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June 2006

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RFID Technology Series

RFID Hardware: What You Must Know

Understanding and Selecting RFID Devices


© ChainLink Research, June 2006 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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About ChainLink Research

ChainLink Research, Inc. is a Supply Chain research organization dedicated to helping executives improve business performance and competitiveness through an understanding of real-world implications, obstacles and results through supply chain practices, processes, and technologies. The ChainLink Inter-Enterprise Model is the basis for our research. It is a unique, real-world framework that de-scribes the multidimensional aspects of the links between supply chain partners. For more information, contact ChainLink Research at Harvard Square Center 124 Mount Auburn Street, Suite 200 N., Cambridge, MA 02138. Tel: (617) 762-4040. Email: [email protected]. Website: www.clresearch.com.

Technology Advisors for this Report

We gratefully acknowledge the support and input from these individuals: Mr. Peter Kuzma Vice President of Business Development RCD Technology

Mr. Toby Rush President Rush Tracking Systems Mr. Harry Newton Author Newton’s Telecom Dictionary * Dr. Dan Deavers RFID Alliance Lab Kansas State University Mr. Mark Roberti Editor in Chief RFID Journal

* Newton’s Telecom Dictionary the 22nd Edition—Wonderful reference guide on terminology for technology in RFID, Telco, and Computer Science.

www.clresearch.com



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Table of Contents

Executive Summary ...................................................................................... 1 What You Will Learn in this Report ............................................................. 1 How this Report Is Organized ..................................................................... 2

Introduction to RFID...................................................................................... 3

What is RFID? The Basics .......................................................................... 3 RFID Tags................................................................................................... 5 RFID Readers ............................................................................................. 8

Understanding the Technology—The Science of RFID........................... 10

Basic Science............................................................................................ 10 The Electromagnetic Spectrum................................................................. 11 Understanding RF Frequency Options ..................................................... 13

RFID In My World......................................................................................... 19

Near Field vs. Far Field............................................................................. 19 Operating in Near Field Far Field—Making it Work .................................. 22 Detuning.................................................................................................... 23 Antenna and Field Characteristics ............................................................ 23 Dealing with Environments and the Impact of Physical Properties........... 28 Challenges of Readers.............................................................................. 31

Selecting the Right Solution—What Do I Use? ........................................ 34

The 3Pe is The Solution............................................................................ 34 RFID-Enabled Processes.......................................................................... 35 Active vs. Passive Tags ............................................................................ 37 Beware of Common RFID Myths .............................................................. 37

Myth: Passive Tags are Cheaper......................................................................37 Myth: Passive Tags Will Be Cheaper—Soon....................................................37 Myth: Passive Tags are Not Reusable..............................................................38 Myth: Items Use Only Passive Tags, Not Active Tags......................................38 Myth: RFID Cannot Be Used In the Home........................................................39

Standards vs. Mandates vs. Good Ideas................................................... 40

RFID Transmission Requirements............................................................ 41 RFID Bands Worldwide Regulations......................................................... 43 Taking a Total Systems Approach ............................................................ 43

Considerations Before Buying Technology ............................................. 45 Conclusions ................................................................................................. 49 Appendix A: Standards.................................................................................. 51 Appendix B: Tables of Survey Results .......................................................... 53



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Other ChainLink RFID Reports:

RFID Software—Middleware, Networks and Applications

RFID Service Providers

Cold Chains are Hot

RFID in Clinical Settings

RFID in Manufacturing

RFID for the Customer Experience

Value Consideration for RFID—Mini Report

Understanding EPCIS—Mini Report

It is the business of the future to be dangerous… The major advances in civilization are processes that all but wreck the societies in which they occur.

- Alfred North Whitehead



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Executive Summary RFID has hit the world like lightening! But the fact is that there is little understanding of how the technology works, or how to select solutions. Even firms under mandates to implement RFID understand very little about how to get the most value for their own firm, or how to recognize whether their vendors have solid expertise in RFID. Through a series of RFID reports, ChainLink Research will address these issues.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS REPORT This report—RFID Hardware—is for two audiences. This is a primer for those who have little or no RFID knowledge. We use the word primer, but it is comprehensive enough that we think most people, implementers and vendors alike, will learn more about RFID, even if they have already gained some expertise.

The second audience is those who are seeking knowledge about the players in the market. Though RFID is new in some applications, there are hundreds of RFID companies out there. It is hard for end-users to sort out the real players.1

We at ChainLink Research have spent the last few years learning about RFID. Prior to the RFID Era, we were working in warehouses and ocean ports, putting in bar-coding, mobility systems, real-time locating systems, warehousing systems, and retail in-store operations systems. We were researching the emerging RFID technology from many vantage points. We found that even though there is a plethora of information available, there are very few good approaches to learning and implementing this new technology. Through this and the subsequent reports on RFID, we will provide you with the basic background information you need to select the right RFID solution for your business.

We have included lots of graphics, charts and definitions to help you understand RFID, and we have several views of the solution providers to help you decide what hardware is right for you.

This report is not intended to rank the solution providers. There are far too many variables in each project to be able to make those judgments in a report. But the report will guide you in your discussions with RFID firms, as well as help you think about your RFID requirements before you go shopping.

1 Only firms with validated case studies were considered in this report. See Figure 20, page 47.



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HOW THIS REPORT IS ORGANIZED

• Executive Summary — Describes the purpose of the report and the intended audiences.

• Introduction to RFID — Explains what RFID means and covers the basic

hardware components of RFID applications. • Understanding the Technology — Provides definitions and explanations of

the science behind the RFID technology.

• RFID In My World — Explains the mix of environmental factors that need to be considered for each unique implementation.

• Designing the Right Solution — Tackles the business of defining policies,

processes and performance metrics, and finding the right RFID solutions for your business.

• Standards vs. Mandates vs. Good Ideas — Not all ‘suggestions’ are

mandates to implement. What are the RFID standards and mandates you will need to know?

• Considerations for Buying Technology — Helps you answer basic questions:

What do I need? What are my options? Who do I buy it from?

• Conclusions — A summary of recommendations. • Glossary and Appendices — Includes tables and charts of RFID Providers.

Definitions, sources of additional information, a summary of known standards, and vendor information.



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Introduction to RFID A basic understanding of RFID is required before you plunge into buying things. There are two fundamental levels we will address to get you up to speed on RFID: first, some really basic definitions; and second, the science of RFID. This report will help you decide what RFID approaches are ultimately appropriate for you by giving you an understanding of the frequencies, waves, and coverage (range) of the technology.

WHAT IS RFID? THE BASICS

Figure 1: What is RFID ?

RFID uses radio frequency waves (RF) to identify (ID) objects or people. Thus ─ RFID. Rather than jumping into a detailed definition of RFID, I’d like to start our discussion by us-ing the illustration above.

RFID systems are comprised of “tags” and “readers” (see Figure 1: above) which are within a reasonable proximity of each other and can send and receive data. As shown above, an RFID Reader uses radio waves (the same type of energy used to transmit AM or FM signals to your radio) to find/talk to a tag. You have seen this in other day-to-day applications. The antennas on your radios and TVs allow them to receive data. Where RFID differs from an earlier generation of radio frequency technology, is that the tag responds by sending (over radio waves) a unique string of data back to the source. Many RFID uses focus on uniquely identifying an object to which an RFID tag is attached, either for the life of that item, or for a specific business event (for example, passing through a dock door).



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Table 1: RFID Hardware Components

Radio Frequency or RF are electromagnetic waves propagated in free space. They can be generated at various frequencies and travel for various distances. The RF waves (such as radio & radar), carry digital or analog data. RF can operate with low to minimum power at close range (inches) and with power at longer ranges (hundreds of yards). Thus, it is useful in identification and security applications.

RFID Tag/Transponder A microchip attached to an antenna (there are also chipless tags ) that picks up signals from and sends signals to a reader. From one-bit tags to data-rich tags, these can store data, such as unique serial numbers, location information, and many other types of data.

Antenna The antenna is the conductive element that converts RF into electrical energy and vice versa, thereby enabling the tag or reader to send and receive data wirelessly. Antennas can be wire, an etched conductive pattern affixed to a plastic substrate, or conductive inks made from aluminum, copper or silver.

Reader/

Interrogator/Encoder

The reader (also called an interrogator) communicates with the RFID tag via radio waves, reading (interrogator) as well as writ-ing information (encoder) to and from the tag. A reader may store the data and/or pass the information in digital form over a network or directly to another device. Readers may also receive data from other sensory devices (e.g. motion detector) and/or they may control other devices.

Active Tag An RFID tag that contains its own power source. This power source is used to power the microchip to receive and transmit data. Active tags generally can be read at great distances (several feet to hundreds of yards).

Passive Tag A passive tag has no power of its own. The tag is powered solely by the RF energy emitted by the reader. The passive tags use this energy to power the microchip and transmit data back to the reader. Read distance is limited to the power received from the RF energy. Signal fall-off happens quickly. In other words, passive tags generally can receive and transmit data only sev-eral feet.



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RFID TAGS

Figure 2: Example RFID Tags

RFID tags are small electronic circuits attached to a metallic antenna. Most tags are con-structed of a silicon microchip. The microchip on the tag stores data. The size and type of data can vary depending on the particular application. In some applications, the data is comprised of a unique serial number plus additional space to store application-specific information. It can be a read/write tag that can store data, or it can be factory-programmed with read-only information. The attached antenna allows the data contained on the micro-chip to be sent to and from a reader device.

Figure 3: Explosion of RFID Applications



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The explosion of available tags in the market is mind-bending in terms of the increased di-versity, as well as the sheer numbers of tags. We are also seeing the very early days of chipless tags, which we expect to become increasingly popular in the market.

Specialized chipless tags with relatively small memories have already become available. These can be used effectively in extreme temperatures, with extremely low reader power, or in long-range applications.2 Long-term, these types of tags hold great promise. Printed chipless tags will be very cheap and are probably the type of tag that could replace many barcodes—but not until the technology is tamed—years in the making. We will not spend much time on Chipless technology in this report.

In considering which tags to buy, read distances are key. Passive tags have communica-tions fall-off within short distances. This happens quite quickly with UHF tags, which have a read distance of about 10-30 feet (this distance can be quite a bit lower, as you will read later on). HF passive tags have an even shorter range.

Active tags are able to project at greater dis-tances due to having their own energy source. Passive tags are reliant on energy from their readers, so as they move along in the process they are not interfering with their environment until they come in contact with a relevant energy source. This can be quite an advantage in a world exploding with devices and crowded airwaves.

2 Techniques such as SAW (Surface Acoustic Wave) technology are based on chipless technology.

Printed technologies–inductive inks on thin films, are technologically possible and are beginning to be used.



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Now a Word About Chips

RFID chips are made of transistors, which are tiny circuits that carry instructions. The more transistors, the more instructions. Thus, as we add more functionality to tags, the more transistors are needed.

When users ask for more functionality, more security (this should be a standard requirement of supply-chain-wide devices) and more data, it requires cramming of technology into the chip, and the tag (and probably the reader) will be more expensive. This also reduces the read range, since it requires more energy to power up more transistors—therefore, the tag must be closer to the reader to receive enough RF energy to power its chip.

Chips, even when developed to the same standard, can have different capabilities:

• SIZE: Depending on the manufacturer and model, they can differ in size, and smaller is typically less expensive.

• POWER: Can differ in power requirements. A chip needing lower activation

power gets better read distance. • MEMORY: Chips have different-sized writable memory, so think about whether

you are writing and reading—what do I need to do? Will you be accumulating information on the chip as the product goes through its life or will you just use the chip as a ‘pointer’ to data stored in the database?

• FEATURES: Most chips have some features and commands in addition to the

standard. These may be of benefit to you.3

Chips come in wafers, and there are 25,00 to 50,000 chips or so in a wafer. Not all the chips in the wafer work. The chip companies can test each chip and provide a map of the good and bad chips on the wafer. In this way, known bad chips can be isolated and disposed of after all the value-added steps are completed with the wafer. The wafer must also be thinned, and cut into single chips, and have bumps added to allow chip antennas to be connected (see Figure 17, page 46: The Tag Supply Chain). Thus, if you’re asking about chip prices, always specify mapped wafers with “fully prepped” chips, so that you are comparing apples to apples.

3 For example, the most popular chip for RFID library self-checkout has a one-bit EAS bit that turns on an off. When activated during the RFID self-checkout process, the bit would sound an alarm if carried through the exit gates without being properly checked out. Upon return, the bit is turned off.



