterprises to streamline their business processes. Cardonet’s rules-driven automation technology and advanced process-oriented workflows, provide both buy-side and sell-side organizations with powerful solutions for developing, managing, and distributing rich electronic databases of product information. In conjunction with our cutting-edge, automated catalog management technology, Cardonet's Professional Services Group offers flexible and scalable consulting programs customized to the individual needs of the customer. Founded in 1997, Cardonet is privately held, with primary investors including Cargill, Giza GE Capital, Sequoia Capital, Yozma Venture Capital and Mentor Capital Group.

RFID Software: OAT Announces First End-to-End RFID Software Solution to Power ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA OAT EPC-IS Edge Server 3.0 is an industrial-strength Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) software solution that is easy to deploy and proven to meet the ...

OAT EPC-IS Edge Server gives organizations complete real-time visibility into, and control over, the flow of goods through a facility. Using OAT EPC-IS Edge Server's rules-based workflow and exception management, manufacturing facilities and warehouse operations can track products, automate processes to improve operational efficiency, and create an integrated shipping and receiving operation with real-time validation.

OATSystems, Inc. is the leading provider of software for the High-Resolution Supply Chain™. OAT powers the EPC networks of many of the world's largest retail, defense, CPG, and pharmaceutical companies. First released in 2001, OAT is the world's most widely deployed EPC software solution. O AT has been involved in the creation of the EPC industry from day one and has assembled the industry's most respected team of EPC experts.

UCC RFID: ISS' CERICOMX Unites Microsoft Office With UCCnet Functionality ...

From TMCnet ... The synchronized data provided by CERICOMX(R) forms the foundation for advanced e-commerce tools such as CPFR(R), RFID, scan based trading and VMI. ...

Integrated Software Systems is the leading provider of web-based, dynamic collaborative solutions that enable UCCnet(TM) data synchronization. ISS software solutions present a powerful vehicle for managing and expanding the scope of value chain partner relationships, ensuring productive workflow collaboration and synchronization, reducing operating costs, improving decision-making capabilities and increasing overall effectiveness and efficiency. CERICOMX(R) easily enables any company seeking to synchronize data through UCCnet(TM) to do so in a rapid and cost effective manner. The synchronized data provided by CERICOMX(R) forms the foundation for advanced e-commerce tools such as CPFR(R), RFID, scan based trading and VMI. ISS is a founding member of the UCC Solution Partner Program and CERICOMX(R) is fully certified under UCCnet(TM) version 2.3, synchronizing data both with the UCCnet(TM) GLOBALregistry(R) and with the Item Registry. CERICOMX(R) is a core component of the ISS UCCnet(TM) certified Synchronization Suite that fully supports hardline specific core, extended and class specific attributes as well as XSD and DTD communications under UCCnet(TM) version 2.3. For more information or to enroll to participate in a WEBEX demonstration of CERICOMX(R) on any Tuesday at 2 p.m. EST please visit online at www.issbiz.com.

Healthcare RFID: Agility Delivers the Healthcare Industry’s Largest RFID-Enabled Mobile Asset Management Program That Reduces Total Cost of Equipment Ownership

RICHMOND, Va. – Agility Healthcare Solutions is delivering the largest radio frequency identification-enabled (RFID-enabled) mobile asset management program in the U.S. healthcare industry, and the first designed to significantly reduce the total cost of equipment ownership, to Bon Secours Richmond Health System in Richmond, Virginia.

Agility is providing tracking and management services for critical mobile medical equipment for three Bon Secours Richmond hospitals under a five-year service fee arrangement. AgileTrac, Agility’s comprehensive mobile medical equipment management program, will be fully operational this spring, said Fran Dirksmeier, Agility chief executive officer. Bon Secours Richmond, which has a fourth hospital under construction that will feature AgileTrac, provides a variety of healthcare services and is one of Richmond 's largest employers.

“We’re working closely with Bon Secours to evaluate all business processes and operating costs associated with their significant investment in mobile equipment. We fully anticipate that our AgileTrac program will provide them with an attractive return on investment within the first full year of operations,” said Dirksmeier. “But that’s just a start. We can track and manage other resources so that clients like Bon Secours can take full advantage of the robust RFID platform we’ve put into place. ”

Jerrold Maki, Bon Secours Richmond’s chief administrative officer, said, “Agility has been able to quantify our total mobile equipment costs and streamline our equipment management processes. Not only are we expecting the Agility solution to reduce costs and improve staff productivity, but also to improve patient care and assist with our compassionate quality healthcare mission.”

Agility is a subsidiary of mobile asset management company TrenStar Inc. that serves clients including Scottish Courage Breweries, Carlsberg UK, Kraft, Goodyear, Burberry and Prada Stores. Agility provides the first mobile asset management solution designed specifically for the healthcare industry featuring dedicated operational support services to optimize business processes, monitor and measure cost reductions, and identify equipment utilization improvement opportunities, said Dirksmeier. Mobile assets in the healthcare industry include medical and transport equipment and surgical instruments.

About Agility
Agility offers healthcare providers the first RFID-enabled resource and workflow management solutions designed to optimize asset utilization, reduce operating costs and improve care quality. Agility tracks, measures and improves utilization of a client’s resources including mobile medical equipment, surgical instruments, supplies and pharmaceuticals, while improving patient flow, staff workflow and facility productivity.

Agility is a TrenStar Inc. subsidiary headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. On the Net: www.agilityhealthcare.com

SAP Announces 2004 Release of the Technology Platform SAP ...

From PRNewswire (press release) ... New ad hoc workflow and universal worklist features allow end users to efficiently coordinate projects. -- Customers can now integrate RFID data into SAP ...

RFID Animated Graphic

Here is a high-level animated illustration of an RFID workflow, where objects in motion are detected by an RFID reader and the data managed through the Savant server with event management to an ERP system...