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RFID READERS An RFID reader is an electronic device that has the ability to read and write information to and from RFID tags. RFID readers can be housed in a variety of devices. See Figure 4, below, for some examples of RFID readers.

Figure 4: RFID Readers

Readers emit radio waves, which contain data and commands that are received by RFID tags. For Passive RFID, the radio waves energize the passive RFID tags in the vicinity and cause the tags to be powered on and perform the requested functions.4 Such functions may include reading serial numbers or other data, writing data, or performing security functions. The interaction with active tags is similar, but an active tag is also capable of initiating the call. In addition to more security being built into readers, more intelligence is also being built in, to enable readers to perform such basic applications as warehousing, patient care in hospitals, and reading passports.

4 Range depends on many factors, which are described later.



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Readers used for active tags are frequently designed to perform in custom applications: PDA and cell phone companies are embedding readers and customizable software; other companies are embedding readers in a myriad of other devices and objects, such as automobiles, chairs, and toys. Some readers can communicate directly with the web for example, and their flexibility in dealing with more remote problems is important.

Readers can be mobile or stationary. They can be mounted in vehicles, on belt buckles, in the floor or pavement, and just about anywhere. These devices can be quite expensive, so the business application should be considered carefully.

Since readers can be mobile and remote, authenticating them to get them onto your network requires security both on the reader as well as on your host systems and networks. Appli-cations such as RFID middleware, WMS systems, other specialized applications5 that use RFID, or solutions that manage your whole portfolio of wireless devices, exist to manage the various types of readers. A bit of care in setting up security can go a long way in ensuring the seamless control of authenticating, operating, managing, and, when needed, de-installing these devices. If the reader gets into the wrong hands you will want to get it off the network quickly (think about this—after all, this is about identity, security, and accuracy, right?). So the relationship of the reader to your software solution is critical. We will talk more about this issue in our RFID Software report.

When purchasing RFID technology, you will need to think globally. As a general rule, tags have to work across the entire value chain, which could comprise multiple sites or even multiple companies. Approval for purchasing readers is generally a corporate decision—not a site decision—because again, you want to manage their entry into your network. But today, many devices used for bar-coding are bought at the local level. So implementing RFID may require a change in authority for both the site manager as well as the vendors, who will need to get more people involved in the buying decisions! Though you might not like that change in buying authority, it is important from a security perspective. Security will be extremely important, because we will eventually use these devices everywhere.

5 Firms like Globe Ranger, BEA, Sybase, Blue Vector, Movero, Cisco, Oat, Apprion, etc. can help with this.



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Understanding the Technology—The Science of RFID Now let us begin at the beginning, and really understand the properties of this amazing phenomenon of nature! You may wonder why you need to learn about science in making business decisions. But your effort to understand a bit about the science of RFID will help you tremendously in making technology and applications decisions, as well as in being able to have informed conversations with the vendors. This will directly correlate to the success and ultimate value you derive from your RFID initiatives. This section will be deep with lots of definitions that you can refer back to.

BASIC SCIENCE Don’t get thrown off by the word science. You will not need a Physics or Electrical Engi-neering degree to understand this. In fact, you should learn this, and not rely on your resi-dent geek. Besides, this will explain many of the day-to-day applications you are already using. Most implementations happen away from the EE contingent, and once installed, the average professional (warehouse worker, nurse, doctor, or store sales staff) will be ex-pected to operate this, so learning is key. I learned it, so you can, too!

Figure 5: The Electromagnetic Spectrum



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THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM First, a basic understanding of electromagnetism. Electromagnetic waves have both an electrical and a magnetic field. There are many different electromagnetic wavelengths and frequencies that exist on earth (figure 5, previous page), and many that we can harness for communications (and identification purposes). X-rays are towards the right end (higher fre-quency) of the electromagnetic spectrum and are very intense and concentrated because the wave is so small. That’s how they’re able to penetrate materials. Infrared waves, in the middle of the spectrum, are the size of a dot, and very close to visible light. (That is why it is great for getting in and out of shows and clubs! Another kind of identification!) And RFID, actually a relatively long wave, is to the left end of the spectrum. Wavelengths in RFID may vary from about the size of a baseball, to more than a mile long!

Figure 6: RF Waves

Electromagnetic waves need no material medium for transmission. Thus, light and radio waves can travel through interplanetary and interstellar space from the sun and stars to the earth. Regardless of the frequency, wavelength, or method of propagation, electromagnetic waves travel at a speed of about 186,272 miles per second in a vacuum. That is the speed of light! All the components of the electromagnetic spectrum, regardless of frequency, also have in common the typical properties of wave motion, including diffraction and interference. The wavelengths range from less than a quadrillionth of a centimeter to many billions of kilo-meters. The wavelength and frequency of electromagnetic waves are important in deter-mining heating effect, visibility, penetration, and other characteristics of electromagnetic ra-diation.

At the beginning of the 20th century, physicists found that the wave theory did not account for all the properties of radiation. In 1900 the German physicist Max Planck demonstrated that the emission and absorption of radiation occur in finite units of energy, known as quanta. As it turns out, waves don’t behave so well around “these parts.” We will come back to this concept when we discuss the impact of physical properties on data propagation and waves.

Electromagnetic (EM) radiation is energy propagated as electromagnetic waves through free space or through a material medium.

AmplitudeAmplitude



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In learning about RFID, it’s important to understand the characteristics of waves, so let’s look at RFID waves.

To understand RFID, you have to know more about waves than just their length. Under-standing their properties is important to how you will eventually choose your hardware. X-rays, again, penetrate physical objects—we don’t want to get too near; infrared, like light, is easily interrupted by any solid object but can carry a fair amount of data, usually over a short distance. (Remember that wonderful feature on your laptop!) Since infrared does not penetrate solid objects, it’s usefulness is limited to applications where there is a direct line-of-sight between the tags and the readers. Barcode readers have the same limitation—the barcode applications must have a clear line-of-sight between the barcodes and the readers. But this is what is so cool about RFID, it does not need line-of-sight. RF waves can go around objects, and can even penetrate some objects that visible light cannot. That’s why you can hear a radio in another room. That’s the advantage of RF over infrared and bar-coding—it does not require line of sight.

Waves are wonderful things that can carry lots of data, including pictures, movies, sounds and so forth. How do they do that? By modulating (changing) the wave’s form over time, the wave can carry information. There are a number of modulation techniques, some of which you hear every day. Common modulation techniques include FM (Frequency Modu-lation), and AM (Amplitude Modulation).

Figure 7: AM and FM Waves

Amplitude modulation—as used in AM radio—works by modulating the amplitude (height) or strength of the wave. FM modulates the frequency of the wave. (I hope you are with us here because this is actually very useful information for whatever your technology field is—or even just for idle curiosity.)



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In figure 7, previous page, the “Audio frequency waves” on the upper left are the information that is being transmitted over the radio waves—for example Sting singing “I’ll Be Watching You.” The “Carrier waves” on the upper right are the radio waves, vibrating at a much higher frequency than the audio waves. In the FM signal on the lower left, the amplitude is constant, but the frequency (waves per second) changes to reflect the audio information you are sending. In the AM on the right, it is the amplitude that changes, and frequency re-mains constant.

Another common type of modulation is phase modulation, often called phase-shift, keying, or PSK. Information is encoded by modulating the phase of carrier wave, rather than its frequency or amplitude. So by modulating or altering the wave, we can transmit unique data.

UNDERSTANDING RF FREQUENCY OPTIONS What are the characteristics of RF vs. the whole spectrum of possible waves out there?

Figure 8: RFID Frequencies



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Frequency, Velocity and Wave size are all linked. In the EHF (Extremely High Frequencies) range, the wave size is incredibly small.6 In the LF (Low Frequency) and VLF (Very Low Frequency) ranges, the wave size is very large—sometimes kilometers long! Many years ago before cable TV, many people received TV broadcasts over UHF. Reading the chart in Figure 5, page 10, you have to understand the exponentials here—from a quadrillionth of a centimeter to many kilometers. Obviously, with such differences, the frequencies have very different characteristics and applications. We will discuss the used of differences later. But the fact is that you have many choices in frequencies.

In certain industries, these frequencies have become the norm, such as 860 MHz ̶─960 MHz UHF in Retail, and 433 MHz in Maritime.

Table 2: Using the Waves

Traditional users of waves (Table 2, above) that broadcast one to many, such as transmit-ting the program for Super Bowl Sunday, will now find the air space a lot more crowded. Millions of items carrying RFID tags, the cartons the items are packed in carrying additional RFID tags, and the containers the cartons are shipped in carrying even more RFID tags—multiple taggings per product across the globe—will be broadcasting many to many. And the tags will be able to answer back! But RFID architects have developed communications strategies and techniques to keep us all in harmony. More on that later!

6 Each of the pick marks on the Frequency Scale represents a factor of 10. So that’s a million, ten million, a hun-dred million, a billion, a trillion, quadrillion, quintillion, … gazillion, which is pretty fast, so it can carry a LOT of data.

Satellite Communications30 GHz – 300 GHz(Extremely High Frequencies)EHF

Satellite Communication and Broadcast3 GHz – 30 GHz(Super-High Frequencies)SHF

Satellite, GPS, Cell Phone, Television300 MHz – 3 GHz(Ultra-High Frequencies)UHF

FM Broadcast, Television, Police/Fire30 MHz – 300 MHz(Very-High Frequencies)VHF

Short Wave, Ham Radio, Int’l Broadcast3 MHz – 30 MHz(High Frequencies)HF

Navigation (NDBs), AM Broadcast300 kHz – 3 MHz(Medium Frequencies)MF

Navy Comm, Navigation (NDBs)30 kHz – 300 kHz(Low Frequencies)LF

Navy strategic communications3 kHz – 30 kHz(Very-Low Frequencies)VLF

300 -3000 Hz(Voice Frequencies)VF

Navy strategic communications30 – 300 Hz(Extremely Low Frequencies)ELF

3 – 30 Hz(Ultra-Low Frequencies)ULF

ApplicationsFreq RangeFull DesignatorAcronym

Satellite Communications30 GHz – 300 GHz(Extremely High Frequencies)EHF

Satellite Communication and Broadcast3 GHz – 30 GHz(Super-High Frequencies)SHF

Satellite, GPS, Cell Phone, Television300 MHz – 3 GHz(Ultra-High Frequencies)UHF

FM Broadcast, Television, Police/Fire30 MHz – 300 MHz(Very-High Frequencies)VHF

Short Wave, Ham Radio, Int’l Broadcast3 MHz – 30 MHz(High Frequencies)HF

Navigation (NDBs), AM Broadcast300 kHz – 3 MHz(Medium Frequencies)MF

Navy Comm, Navigation (NDBs)30 kHz – 300 kHz(Low Frequencies)LF

Navy strategic communications3 kHz – 30 kHz(Very-Low Frequencies)VLF

300 -3000 Hz(Voice Frequencies)VF

Navy strategic communications30 – 300 Hz(Extremely Low Frequencies)ELF

3 – 30 Hz(Ultra-Low Frequencies)ULF

ApplicationsFreq RangeFull DesignatorAcronym



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Table 3: The Language of Waves

Definition

Bits and bytes

Frequency Cycles per second Hertz or Hz

Relationship of Frequency in the EM Universe

Wave Length Examples

Kilo One thousand or when talking about data capacities and rates, kilo means 210 which is 1,024

Kilobits ~ 210 bits Kilobyte ~ 210 bytes

kHz 1,000 cycles per second

LF or Low frequency: 30 kHz- radio It’s all radio from here up to GHz– U2, anyone? 125 kHz- RFID Use in close proximity reading and writing

30 kHz ~ 10 kilometers 134.3 kHz ~ 1.25 miles 300 kHz ~ 1 kilometer

Mega One million or when talking about data capacities and rates, mega means 220 which is 1,048,576

Megabits ~ 1,000 bits Megabyte ~ 1,000 bytes

MHz 1,000,000 or 106 cycles per sec-ond

HF UHF (433 MHz Cisco) 800 MHz to 900-915MHz RFID Gen2

13.56 MHz ~ 74 ft 433 MHz ~ 2’ 3“ 915 MHz ~ 13 inches

Giga One billion or when talking about data capacities and rates, giga means 230 which is 1,073,741,824

Gigabit ~ one billion bits Gigabyte

GHz 1,000,000,000 or 109 cycles per second

EHF- Microwave 2.4 RFID used passively 2.4 GHz used for wireless communications actively

2.4 GHz ~ 5 inches!!! 5.4GHz ~ 2 inches

Tera A trillion, which is a million times a million A thousand giga or when talking about data capacities and rates, tera means 240 which is 1,099,511,627,776

Terabyte ~ 2 to the 40th

THz 1012 cycles per second

300 GHz – 400 THz is infrared light, not radio waves. This is not RFID.

Hertz One cycle per Second. Hz

3-300 Hz ELF or Extremely low frequency 300-3,000 Hz ILF or Infra Low Frequency

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Understanding Waves

Now, let’s get some terminology again. You know there are RF waves—some smaller than others. Let’s understand the language of waves, then.

Bits and Bytes—These are measures of quantities of digital data. 1 bit = 1 “binary digit,” which can only have a value of either 0 or 1. 1 byte = 8 bits.

Measurements of data—In the world of computers, measurements are generally organized in “powers of two” sizes. For that reason, you will see information described in powers of two. For example a kilobyte, means 210 bytes (which is 1,024 bytes) rather than meaning exactly 1,000 bytes. Similarly a megabyte is 220 bytes and gigabyte is 230 bytes.

Hertz—Is a measure of frequency in cycles per second. It is also used to measure band-width, which is the amount of frequency spectrum available for communications. 1 Hertz (Hz) is one cycle per second. A kilohertz (kHz) is one thousand cycles per second. A megahertz (MHz) is one million cycles per second. And so on.

Frequency7—Number of events during a time period, like frequency of trips to the coffee machine (“Joe’s average coffee machine frequency is 11.6/day”). For RF, it refers to the number of electromagnetic wave oscillations per second. 1 kHz would be 1,000 cycles per second.

Wave/Wave Length—Is the distance between peaks of the electromagnetic wave, the com-pletion of one cycle. Think of each wave coming to shore, say, one wave per 8 seconds (frequency) with a 100 foot spread (wave length). The height of the wave (the amplitude) is 20 feet—surf’s up, dude! In this scenario I can get a fair amount of surfers riding a fair amount of waves in a fairly small area.

Velocity—The velocity of electromagnetic radiation through a vacuum is constant at 299,792,458 meters per second,8 which is represented by the letter c, also known as Ein-stein's Constant ( remember E=mc2 ?). Radio waves travel very slightly slower through air – 99.97% as fast as through a vacuum. Fast enough? The velocity of the wave and its fre-quency and wavelength are interrelated.9

7 Harry Newton, Newton’s Telecom Dictionary, (San Francisco, CA: CMP Books, 2005) Number progressions from Kilo to Tera are not exactly straightforward and vary depending on the technology applications: telecommuni-cations, computer storage, etc. Slight variations exist in the meanings of Giga, Tera, etc. … but for our purposes we will stick with the basic “Round numbers.” 8 Approximately 186,282 miles per second, or 670,616,629.4 miles per hour. 9 In mathematical terms, this relationship is expressed by the equation V=λ f, where V is velocity, f is frequency, and λ is wavelength. Because V is essentially constant in the practical use of RFID, it means that a change in the frequency results in an inversely proportional change in wavelength.



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Range—Range cannot be calculated precisely, because wave performance is impacted by so many different factors. However, RF waves can sometimes travel long distances, as long as nothing gets in their way.

Power—Measured in Watts. In the case of the RF wave itself, power is the average rate of energy transported by electromagnetic radiation. The power level of the wave determines the signal strength. Power is regulated, and there are guidelines for determining how much power can be used, and under what circumstances. (See standards later on.) Power can be variable based on application distances.

Putting things together—Many of these variables tie together and determine what fre-quency and what range you will achieve.

Figure 9: Calculating Things

Interference—Nothing is perfect, so interference occurs when two or more waves overlap or intersect. When waves interfere with each other, the amplitude of the resulting wave de-pends on the frequencies, relative phases (relative positions of the crests and troughs), and amplitudes of the interfering waves. For example, constructive interference occurs at a point where two overlapping or intersecting waves of the same frequency are in phase—that is, where the crests and troughs of the two waves coincide, resulting in a more powerful wave. In this case, the two waves reinforce each other and combine to form a wave that has ampli-tude equal to the sum of the individual amplitudes of the original waves. Destructive interfer-



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ence occurs when two intersecting waves of the same frequency are completely out of phase—that is, when the crest of one wave coincides with the trough of the other. In this case, the two waves cancel each other out. Intersecting or overlapping waves that have different frequencies or that are not entirely in or out of phase with each other have more complex interference patterns. When two or more devices are trying to use the same fre-quency, in the same physical space, the resulting interference can cause higher error rates or complete loss of communications.

Strength of Field—Although RF is cool stuff, energy drops off pretty rapidly as you get away from the source of that energy. You lose power, and after a certain point, the signal is lost. This concept is fairly easy to understand. There are techniques in passive RFID to help a bit with this, but obviously, power helps to keep the signal strong at greater distances.

Data Transfer Rates—How fast the data moves. Data transfer rates are affected by sev-eral factors:

• Bandwidth available — this is determined by regulations.10 • Modulation Technique — some modulation techniques inherently make more

efficient use of the available bandwidth than others. For example, AM (amplitude modulation) is less expensive to implement, but is inherently less bandwidth-efficient – i.e. you can squeeze fewer bits per second of data through each MHz of available bandwidth.

Data transfer rates are defined as part of RFID standards, so this helps us to get a handle on the actual data rate of a specific reader and tag – i.e. it depends on the RFID standard/air interface protocol that they support.

Table 4: ISO Standard Frequencies

Standard Passive vs. Active

Frequency

ISO 18000-2 P LF – 125kHz

ISO 18000-3 P HF – 13.56 MHz

ISO 18000-4 P Microwave – 2.45 GHz

ISO 18000-5 P Microwave – 5.8 GHz

ISO 18000-6 P UHF – 860-930 MHz

ISO 18000-7 A UHF – 433.92 MHz

EPC Global Gen2 P UHF – 860-960 MHz

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RFID in My World These are some basic concepts, and now we will weave these together to build your knowl-edge of RFID, so that you can select the right solutions for your application!

You now have a working definition of RFID. You have learned that RF waves are sent be-tween tags and readers. It seems that a spot-on direct beam would be a real advantage. Obviously, that is not always possible—rarely so. The reader and the tag may not be in close proximity, or the orientation (alignment) of the tags and reader may not be optimal. This is the real life situation that you will deal with. The dynamics of the environment, and the characteristics of the waves are all-important in designing a system, as well as selecting the right technology to work for you and your trading partners.

Now, let’s begin to build on these concepts so that you can understand what kind of solu-tions—tags and readers, active or passive—you will need for your application.

NEAR FIELD VS. FAR FIELD Near field and far field are concepts that are important to understand when you design and select an application for both the tag and the reader. So much about RFID is both art and science. The science is in understanding the physical properties, and the art is knowing that you can alter the factors and come up with a solution that works in your environment.

So, items that are tagged will at some point need to be read. The challenge becomes: what and where are we reading from? That is where far field and near field come into play.

Near field refers to the interaction between tag and reader when the tag is less than one wavelength away from your reader antenna. Far field is the kind of interaction that happens when the tag is greater than one wavelength from the reader antenna. They’re completely different phenomena.

The near field uses inductive coupling, sometimes called magnetic coupling. Whenever you apply power to an antenna, a magnetic field emerges around it. In one wave length, you can use the magnetic properties of the devices to create the induction between the reader and the tag. Latent magnetic energy is built up. Every magnetic field has lines of magnetic flux. The tag antenna interrupts those lines of flux from the reader, drawing power from the field. Through inductive coupling, you can now energize the tag, read it, and transfer data back to the reader. (See Figure 10, next page.)



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Figure 10: Near Field vs. Far Field

The far field, (again, this means operating beyond one wave length) uses backscatter. Tags using backscatter reflect the reader’s signal right back and modulate incoming signals to transmit data.

Now why do you care about this? Well, it impacts a number of factors influencing perform-ance in specific situations: what kind of antennas you should buy, and how you should set up your readers. Some applications are in close proximity. and you can control the orienta-tion of the tag. But in many applications, items and people are in motion. Therefore, you’re switching from far field to near field. (See Figure 10, above).

Let’s take the ever-popular examples of UHF tags (865- thru ~ 915MHz) and the HF (13.56MHz) tags. UHF has a wavelength of just over a foot, so operating in UHF, we are in the near field mode from 0 to about 13 feet.11

So, if a warehouse is, say, a few hundred yards long and you want to track items as they move, you will be working both outside and inside the near field—in other words, in far field and near field.

The use of UHF across the world creates challenges, since frequency, as well as tag an-tenna designs will vary, and therefore the tag range will vary. You will need to evaluate whether the tags on the goods that you receive at your facility will be near field or far field, so that you can set up your reader orientation properly. It is challenging to get it right when you receive goods from many sources carrying many different tag antenna styles.

Near Field vs. Far Field

Near Field / Inductive CouplingMagnetic Field “Emerges”

Far Field / BackscatterElectric Field/Radio Waves “Transmitted”

Less Than 1 Wavelength Greater Than 1 Wavelength

Near Field / Inductive CouplingMagnetic Field “Emerges”

Far Field / BackscatterElectric Field/Radio Waves “Transmitted”

Less Than 1 Wavelength Greater Than 1 Wavelength

11 Across the globe the precise UHF frequencies vary, and can put your tag into far field at slightly different ranges, though the difference is quite small. More on this later.



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The HF (13.56 MHz) tags, which have a global standard, do not have this problem. HF tags and LF (125 kHz) tags are being used in applications in supply chain and hospitals, etc. where there are no fixed readers, for example, because their wave length, as well as their ability to work with various physical properties gives them an advantage. UHF, though, may be your choice, regardless of the other concerns, since this is the Wal-Mart and DoD logistics choice. So learning how to work with this technology in both near field and far field is generally required.

Figure 11: Applicability of Frequencies - Far Field / Near Field

13.56 HF Passive

UHF-Passive800-960MHz

Reader/tagdistance

Entity

Out of range

Out of range

100 feet to 1 mile

Yard

Near FieldNear Field….to Far Field

Near Field

6 inches to 30 feet

Warehouse/Manufacturing

Less than 2 feet

Near Field

Store

13.56 HF Passive

UHF-Passive800-960MHz

Reader/tagdistance

Entity

Out of range

Out of range

100 feet to 1 mile

Yard

Near FieldNear Field….to Far Field

Near Field

6 inches to 30 feet

Warehouse/Manufacturing

Less than 2 feet

Near Field

Store

Applicability of Frequencies- Far Field/Near Field

EntityEntity



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OPERATING IN NEAR FIELD AND FAR FIELD – MAKING IT WORK So, now the issue becomes how to ensure successful reads.

Near Field

Applying inductive coupling, there are four major factors that you need to look at in the near field:

POWER: In near field you might not need much power, since you are operating within the lines of flux. However, in near field your field strength drops off at a faster rate than far field.12 ANTENNA: The larger the antenna, the more lines of flux you’re going to interrupt, and the more power you will receive. This is why you see tags with lots of antenna coils, compared with horizontal antenna patterns. ORIENTATION: Directionality of devices in relation to one another is important. In RFID devices, the antennas are either fixed or in motion. Orientation is particularly important in passive technology for successful communications. Orientation and the shape of the read field are important related concepts. In fixed environments (e.g. conveyors, or dock doors with fixed readers) you can experiment and align the tag and reader to ensure that they can send and receive signals successfully. Your reader can have several antennas to help capture the wave. Q FACTOR: This means: how efficient your tag antenna material is in converting the signal to electric power and back. Antenna material choices are aluminum, cop-per and silver, and their prices increase in that same order.13

Far Field (Backscatter)

POWER: Here, more is better, but wattage is regulated, and too much creates in-terference with other devices (like too many people shouting). Techniques have been created to ensure that the individual items are not cross-talking. Different geo-graphic regions have different regulations (for example, Europe requires listen be-fore talk—oh, if people only had that protocol!). Tags can be kept asleep until they are read; signposts can be used to wake up the tag before it is read, and leave it ‘asleep’ in between; shields can be used to control the direction of the power radiat-ing from your reader’s antenna; cross signals can be avoided.

12 The inverse cube of the distance (1/distance3 ) which is a much faster drop-off in power than far field, which falls at the inverse square of the distance (1/distance2). But who’s counting? 13 As we move into Chipless technologies, the aluminum has it beat on ease of printing and price of antennas, but copper is the hands down winner on conducting electrons!

Far Field (Back scatter)

• Operating beyond one wave length

• Backscatter: the deflection of waves through angles greater than 90 degrees by electromag-netic forces.

Near Field (Inductive Coupling)

• Operating within one wave length

• Inductive Cou-pling – the transfer of energy from one circuit to another (by antennas, of course)

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ANTENNA: Here bigger is better, but you have to pay attention to the ratio of an-tenna length to wave length. The wave causes the antenna to resonate at its fre-quency, so the antenna has to be tuned to that frequency. The length of the an-tenna impacts its tuning, so it should be an exact fraction of the wavelength. If the antenna is next to a material, the material itself “detunes” the antenna, so antenna length needs to be adjusted to account for the detuning effects of nearby materials. In practice, if the detuning effects of the objects you’re tagging are not so large (e.g. corrugated cartons), then tags with standard off-the-shelf antennas should work fine. But if the detuning is significant, you may need a specialized or custom-tuned/ custom-designed antenna. ORIENTATION: Orientation of antennas on both tag and reader is key. ENVIRONMENT: Environmental factors play a role, since different media conduct, reflect or absorb signals at greater distances. This is a bigger factor to consider.

Putting this together, if you’re going to use UHF, sometimes you will be operating in the near field and sometimes in far field. The tag has to operate in both modes. Usually tags will be tuned for the far field, but that means it may not work very well in the near field. Therefore, you should test it in both environments and find an approach that will work in both, knowing that you will not be in control of successful reads once your items leave your custody. Your customer expects successful reads. So this is not idle advice.

DETUNING Some material can detune the antenna. Many of the properties we talked about (wavelength, range and speed) are characteristics that work ideally only in free space. Once you put your tag on an object, the object can change the tuning. Remember Max Planck. We mentioned his discovery on page 11. So antenna design and a bit of experi-mentation on tag placement are necessary to avoid the effects of detuning. Since the RFID revolution took off two years ago, over a hundred new antenna designs have come out. And there is nothing to stop your firm from having a custom-designed antenna, if it is cost justified. Your packaging or product might need that.

ANTENNA AND FIELD CHARACTERISTICS So, hopefully you are getting the message that the antenna is a critical part of the selection discussion! So much discussion on the street talks about UHF vs. HF vs. LF, but very little discussion takes place on antennas, inlays, etc. But these are the aspects that will actually make the difference for your item having successful reads! As we have said several times, you may have no choice in your frequency, so getting (UHF) RFID to work for you requires thinking about antennas that can perform in your environment.



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Tag Antenna Length

Antenna length offers a big opportunity for customization of RFID applications. In order to grab the signal—not just in far field or near field, but in different media and with different packaging—you need to think about your tag antenna’s shape and length. For far field appli-cations, the length of the antenna should be a wavelength. So if you’re dealing with 915 megahertz, a thirteen-inch antenna (one full wave length) would be ideal. Obviously, such a huge antenna would not be practical for most applications, so antennas that are a fraction of the wave length (1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6 of a wavelength) are used. For near-field applica-tions, the relationship of the length of the antenna to the wavelength is not critical (remember, you are still within one wavelength).

Figure 12: Shape and Frequency (not to scale)

Waves are not traveling in a vacuum, so we have to account for the impacts that the envi-ronment has on the waves. Waves also have their own characteristics in terms of wave shape and other quirks.

Frequencies and antenna designs play a role in the shape of the read field (the area where tags can be read). In general, lower frequencies have a rounder field, and as you get into the higher frequencies, it’s more of a cigar-shaped field.



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Nothing is perfect—and voids can exist within a read field. (See Figure 12, previous page:) Voids are areas of low energy within a field where tags can’t be read. The higher the fre-quency, the more voids there are. There are a number of tactics for dealing with voids, in-cluding:

• Use two or more reader antennas (objects in a void in one antenna can still be read by the other antenna)

• Make sure that the objects will be moving through the read field, such as on a

conveyor or hand truck—that way even if they are in a void for a moment, they will soon be back into the “good” part of the read field

• Map out the field and adjust the position and/or power of the antenna to make

sure that the position of voids is known and they are not in critical locations where the reading is typically done

Antennas for readers can also be custom-designed, and of course, portal environments for dock doors, etc. are all the rage. Again, the art here is to test your environment to ensure that you are getting your reads, but don’t overdo it! There are lots of great techniques, but we don’t have the space in this report for an in-depth discussion of implementation tech-niques.

Linear vs. Circular Antenna Designs

You have probably seen many different shapes of antennas in the market (Figure 13, be-low). By changing the shape of the antenna, you can tweak the shape of the field. Again, think about your application: how and where will you read and what shape is the best ap-proach for your purpose? Smart cards come in very close proximity to an antenna, vs. say, a carton on a conveyor.

Figure 13: Shapes of Antennas



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The shape of the field is also determined by the reader antenna design and its polarization. Linear polarization is a longer, narrower field. So you can get slightly more range, but line-arly polarized fields are also more sensitive to orientation of the antenna on the tags. Circu-lar polarization is a slightly shorter read range, but a wider span and less sensitive to tag orientation. The wider field may be important in fast-moving conveyor operations to ensure that the tag stays in the field long enough to get reliable reads. There is more to say about this topic, but it does get fairly dense. Figure 14, below gives you a way of thinking about it. Just remember, our world needs to be thought of in three-dimensional space.

Figure 14: Shape of Read Field in Application

The Shape of Read Field in the Application

In most applications the object is in motion. So you’re also going to want to consider the speed of the object going through the field. You might want a circular field so that the tag stays in the field for a longer period of time. Also, how much control do you have over the orientation of the tag antennas on objects as they pass through the reader’s field? On a factory conveyor belt, the orientation of the objects and their tag’s antennas may be very consistent, and so a linear reader antenna may work fine. But at dock doors or going through the front store (think—store associate balancing a pile of cartons), the orientation of tags may be pretty random, in which case you are better off with a circularly polarized reader antenna. These are some of the things you’re going to have to think about. Application, Application, Application!



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Thoughts on Antennas

Though the chip may be the same, the tag antennas are often quite different. Some—maybe yours—may need to be custom-designed to deal with the physical properties of the product and the environment. This could include the need for very small specially-shaped antennas that fit an object (e.g. an expensive pen); or antennas that must work on metal objects or on objects with large de-tuning effects, etc.

Table 5: Factors Impacting Passive Read Distance

In addition, antennas can be made of different metals—aluminum, copper, and silver—all varying in price and conductivity. Whether for chipless or chip-based tags, the antenna has as great a role to play in the success of your effort as the other issues we have discussed. Of course, a custom-designed antenna adds cost that must be amortized over all the tags used, so though it may be the best technical decision, you will need to see if it is cost-justified. Again, test before you buy to make sure that this will work for you in all the cir-cumstances we have discussed.

Reader Reader Power Emitted Watts of Power transmitted by Reader Reader Antenna Gain Proper Installation (cable lengths, connections, etc.)

Passive Tag Tag Antenna Design Design and Quality Matching impedance of Antenna and Reader Antenna Material: Silver, Copper, Aluminum (price/performance tradeoff)

Antenna Size (Near Field) Larger antenna increases near field read distance Not applicable to far field

Tag Antenna Tuning (Far Field)

Changes when applied to object All materials detune to a lower frequency, except metal that detunes up Always test read distances with label applied to an object (not in free space)

Chip Power Consumption Read requires less power than writing

Materials in Object and Packaging

Metal, Liquids

Spatial Relation-ship

Antenna Orientation Tag Antenna vs. Polarization of Field

Near/Far Field Near Field power levels fall off much faster than far field Far Field has more voids

Environment Noise Ambient EMI noise reduces read distance and accuracy

Objects/Materials in the Environment

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As your material goes through the various processes in the supply chain, the RFID vendors will be applying their know-how to build the ultimate tag or reader for your application. But, you as the end-user/buyer have to know the properties that you are seeking. Considering the many factors along the way (Table 5, previous page: Factors Impacting Passive Read Distance) is critical to buying the right hardware that will actually work throughout the chain—and having a successful implementation.

And for open loop (read more on page 35—RFID-Enabled Processes) applications, such as manufacturers who are under a mandate, you need to consider the readers and environ-ment at your partners’ sites and at any other points in the chain that need to read the tag—as well as the environment between the read points— e.g. will tags be exposed to extremes in temperature, weather conditions, or radiation (such as used in sterilization), harsh chemi-cals, etc.? And do they need to work in multiple regions of the world, which use different frequencies for UHF? Where will the items be read? Within a yard, or many yards away; on a conveyor, at one foot or two; or at a cash register; will they be machine swiped? Tags and Readers—whether handhelds, portals, or forklifts—need to be purchased with these factors in mind.

The cry has gone out for universal or ‘global’ readers, that do multi-protocol and multi-frequency (active/passive, as well as HF/UHF), but you still need to capture the waves. So tag antenna design is king, and reader antenna design is queen in considering the system that you purchase. These issues can be addressed in your pilots and implementation. Con-sultants and labs who know their stuff can help you work through these issues.14

DEALING WITH ENVIRONMENTS AND THE IMPACT OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

All physical properties have some impact on RF waves and therefore the accuracy of the signal. Let’s cover a few more definitions before delving into this area.

Diffraction—property of wave motion in which waves spread and bend as they pass through small openings or around barriers. Diffraction is more pronounced when the open-ing, or aperture, or the barrier is similar in size or smaller than the wavelength of the incom-ing wave (like water falling through a sieve). Diffraction is a property of the motion of all waves. And it can be a good thing. For example, if a radio is turned on in one room, the sound from the radio can be heard in an adjacent room even from around a doorway. Waves, like water, sound, light, etc. will fill the space they are in. This is what gives RFID an advantage over barcodes.

14 See RFID Technology Series: http://www.chainlinkresearch.com/cart/prodinfo.cfm?guid=B037315B-C974-F1B5-885E-E8894C4F43E6

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Reflection—Here the wave “bounces off” the surface it comes in contact with. In particular, radio waves are reflected off metal. Reflected waves from passive tags that return to the source generally have a weaker signal or a signal that may be out of phase. (Active tags tend not to have this problem). So tuning and environmental tag orientation are critical to mitigate reflection and ensure accurate reads.

Diffraction and reflection have been huge hurdles to overcome in using UHF and other fre-quencies, because with people and things constantly in motion, the effects of diffraction and reflection can be unpredictable. They can not only cause a tag to fail to return a full string of data, but they also can create interference in the environment for other devices, as well.

Absorption—Certain materials, such as water, absorb radio waves, resulting in a loss of energy and signal strength. This occurs generally due to the contact of the wave with a physical property that creates an interaction between the material and the wave. All you need to know is that some materials, like a sponge and water, absorb the energy. Different materials have different effects on radio signals. Some materials will detune, like cardboard and metal, and human beings.15 Plastics and liquids tend to absorb, and metals tend to re-flect. Table 6, next page: Physical Properties and RFID highlights the basic thinking on this.

High Population Density

Lots of devices, readers, tags and other wireless devices can interfere with the signals. When trying to iso-late one item, high population areas can present quite a challenge. Tech-nologies have been developed that allow readers and tags to operate in dense reader mode as well as other algorithms to sort through bad reads, duplicate reads, etc. These can be part of the reader hardware or the soft-ware that manages the readers.

The actual physical properties of your tagged items can also have an impact on clarity of signal and therefore what frequency and what antennas you use. Challenges to reading include reflection, absorption, interference and ambience. There are techniques that can sometimes be used to mitigate the effects.



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Table 6: Physical Properties and RFID

There are a lot of charts like this out in the market. None of the comments here are abso-lutes. Many materials and surfaces detune, absorb or reflect waves. Poor performance and detuning can sometimes be mitigated by using isolation, insulation, or barriers between the tag and the item. But frequently this is not possible if you need a really flush packaging sur-face.

So let’s look a bit more at the effects of specific physical properties:

Metal: Reflects waves, and that can cause waves to cancel each other out. Some-times the solution is to put a barrier between the tag and the object that’s tagged. Metal is also a conductor of electricity, remember. So you might be able to leverage off the material in some way, using the metal properties as part of the antenna to use a UHF tag. Water: Absorbs radio waves. And it turns out that the lower the frequency the less it absorbs, and the higher the frequency the more it absorbs. And that’s why UHF doesn’t work as well with water as HF does. The US government has communi-cated via radio waves with submarines thousands of feet below the water by using Extremely Low Frequencies (ELF)15 in the 30–300 Hz (that’s Hz, not kHz!). So we’re able to get radio waves through thousands of feet of water. These are very low frequencies, with huge antenna—we don’t expect your application to fit into this category.16

Frequency 125-135 KHz 13.56MHz 900-915 MHz 2.4GHz

LF HF UHF EHF-Microwave

Range < 3ft < 1ft 30ft 30ft

Water Very Good good ok Poor

Metal Good poor Poor (requires unique antennae)

good

Paper Ok - but absorbs signal

good good good

Plastic Good good Good (but detunes in far field)

Good (but detunes in far field)

Animals/Humans

Good detunes detunes good

15 To transmit at these extremely low frequencies, the antennas used can be 15-30 miles long. 16 Outside your facility this is regulated by FCC, so don’t get too clever.



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Back to day-to-day applications. If you are using passive tags on products that are liquid, 125 kHz and 13.56 MHz are frequencies that tend to work better than the higher frequency passive tags. Active technology—the power thing, again, such as 433 MHz active tags—works well with liquids. It is used today in applications such as returnable tote and asset tracking. Active is viable to many liquid applications—hazardous chemicals, high value pharmaceuticals, high value cylinders and tanks, and other products with high water content (fish, etc.) Paper: Many people think there is smooth sailing with paper. But, paper does im-pact the radio waves by absorption. And it does detune the antenna a bit. Think about the density of cartons of paper, or huge rolls of paper! It does detune. Again, these issues can be mitigated with some research on your part for the best solution.

New materials have been developed to mitigate these effects—these can be applied to the tag by your tag converter, as a barrier between the tag and the item. Also, as we have said, antennas are being developed to deal with the issues associated with physical properties. Working through the issues in a pilot prototype will allow you to determine the right strategy for you.

Label Placement — Boon or Bane

A lot has been learned about the importance of label placement on packaging to minimize detuning. For example, people know the challenges of liquids and RFID. Yet, bottles with narrow necks, when placed in cartons for shipping, create plenty of air space at the top of the carton. Water impacts can be mitigated by placing the label at this end. Another exam-ple would be a box filled with soup cans. If the label goes on the box right over the spot where the round can touches the box, huge detuning occurs, and read distances decrease. But if the label placement is between where the cans touch the box, there is less detuning and better read distances.

CHALLENGES OF READERS Let’s focus on the reader for a moment. Readers have two basic elements—they can be read-only readers—fairly dumb—but subsequently fairly cheap. And then there are read/write readers. (Also called encoders). They can write EPC codes and other information on the tags as well as perform other types of business functions.



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Readers can be mobile or fixed—mounted in walls,17 floors, ceilings, on forklifts, etc. When considering the purchase of readers, think about not only multi-purpose readers, barcode and RFID, but also multi-application mobile devices (pocket PC, Blackberries, Palms and cells, Nokia phones, etc.). Consider also the readers’ suitability with unique programmable applications, wide ranges of read capabilities, and wireless and/or satellite communications.

Readers emit and receive waves. The front end converts the RF wave—analog signals—to digital. There are common hardware modules on the market that reader manufacturers em-bed in their devices. The back end of the reader communicates with other systems—wirelessly or wired (RS232 ports, Ethernet ports or wireless chips). The key is to procure modules that are software-upgradeable and can be upgraded from your network. Once you get a large population of readers spread across the globe (and with active tags, this can be true, too), the concept of physically finding and upgrading each unit becomes untenable.

There are several challenges that must be met in designing readers that will operate suc-cessfully in a myriad of environments. The key is signal clarity. This problem is complex and has to do with high-traffic environments which produce interference, collision of signals, ambient noise, as well as range issues, to which waves are heir.

Range and signal can frequently be addressed by adding power and by adding more appro-priately placed devices into the environment. As we mentioned earlier, there are limitations on how much power you can apply, so thinking through the combination of orientation, power, number and kinds of devices can make a huge difference. But there are clever ways of improving your chances of getting clean reads:

• Proper antenna placement (readers can have multiple antennas which can in-crease signal strength and stabilize your signal)

• Sensors can provide directionality • More readers can provide greater range and intelligence

Software is the key, here. Software plays a huge role in the RFID world—both at the reader and middleware level. If a signal is weak or interrupted, or there is a collision or other inter-ference, the software can fill the gaps and surmise what the data should be. At least it can tell you, ‘Sorry, I didn’t get that; please try again;’ or ‘I read 6; weren’t you expecting 8?’ Readers, however, are not mind readers, and cannot maintain process velocity and accu-racy unless great care is taken while the system is designed.

A lot has been learned about tag collision on item-level passive tags. Different systems have been invented to isolate individual tags; the system used may vary by vendor. The terms you hear are working in dense reader mode; listen before talk; and sharing the wave

17 Will have RS232 ports, and/or Ethernet ports, generally, to connect to other computers or to the internet.



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through gap pulsing (very common technique used in wireless and Telco,18 etc.). These are software solutions. Reducing power in areas where and when you don’t want to read, sleeping and waking up, through the use of sign posts (hardware solutions) are all methods that should be examined. Doing site assessment is key here, since you can also tamper with your physical environment by creating isolation portals, etc.

Security is key—readers get lost and stolen a lot! So readers should be bought with both local security and network security, or RFID or wireless device management software that can authenticate devices joining (or leaving) your network.19

Deploying readers into the work environment needs to be thought through. FCC regulations also apply to devices with power, and there are standards for these. In addition, any power or wireless devices that might operate in airports (FCC approval needed), hospitals (FDA approval needed), ports, and within your factory should be reviewed for the impact they have on the environment—and the environment has on them.

The more software you put on your reader, the slower it will perform, although your perform-ance criteria may not be heavy enough to perceive this performance degradation. All the vendors have performance data—from their labs. But you, need we say this again, need to test these products in your environment in heavy use before you buy a large quantity.

Readers also come with various antenna options. You will see their specs with circular or linear polarization. Antennas can be cabled to devices, so these antennas can be strategi-cally placed to optimize reads.

One other thought on readers, since they tend to be hefty on logic (and price)—looking for readers that are multi-purpose and will be useful with the next generation of standards20 on the horizon would be a smart purchasing move.

There is always much more to say, but let’s move on.

18 “When the reader recognizes that tag collision has taken place, it sends a special signal ( a “gap pulse”). Upon receiving this signal, each tag consults a random number counter to determine the interval to wait before sending its data. Since each tag gets a unique number interval, the tags send their data at different times.” Source: AIM 19 Security at the tag, reader, or network level, that is. 20 Gen 1, 2, and 3 as well as ISO 18000 6b, 6c, etc. for Passive UHF. Globally, as we discussed earlier, the other LF and HF operate in the less ambiguous environments. FCC regulations also apply for devices with power.



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Selecting the Right Solution—What do I Use?

Figure 15: Range and Intelligence

THE 3Pe IS THE SOLUTION

3Pe rules in RFID. That is, you need to define what are the Process, the Policy, and the Performance objectives that determine which enabler is selected. I know that all you techie types want to have a raging debate on UHF vs. LF. But if Wal-Mart says UHF, that debate is over.21 That is Policy! Your question then becomes how do we do this? How and where will the technology be used? What data can we gain from new data collection or identity points? Who can use the data? That is Process. And Performance—what kind of out-comes do we need? What are the real goals of the project? How far can we leverage our investment?22 How can it enrich, modify and create new processes for my business?

Since we have already discussed a bit about how we do this, with various antennas, read-ers, and materials, let’s delve into the process.

21 How to implement UHF 22 Look for the article “RFID—Yes, There is Real Value” in our November 2006 Parallax View online magazine.



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RFID-ENABLED PROCESSES RFID has many unique properties that can help enable a myriad of process improvements. Instrumentation from location to location needs to be in place if your expectation is that RFID will provide an end-to-end value. For many applications, this is a huge issue as well as a large marketing opportunity. RFID readers may not be in place across the entire sup-ply chain. In addition, we need to think about field application and remote implementation.

One concept that has taken hold in RFID is the concept of closed loop or open loop imple-mentations. (Figure 16, below.) The concept is quite simple. Open Loop is when the prod-uct (and therefore the tag) leaves you, never to be seen again (not really a loop). Cartons with consumables or salable items are such examples. Closed Loop is when the convey-ance, or package or item comes back to you. Totes, pallets, containers, vehicles, repairable units, assets that need to be tracked, fast lanes, etc. are all examples of Closed Loop appli-cations.

Figure 16: Closed Loop vs. Open Loop

Now we will make one more distinction in these standard definitions, and that is the issue of compliance. Compliance applications have a very small range of choice in the solution. This minimal approach (compliance) is where many firms are right now. So, your selection of technology can be very basic—standard industry tags (we hope) with enough technology to apply the tag and confirm that it is real and ready to ship. This is the so-called slap and ship approach. This is an Open Loop implementation that satisfies the needs of a buyer who seeks compliance only. Compliance does not address the upstream instrumentation of the supply chain.

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Open Loop can have more profound goals, as we are seeing in the brand protection / ePedi-gree efforts within the Pharmaceutical industry. What and how will the shipments and prod-ucts be read across the chain? What cross-reference or validation systems will be put in place? How will it be read? How will the data be read? What are the environmental factors that might impact the tag’s condition (e.g. harsh environments, or interference)?

An advantage of a Closed Loop system is that usually you are not constrained by having to make it work in myriad trading partner environments. Although you are probably still send-ing out your item, it’s usually going to a known or planned destination, and then back to you.

Asset tracking can be loosely called Closed Loop, as well. In fact, one of the benefits of RFID is finding things that go astray. So the environment in which tags find themselves may not be what you expected (i.e., you may not have control of the destination environment). Here GPS can make a big difference.23

Table 7: Tag Usage

Closed Environment Open Environment

Multi-use Tags re-used within one organiza-tion. e.g. Tags on materials or totes within a manufacturing plant. Or tracking totes between a re-tailer’s own DC and stores. (Milk runs). Low cost per use and can be made highly reliable because of degree of control over all as-pects of the implementation. Tags on pallets or containers.

Tags re-used across multiple trad-ing partners. Low cost per use, but need to face challenges of making them work across many trading partners with less predictable environments and instrumentation.

1-time use 1-time use, within one organiza-tion. e.g. Tesco’s tags on game DVDs as they come into the back of the store. The infamous EAS tag.

1-time use, across multiple trading partners. i.e., follows the process and is then disposed of such as Wal-Mart, DoD — Tag cost must be very low or the payoff high, because of 1-time use.

23 Complimentary solutions like GPS, RTLS, wireless mesh networks and other approaches can work with RFID to provide physical security solutions.



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The nuances and variables in the process are endless, and over time the active vs. passive issues will blur a bit too, as passive techniques get better and active gets cheaper. These are factors to consider as you think about your approach.

With that, let’s look at some of the issues of active vs. passive in your decision-making.

ACTIVE VS. PASSIVE TAGS All the noise lately has been about the passive technologies. With the promise of ultra-low cost, they certainly do represent an attempt at an ubiquitous solution. Active technologies provide you with a range of visibility and data-rich devices that can be used over a lifetime. They also have a proven ROI in the Closed Loop application areas where they have been in use for many years. But like all good things, they come with some challenges.

BEWARE OF COMMON RFID MYTHS Myth: Passive Tags are Cheaper

Conversations and terms about pricing have entered the market that we think are a bit erroneous.

Firstly, we think that it is misleading to call active expensive and passive cheap. The sensible way to think about cost is cost-per-use, rather than cost-per-tag. Users need to think about—always—the application for which they intend to use RFID. Returnable totes, reusable or Closed Loop applications, tracking high value items and asset management, and locating items in environments that are out of range, all are active uses for active technology! My $5 transponder has been on my auto for over 7 years, and if measured in price for use, is quite cheap. (And if I was measuring my supply chain velocity, I would have had a significant Cost/Benefit re-turn in the first year!) So in this case, the cost-per-use is very low, not because it’s passive or active, but because it is reused hundreds or thousands of times.

Myth: Passive tags will be cheaper—soon

If you look at the drivers that roll-up into the cost of creating a tag, you’ll see that there are, as in many products, an extraordinary amount of value-added steps in-volved. They cross many enterprises: from design, to chip manufacturing, to as-sembly, and at each step the cost of handling, transportation etc. adds to the total manufacturing cost.



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In addition, much is made of the ultimate reduction in the price of passive tags as semiconductor manufacturers reach some kind of scale. However, for years we have discussed this issue with organizations such as SIA, who have repeatedly told us that RFID tags, even at mass deployment, do not even make 1% of the total market for the semiconductor business. In other words, the myth is that Moore’s law says tag cost will come down by 50% every year or two. The problem is that Moore’s law only applies to the semiconductor, not to all of the other elements, and steps in creating a tag (e.g. antenna, attachment, testing, label, adhesive, etc.) All those other components typically go down in cost at a much slower rate, unless there is a major technological breakthrough. Until we see those breakthroughs (e.g. printed tags), even as semi-conductor prices fall, the non-semiconductor compo-nents of the tag will become an increasingly larger portion of the tag cost.

Having said that, if people keep their designs on smarter and smarter passive tags controlled, the chip price will inevitability come down somewhat.24

But, if you look at the basic evolution from the beginning, Sensitech’s and Check-point’s one bit tags, to the current Gen 2 96 bit (byte) tags, the compounding of in-telligence on the tag (we think that is a good thing, by the way), tells a story for—NO 5-CENT TAG—not a Gen 2 or Gen 3 tag, at least.

Myth: Passive tags are not reusable

Again, a hilarious myth. It’s all in the packaging, which you know about now. Ruggedized tags can be housed in material such as plastic, for example. Certain material used for inlays and packaging can withstand very high temperatures and harsh chemicals.

Myth: Items only use passive tags, not active tags

Another frustrating myth is that all item tagging will be addressed passively. Again, this might be true for tooth paste, but think about other items. Computers, Gucci handbags, Louis Vuitton luggage, art work, auto parts. Think about expensive cheeses,25 wine, fresh items, or large economy packs of certain food items. Medi-cal equipment items—and we really want to find these when we need them! These items can range from $10 to millions of dollars. The value of the item, or more im-portantly, the process it enables, places a high value on rapid identification and lo-cation, so an active tag might be the solution.

24 Do the math. A single semi-conductor fab today costs about $2.5B to build. At the much ballyhooed 5 cent tag cost (finished/tested/delivered) assuming the chip accounts for 1/2 of that cost, one single fab needs to sell 100 billion tags just to cover the capital cost of the fab—that’s 100 billion, not 100 million! 25 Sensors plus active tag.



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Myth: RFID cannot be used in the home, no home market for RFID

Some people limit their thinking about the use of RFID in the home to “reading item-level retail tags”. In fact there are many innovative uses for RFID being explored. Here again, most homes are alive with expensive reusable assets. As for your reader—most homes have cell phones. Think of your cell phone, PDA, your free wifi device, or even set-top box as a potential RFID reader. The features come free: remember the camera, or the MP3 player, on your cell phone? We are already seeing RFID readers embedded in toys, stoves, and other home devices. And world-wide, with our aging population, the clinical environment is moving into the home, with home healthcare, medical devices, and monitoring equipment.26 Any-one who has found themselves with on-going patient care in the home can attest to the need for real-time information and monitoring.

And we do want to track our kids, don’t we! I think this drives home the point.

26 Read ChainLink Report: RFID in Clinical Settings: http://www.chainlinkresearch.com/research/detail.cfm?guid=B02F1909-A043-31A8-1887-8DF7BBBF2A88

http://www.chainlinkresearch.com/research/detail.cfm?guid=B02F1909-A043-31A8-1887-8DF7BBBF2A88



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Standards vs. Mandates vs. Good Ideas The call to action on RFID—in particular passive—has been based on mandates to the sup-ply base by Wal-Mart and the DoD. However, RFID had been a growing, albeit slowly, mar-ket long before the “big bang” of mandates, because of its powerful properties and potential for ROI and usefulness in specific applications.

Many industries have been grappling with a few key issues that have caused various gov-ernment, trade, and industry groups to focus on evaluating and then standardizing, where appropriate, on data, frequency and other factors.

It is important to note that beyond your customer mandating the use of this technology, at this time there are no other mandates or legislation imposing an implementation of RFID.

Although discussions have taken place in the very many types of organization we men-tioned above (FDA, Homeland Security), and these organizations recently have come out in ‘support’ of RFID as an enabler to achieve their goals, it would be erroneous to justify your decision to purchase and implement RFID by claiming that its use is regulated or legislated.

Both the FDA and the Department of Home-land Security have looked at RFID, and con-tinue to have working groups and pilots fo-cused on the topic. They see RFID as a valid enabler for achieving a digital tracking record to support acts and laws passed over the last few years.27 Currently Homeland Security is supporting pilots in RFID, but again, there is no legislation dictating its use. (See list of organizations and their regulating authority and interests in Appendix A.)

Industry groups, though, have been very active in ensuring cross-enterprise consensus on the use of the technology and data standards. These efforts have been on-going since the birth of EDI and the barcode, so RFID is part of the evolutionary thinking here. Whether Aerospace-AITA, Auto-AIAG, AIM, or HDMA-Healthcare (to name a few), beyond EPC Global/GS1 and ISO, they all created working groups to address these issues. Your use of RFID, then, needs to look at a cross-section of guidelines and mandates—by industry, cus-tomer, and geography—to determine what solutions you will use. It is a huge concern for developers and users of the technology that frequency and power regulations, as well as data-naming guidelines, are becoming standardized.

27 Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (Title III, Subtitle a Protection of Food Supply)

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RFID TRANSMISSION REQUIREMENTS Frequency choices and other regulations are the domains of governments. Any device that emits a signal is regulated by the national or geographical governing body (for example, EU) in that part of the world. So, whatever solution you consider, you may have to span across several national borders and, therefore, you may need to consider slight alterations in your game plan.

Table 8: Radio Frequency Regulation

Radio Frequency Regulation

In the US, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates emissions. The EU has its own, as do Japan and China. All have unique standards and organizations that pro-vide regulations. (See Appendix A for list of these organizations.) Why do we regulate radio waves? To ensure reliable communication.

There are three aspects to regulation:

1. Licensed bands: For most frequencies, you need a license to transmit. All the major transmitters—the AM and FM radio stations and the TV stations, police, fire, and military each get their own band within a specific geography (in the case of a radio or TV station that is defined by the location of their transmitting tower and the maximum power they are licensed to transmit).28 Amateur radio buffs also can get a license to operate at designated frequencies.

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2. Unlicensed bands (also know as ISM or Industrial, Scientific and Medical bands): These are selected frequencies set aside for unlicensed use. These don’t require a broadcast license as long as you transmit below a certain level (e.g. 4 watts for the UHF band in US, 2 watts for UHF in EU). These are the bands used by RFID.

3. EMI Emission regulation: Anyone who makes equipment that emits electro-magnetic noise (computers, medical equipment, fluorescent lamps, TVs, micro-wave ovens) that might interfere with communications, must pass FCC, EU, FDA and other regional regulatory tests certifying that the device emis-sions are below the levels allowed across the radio spectrum. You will see on the back of your cell phone, for example, an FCC ID. Each ‘carrier’ is limited to a certain power level. This prevents interference, reduces noise and impact on living organisms.

Resolution of regulations

The trouble is that today regulations are on a national level. Although there are some agreements between countries, sometimes it’s regional, like the EU. But, you do get differ-ent bands and different standards for US and Europe and Japan. Gradually we’re moving towards some global accommodation, since people realize that it’s an issue. But it’s very difficult when a company or a nation has a large investment in an infrastructure that is all built up to support a certain set of frequencies. They can’t just throw all that away and move to a different set of frequencies.



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RFID BANDS ─ WORLDWIDE REGULATIONS If you look at how the bands around the world are regulated, there’s actually harmony at the 125 kHz, 13.56 MHz, 2.45 GHz and 5.8 GHz level. But for UHF tags, there is a difference in the US, EU, and Japanese bands. Therefore, if your company needs to use tags worldwide, it can help to use wide band tags instead of tags that were designed for use with a specific UHF frequency (like 915 MHz).

Figure 18: Wide Band

The term Wide Band 29 refers to UHF RFID devices designed to work across all of the UHF bands internationally (Figure 18, above). A shipper or firm that has product that is likely to cross major geographic boundaries needs to ensure that the technology they use can make the trip and still be usable. Many of today’s RFID providers have created solutions that work adequately from, say, EU to US, by creating an antenna that can work in the UHF range from about 860 MHz to 960 MHz for UHF.

TAKING A TOTAL SYSTEMS APPROACH If you are not under mandates, you have some flexibility in designing the right solution, both within your enterprise and also across the entire inter-enterprise supply chain.

We have heard many narrowing statements about how to think about RFID, but the reality is, there are a plethora of applications, uses, and technologies that work in tandem with it—and we are just getting started.

29 Not to be confused with Ultra-Wide Band. This is a totally different concept.



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The RFID tags and readers must be selected based not only on the factors we have dis-cussed above (and we are sure there are more), but also on the business objectives. For example, a logistics solution vs. a patient care solution will require unique designs, unique integrations with IT systems, and unique data collection.

Also, the tag that you think is right for your environment (yard, farm, warehouse) may be dissonant with the end-use or destina-tion environment and the distribution chan-nels along the way. So a total approach—not just tags and reader coordination, but business application, geopolitical locations, as well as end-to-end application—should be considered.30

There is so much more to learn and talk about—but for now, let’s move forward and look at the technology market!

30 For further reading on end-user vertical applications: http://www.chainlinkresearch.com/research/index.cfm?topic=48

http://www.chainlinkresearch.com/research/index.cfm?topic=48



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Considerations Before Buying Technology So, now you know that there are some key points you have to discuss with your technology provider about the specific system you will need: frequencies, antenna design, and field shape and range.

Just quickly, we would like to put in context the whole RFID solution. Tags, readers, wire-less devices and routers do not exist in a vacuum. The point is that they have to transmit data to business applications of all types. As the population of devices grows, so does the software market for reader management, middleware, and a variety of applications that use the data. In a subsequent report we will look at the rest of the stack and how this all fits to-gether to create a total solution.

Now let’s take a look at the RFID Hardware market.

Our purpose in this report is not to discuss market size and share. Our fellow market re-search firms can do this for you. However, the hardware revenue for RFID grows at a steady rate. But innovation has grown at a much greater rate. In the last two years, signifi-cant changes have occurred in the market. As more people have learned how to work with RFID, it has created lots of new elements, innovations, and players. If you are a provider, you have a few key partnership choices with firms who can supply chips, IC, printed circuit boards, programmable logic units, or complete devices waiting for your customization. You also have more retail partnerships and channels through which to sell your product. It is assumed that vendors will have labs to work in to test final solutions for their clients. Cau-tion to end-users, though: the lab does not look like your environment—so you need a real life test which has the scale, velocity and the people who will actually operate the system.

What is exciting in this market is the current level of learning. Adoption of RFID has been slowed in the past because a whole industry—both the vendors and the end-users—had to learn together how to make this work. This is actually typical in technology markets with the early adopter paving the way. Slower than expected growth last year should not be taken as a signal of poor potential, because learning, as well as the finalization of ‘the standards,’ came a bit slower than expected. That said, the standard is agreed upon,31 the chips are there, (with ever new antennas), the readers are there, and now it is time to learn and pick an adoption approach appropriate for your firm.

The sheer volume of suppliers, even with minimal end-user intentions, creates a nice envi-ronment for growth. And the competition for your business has created a plethora of ‘get started kits’ and methods for the novice user.

31 Gen 2, plus Chinese cooperation, as well as the learning on wide band to make things in Europe that will work in the US. But clearly more has to be done here. ISO 180000-6C, to compliment Gen 2, is expected soon.



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RFID devices, like most electronics, are made in a series of steps across a chain of value- adding steps. We have now educated you enough for you to be able to make some assess-ments, even if you are buying directly from a ‘converter,’ printer company, or consultant. You must understand that you need to know what is required at each stage to meet your own business requirements (Figure 19, below ). At the right end of the chain, you will gen-erally work with converter, reader, and printer companies for your solution. But this is not always the case. Many chip makers also have standard products that can be sold directly to your firm.

Figure 19: The Tag Supply Chain

We will align the technology firms along this continuum so you can select the right solution provider or partnership (if you are developing solutions). The charts that follow will address:

• RFID Technology Firms aligned by their position in the Value Chain • RFID Hardware Market—how they got there—many firms come to RFID

through other capabilities, of which RFID is a logical extension • RFID Overview • RFID Technology and Products by firm—Tags, Readers and Frequencies • RFID by Business Application/Solutions • RFID by Industry



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RFID Market—How They Got There

If you think about the ‘charter’ of RFID use—sensing, identifying, and communicating infor-mation, you can understand the rich market of players who are offering RFID solutions. We like to use the term Primary Positioning, since many players are in a variety of solutions areas. (Figure 20, below.)

Figure 20: RFID Providers—Primary Positioning

The reality is that firms like Intermec have been in the device and data collection business for a very long time. RFID just adds more goodies to sell. Cisco rapidly got the message that messaging would not just be data, but would also be voice, video, and RF, and ex-panded their product line, not just functionally, but expanded the size and range of their de-vices to deal with the ubiquitous use of RF, wireless access points, etc. Transcor has been in Transportation and has moved into consumables.

When all you have is a ham-mer,

your world is full of nails.



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Control and monitoring application have already been visible for a long time. And this gives them more elements to sell. Firms like Omron, Siemens and/or Rockwell, Honeywell and Tyco apply here.

Medical device providers, who are responsible for constant monitoring, accuracy of equipment, etc., make great candidates for RFID. So, the complete solution for end-to-end monitoring of processes, patients, or product for its lifetime, is available from multiple providers.

At the other spectrum, the paper and packaging industries are having a ‘springtime’ of explora-tion. They are figuring out how they can supple-ment and expand their product offerings. Induc-tive inks blended into gravure paper processes, for security applications, or simple ID applications.



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Conclusions: RFID is as much art as science, and there is a lot to learn. RFID can be finicky—though it can be mastered—so you need to take several key factors into account before singing up:

• Run a pilot—try before you buy. • Look at your environmental factors—not only in your facilities, but across the

Process. • Get your trading partners involved. If you are sharing a process, RFID has to

work for everyone. • Consider building your own little lab. This is not expensive, and if you are going

to use RFID for many activities, you will want to build up the knowledge of RFID in your organization.

• Knowledge—take some classes. Learn to work with RFID. You will increase

your confidence and unlock your creative side in hands-on experience with RFID.

There are sometimes stormy seas and unpredictable gales that nature whips up. The seasoned sailor learns to un-derstand the waves. The great surfer sees those particularly tough waves as an advantage, in fact! All analogies aside, nature has provided a fascinat-ing vehicle for us to be able to see, find, and communicate. There is tre-mendous value to be had from learn-ing to master these waves.

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Appendix A: Standards REGULATORY AGENCIES: These agencies regulate the use of RF waves and power:

FDA — (Food and Drug Administration) — Provides guidelines and regulates RFID emissions pertaining to food and drugs, as well as consumer electronics like cell phones.

FCC — (Federal Communication Commission) — Regulates the use of the full RF fre-quency spectrum. Grants licenses to use specific frequency bands within specific geo-graphic areas.

FTC — (Federal Trade Commission) — Ultra high band broadcasting

EPA — (Environmental Protection Agency) — Emission ‘standards’

FAA — (Federal Aviation Administration) — Wireless Broadcast of Aviation Signals

USDA — (US Dept. of Agriculture) — Live animals as well as ‘food stuff’

This sets policy for: avoidance (interference, poor trade); maintaining security; enhancing/improving economy, health etc.); protecting and defending, etc.

ENABLERS These review and advise and use RFID, or create guidelines and legislation that can indi-cate the use of technology to enable policies

FDA — (Food and Drug Admin.)

DHS — (Dept, of Homeland Security), Customs

CIA — (Central Intelligence Agency)

US Department of State

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STANDARDS SPECIFIC TO RFID USE ISO — (International Standards Organization)

EPC — (Electronic Product Code)

AIM — (Global Assoc. for Automatic ID and Mobility)

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS HDMA — (Healthcare Data Mgt Assoc.)

GMA — (Grocery Manufacturers Assoc.)

AIAG — (Automotive Industry Action Group)

ATA — (American Transportation Association)

These Industry Associations gain consensus on data and business practices

KNOWING THE DIFFERENCE IS CRITICAL TO YOUR ROI



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Appendix B: Tables of Survey Results

1. RFID Technology Firms aligned by their position in the Value Chain—pages 54—56

2. RFID technology and products by firm - Tags, Readers and Frequencies—page 57

3. RFID customization capabilities, by firm—pages 58—60

4. RFID business application/Solutions, by firm—page 61

5. RFID firms by Industry—page 62

6. RFID Vendors Overview—pages 63—89



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plet

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prod

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RFI

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LAY

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me

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rant

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e, In

c.

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orks

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n in

divi

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site

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is.

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nc.

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kits

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bs a

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tatio

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tner

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nor a

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anuf

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stom

er is

on

a ca

se-

by-c

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basi

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nc.

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fucn

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set o

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ms

and

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s R

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Intermec Technologies, Inc. T R————————————UHF——————International Business Machines Corporation——————P ——————————————————

iPico Identification (Pty) Ltd——————————————————UHF——————Dual Frequency, http://www.ipico.co.za/newsKSW Microtec AG T R—————— HF ———UHF——————

Lowry Computer Products T R—————— HF ———UHF——————LXE Inc.———————————————————————————

Lyngsoe Systems T R———LF HF 433 UHF——————Unique combination of 125 KHz and 433MHzMagellan Technology Pty Ltd———————————— HF ————————————

MARKEM Corporation——————P ——————————————————OMNIKEY GmbH T————————————————————————Chips and Materials

Omron RFID T R———LF HF ———UHF 2.4 ———Parco Wireless T R—————— HF ———UHF 2.4 5.8

Paxar Corp. T R—————— HF ———UHF——————PLITEK T R—————— HF ———UHF——————

Power Paper, PowerID Division T R—————————————————————865-956 MHzPrecision Dynamics Corporation T R—————— HF ————————————

Printronix, Inc.——————P ——————————————————Quest Solutions, Inc. T R———LF HF 433 UHF——————

Repacorp Label Products T R—————— HF ———UHF——————RF Code, Inc. T R————————— 433 —————————

RFID, Inc. T R———LF HF 433 —————————148 KHzRFIDSupplyChain.com T R————————————UHF——————

RSI ID Technologies T R———LF HF ———UHF 2.4 ———SAMSys Technologies Inc.———————————————————————————

SATO America——————P ——— HF ———UHF——————Savi Technology T R———LF ——— 433 —————————

SecuriCode Limited T R——————————————— 2.4 ———SkyeTek, Inc.———————————————————————————

SmartCode Corp. T R—————— HF 433 UHF 2.4 ———SOKYMAT T R———LF HF ———UHF——————

STMicroelectronics T R—————— HF ———UHF——————Symbol Technologies——————————————————UHF——————

TagSense, Inc. T R————————————UHF 2.4 ———chipless tags (HF and microwave)TAGSYS T R—————— HF ———UHF——————

ThingMagiC, Inc.———————————————————————————TransCore T R————————————UHF 2.4 ———

UPM Raflatac T R—————— HF ———UHF——————Wavetrend (UK) Ltd T R————————— 433 UHF——————

Weber Marking Systems, Inc. T R————————————UHF——————WhereNet T R——————————————— 2.4 ———

Xterprise Incorporated T R————————————UHF 2.4 ———Zebra Technologies——————P ——— HF ———UHF——————



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3. RFID customization capabilities, by firm (1 of 3)

Company Custom Designed Tags Custom Designed ReadersACC Systems Inc. YES NO

Adaptive RFID, Inc. We work with converter partners to provide custom labels and tags.

N/A

AeroScout — —Alien Technology Alien works with a variety of converter partners

to deliver many different form factors of RFID tags to the marketplace, including on-pitch labels, thermally-printable labels, baggage tags, smart labels, plastic-encased tags, apparel labels, smartcards, etc. Custom designs are available through many of these

Yes.

Allaura, Inc. Potted off-set for metal and heavy duty use.

Arnlea Systems No NoASK Yes we do. They can adapt to various sizes

and form factors depending on the required Yes, also depending on application (materials and standards)

Atmel Corp. Transponder (antenna plus chip). Transponder (antenna plus chip)

AVANTE International

YES. Any shapes and sizes from 0.5-inch square or larger.

YES. Any shapes and sizes from 0.5-inch square or larger.

Avery Dennison Printer Systems

— —

Blue Vector Systems N/A N/ABlueBean LLC We provide custom design through our

CAEN RFID We provide custom UHF tags upon specifications for any "reasonable" dielectric

Yes

Catalyst International — —Checkpoint Systems,

IncIn addition to finished tags for certain markets, Checkpoint also provides inlays and engineering and source tagging services to support our converter and packaging clients.

Checkpoint understands there is no generic business case for RFID and that one tag does not fit all applications. For this reason, Checkpoint has developed an RFID application test laboratory and source tagging test laboratory. Here, the company works with its clients to understand how RFID can be used to address their business problems and how it will integrate into their business and manufacturing process. This includes new antenna designs, packaging

EM Microelectronic — —Enterprise

Information Systems, Inc.

Yes - depending on customer requirements. Custom designs typically originate from applications where protecting the tag from harsh, industrial environments.

Yes, depending where regular antenna do not provide adequate coverage or only offer intermittent performance.

iControl, Inc. — —IDENTEC Yes. Yes.

InfoChip Systems No. No.INKODE International — —



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Company Custom Designed Tags Custom Designed ReadersIntermec

Technologies, Inc.Yes. Intermec provides tag designs developed in-house, as well as through strategic partnerships with leading tag developers and manufacturers from around the world. Intermec’s Media division has the capability to convert flexible RFID inlays into smart media with virtually unlimited form factor, label stock and adhesive options. These capabilities allow Intermec to offer a portfolio of RFID tags and media for a variety of surfaces and materials and for use in both benign and harsh environments. Current product offerings support the EPC Global Generation 2 specification as well as the ISO 18000-6B international standard.

Intermec provides tag designs developed in house, as well as through strategic partnerships with leading tag developers and manufacturers from around the world. Intermec’s Media division has the capability to convert flexible RFID inlays into smart media with virtually unlimited form factor, label stock and adhesive options. These capabilities allow Intermec to offer a portfolio of RFID tags and media for a variety of surfaces and materials and for use in both benign and harsh environments. Current product offerings support the EPC Global Generation 2 specification as well as the ISO 18000-6B international standard.

International Business Machines

Corporation

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iPico Identification (Pty) Ltd

Yes, various

We offer We offer:- Flip-Chip Assembly - Design and printing of HF/UHF antennas

on foil, fabric, paper- Wafer Services - Design and printing of samples and small

volume production- Antenna printing - Printing of crimp and dielectric thicknesses

for condensers for HF/UHF-antennas

- Large volume productionLowry Computer

ProductsIf needed by customers, Lowry can provide this service. Label products are packaged in static-resistant bags to ensure the safety of the tags in transit.

No

LXE Inc. — —Lyngsoe Systems We have several designs based on the

application.We design tags for specific applications.

Magellan Technology Pty Ltd

NO YES. Application requirements analyzed and then appropriate inlay designed.

MARKEM Corporation

— —

OMNIKEY GmbH — —Omron RFID — Omron can custom design antennas that

match antenna size and performance for a specific application. (Quantity requirements apply.)

Parco Wireless Tag designs vary to include small one inch by one inch asset tags, and wristband type wearable patient tags, as well as ID badge type tags. Custom designs are available when quantities provide suitable metrics.

Custom designs for antennas are available when quantities provide suitable metrics.

Paxar Corp. Yes. We have several types of finished labels and tags and are continually developing new ones at customer request. We provide woven and fabric smart labels and tags, as well as thermal paper, adhesive backed labels, and hang tags for garments.

Yes, through partners.

PLITEK Customizable features include: Custom label face materials; Custom adhesive systems; Custom constructions; Fan-fold, roll, piece delivery format.

Through our partners with minimum orders.

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Company Custom Designed Tags Custom Designed ReadersPower Paper,

PowerID DivisionCustom design is available for specific materials or applications, pending volumes and pricing.

Custom antenna design is available for specific materials or applications, pending volumes and pricing.

Precision Dynamics Corporation

N/A N/A

Printronix, Inc. — —Quest Solutions, Inc. Capability to prototype short run custom designed

tags for customer applications.Capability to prototype short run custom designed tags for customer applications.

Repacorp Label Products

No No

Reva Systems — —RF Code, Inc. We offer our tag in a variety of application

specific packages either directly or through partners. We also do customization.

RF Code can develop application specific versions of the tag antenna.

RFID, Inc. Custom deviations of current Tag packages or new designs from ground up, private labeling with client name/logo in plastic.

Yes. What is there to describe?

RFIDSupplyChain.com

We provide custom design through our partners.

RSI ID Technologies RSI is able to customize the finished label with pre-printed information or specialty materials.

RSI does offer custom designs for antennas.

SAMSys Technologies Inc.

— —

SATO America SATO will create custom tags/labels for customers needs.

No.

Savi Technology Generally not applicable with active tags, but we can customize packaging for specific customer needs.

Generally not applicable with active tags, but we can customize packaging for specific customer needs.

SecuriCode Limited The casings can be customized as necessary, depending on quantity.

The tag antenna is available as standard embedded (up to 10metres range) or whip (up to 100metres range, special order).

SkyeTek, Inc. — —SmartCode Corp. Depending on Customer needs. Depending on Customer needs.

SOKYMAT yes. Application or custom specific regarding shape, robustness, print, read range, ISO standards, antenna design.

Yes. With scientific simulation models and methods.

STMicroelectronics — —Symbol Technologies Yes. Symbol has a team in place to provide

custom design on a case-by-case basis.All tag antennas are specially designed to suit specific purposes, i.e. to track cardboard boxes versus plastic containers.

TagSense, Inc. Custom design is available. Antennas are custom designed to meet read range requirements, form factor, and application.

TAGSYS Supply inlays, converted and encapsulated tags. N/A

ThingMagiC, Inc. TransCore Finished design only, but we do custom printing. No

UPM Raflatac In-mould tags. Yes, depending on the volume.Wavetrend (UK) Ltd We support Customer requests for non-standard

tags and enclosures.We support Customer requests for non-standard Antenna.

Weber Marking Systems, Inc.

Weber provides a wide range of tag designs to match end-user requirements.

No

WhereNet — —Xterprise Incorporated We provide industry specific tags. We provide industry specific tags.

Zebra Technologies Zebra provides a wide variety of smart label sizes and materials for RFID media and can create custom smart label offering for clients based on their label format requirements.

Zebra continues to look into broadening our custom portfolio to include such areas as custom design for tag antennas.



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RFID SOLUTONS Tags

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Alien Technology T R ———Eng ——— Mfg Qua Log Sal Svc ——— Mer StoAllaura, Inc. T R ———Eng Src Mfg Qua Log ——— Svc —————————

Arnlea Systems Limited T R ————————— Mfg —————————————————————ASK T R ———Eng Src Mfg ——— Log ——— Svc ——— Mer Sto

Atmel Corp. T R ————————— Mfg ——— Log ———————————————AVANTE International Technology, Inc. T R —————— Src —————— Log ——— Svc ——— Mer Sto

Avery Dennison Printer Systems—————— P ——— Src Mfg Qua Log Sal Svc ——— Mer StoBlue Vector Systems———————————— Src —————— Log ——— Svc —————————Asset/Security

BlueBean LLC T R ———Eng ——— Mfg ——— Log ———————————— StoCAEN RFID T R —————— Src Mfg ——— Log Sal Svc ——— Mer Sto

Catalyst International—————— P Eng ——— Mfg ——— Log ———————————————Checkpoint Systems, Inc T R ————————— Mfg ——— Log ———————————————

EM Microelectronic T R ———Eng ————————— Log ———————————————Enterprise Information Systems, Inc. T R ———Eng Src Mfg Qua Log ——— Svc —————————

iControl, Inc. T R ————————— Mfg Qua —————— Svc —————————IDENTEC SOLUTIONS, Inc. T R ———Eng —————————————————— L/F Mer ———

InfoChip Systems Inc. T R ————————— Mfg ——— Log ——— Svc —————— StoINKODE International T R —————— Src Mfg ——— Log ——— Svc ——— Mer Sto

Intermec Technologies, Inc. T R ———Eng ——— Mfg —————————————————————Asset TrackingInternational Business Machines Corporation—————— P ———————————— Log ———————————— Sto

iPico Identification (Pty) Ltd——————————————— Mfg Qua Log ——— Svc —————————KSW Microtec AG T R ————————— Mfg ——— Log ———————————————

Lowry Computer Products T R ———Eng ———————————————————————————LXE Inc.—————————Eng ——— Mfg —————— Sal ————————————

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MARKEM Corporation—————— P ———————————— Log ———————————————IT SecurityOMNIKEY GmbH—————————Eng Src Mfg Qua Log Sal Svc —————————

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Paxar Corp. T R ———Eng ———————————— Sal Svc —————————PLITEK T R ———————————— Qua —————— Svc —————————

Power Paper, PowerID Division T R ——————————————— Log ———————————————Precision Dynamics Corporation T R ———Eng Src Mfg Qua Log ——— Svc —————— Sto

Printronix, Inc.—————— P —————— Mfg ——— Log ———————————————Quest Solutions, Inc. T R ————————— Mfg ——— Log ———————————— Sto

Repacorp Label Products T R ———Eng Src Mfg Qua Log Sal Svc L/F ——————Reva Systems——————————————— Mfg —————————————————————RF Code, Inc. T R —————— Src —————— Log ——— Svc —————————

RFID, Inc. T R ———Eng Src Mfg Qua Log Sal Svc —————————RFIDSupplyChain.com T R —————— Src —————— Log ———————————— Sto

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SecuriCode Limited T R —————— Src Mfg Qua Log Sal Svc —————— StoSkyeTek, Inc.—————————Eng ——— Mfg Qua ——— Sal Svc —————————

SmartCode Corp. T R ———Eng Src Mfg ——— Log —————— L/F ——— StoSOKYMAT T R ————————— Mfg ——— Log ——— Svc ——— Mer Sto

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UPM Raflatac T R ————————— Mfg ——— Log ———————————————Asset MgtWavetrend (UK) Ltd T R ————————— Mfg ——— Log ———————————————

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Avery Dennison Printer Systems Blue Vector Systems

BlueBean, LLC CAEN RFID Nuclear Physics

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IDENTEC SOLUTIONS, Inc. InfoChip Systems Inc. INKODE International

Intermec Technologies, Inc. International Business Machines Corporation

iPico Identification (Pty) Ltd People & Asset Tracking, KSW Microtec AG

Lowry Computer Products LXE Inc.

Lyngsoe Systems Postal IndustryMagellan Technology Pty Ltd Gaming

MARKEM Corporation OMNIKEY GmbH

Omron RFID Parco Wireless

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Printronix, Inc. Quest Solutions, Inc.

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RFID, Inc. RFIDSupplyChain.com

RSI ID Technologies SAMSys Technologies Inc.

SATO America Savi Technology

SecuriCode Limited SkyeTek Inc. Meshed Networks/ Sensor

SmartCode Corp. SOKYMAT

STMicroelectronics Symbol Technologies

TagSense, Inc. TAGSYS Library

ThingMagic, Inc. TransCore

UPM Raflatac Wavetrend (UK) Ltd

Weber Marking Systems, Inc. WhereNet

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wire

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RFI

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n Te

chno

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mily

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FID

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var

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ndus

trial

, sec

urity

, com

mun

icat

ions

, com

putin

g an

d au

tom

otiv

e m

arke

ts, A

tmel

ICs

can

be fo

und

Ever

ywhe

re Y

ou A

re(R

). F

or R

FID

ap

plic

atio

ns, A

tmel

offe

rs a

com

plet

e lin

e of

con

tact

less

RFI

D s

emic

ondu

ctor

s (IC

s, w

afer

s, m

icro

mod

ules

and

com

plet

e tra

nspo

nder

s), o

pera

ting

at 1

25/1

34

kHz,

13.

56 M

Hz,

and

UH

F. A

pplic

atio

ns in

clud

e se

curit

y an

d ac

cess

con

trol,

man

ufac

turin

g an

d lo

gist

ics

(e.g

. sup

ply

chai

n an

d as

set m

anag

emen

t, in

vent

ory

cont

rol),

tran

spor

tatio

n an

d an

imal

inde

ntifi

catio

n.

RFI

D S

yste

ms,

Chi

ples

s R

FID

, Cap

aciti

ve

Sens

ors/

tags

AVAA

NA™

is a

tech

nolo

gy, i

nnov

atio

n an

d in

tegr

atio

n se

rvic

es c

ompa

ny

focu

sed

on th

e hi

gh g

row

th R

FID

tech

nolo

gy m

arke

t. Ba

sed

in In

dia

and

Asia

, an

d th

e U

nite

d St

ates

, we

prov

ide

com

plet

e st

anda

rds-

base

d an

d cu

stom

R

FID

sol

utio

ns to

faci

litat

e co

mpa

nies

in c

reat

ing

and

mai

ntai

ning

a

com

petit

ive

edge

.



Page 67


Com

pany

Prod

uct

Area

s of

Foc

us—

—Sv

cBe

arin

gPoi

nt In

c.—

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.b

earin

gpoi

nt.c

om ;

McL

ean,

VA,

USA

HW

——

——

Bibl

ioth

eca

RFI

D L

ibra

ry S

yste

ms

AG—

——

——

—w

ww

.bib

lioth

eca-

rfid.

com

; Zu

g, ,

Switz

erla

nd

HW

SW—

—Bl

ue V

ecto

r Sys

tem

s——

——

——

——

——

——

—w

ww

.blu

evec

tor.c

om ;

Palo

Alto

, CA,

USA

HW

SWSv

cBl

ueBe

an, L

LC—

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

—w

ww

.blu

ebea

nrfid

.com

; C

arm

el, I

N, U

SA

SWSv

cBr

ooks

Sof

twar

e——

——

——

——

——

——

——

—w

ww

.bro

okss

oftw

are.

com

; C

helm

sfor

d, M

A,

USA

——

Svc

BT A

uto-

ID S

ervi

ces—

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.a

uto-

id.b

t.com

; Lo

ndon

, Lon

don,

Uni

ted

King

dom

Broo

ks' S

ense

Dec

ide

Res

pond

real

-tim

e R

FID

ap

plic

atio

ns, A

utom

atio

n R

FID

Broo

ks S

oftw

are'

s fo

cus

is re

al-ti

me

man

ufac

turin

g so

ftwar

e. M

anuf

actu

rers

ar

e re

cogn

izin

g th

e ne

ed to

be

mor

e ef

fect

ive

in re

spon

ding

to v

olat

ility,

co

mpl

exity

and

dem

ands

from

bot

h cu

stom

ers

and

regu

lato

rs. M

anuf

actu

ring

base

d on

a fo

reca

st is

no

long

er a

dequ

ate

to m

eet b

usin

ess

obje

ctiv

es in

an

incr

easi

ngly

com

petit

ive

glob

al m

arke

t. C

ompa

nies

mus

t ope

rate

in re

al-ti

me,

dr

ivin

g ev

ents

from

the

supp

ly c

hain

dire

ctly

dow

n to

the

man

ufac

turin

g flo

or.

Stra

tegy

Con

sulti

ngBT

Aut

o-ID

Ser

vice

s is

a m

arke

t lea

der i

n co

mpl

ete,

sca

labl

e an

d af

ford

able

R

FID

Ser

vice

s. D

eliv

erin

g su

pply

cha

in im

prov

emen

ts to

the

reta

il, a

eros

pace

, au

tom

otiv

e, c

onst

ruct

ion

and

phar

mac

eutic

al in

dust

ries.

We

com

bine

the

reso

urce

s of

a la

rge

corp

orat

ion

with

the

agilit

y an

d fle

xibi

lity

of a

new

te

chno

logy

sta

rt-up

.

Con

figur

atio

n M

anag

emen

t Sys

tem

A co

mpl

ete,

eas

ily c

onfig

urab

le, p

lug

and

play

line

of p

rodu

cts

that

ena

bles

la

rge

scal

e, h

ighl

y m

anag

eabl

e R

FID

dep

loym

ents

. As

a co

mpl

ete

solu

tion,

Bl

ue V

ecto

r com

pete

s in

bot

h th

e re

ader

and

mid

dlew

are/

softw

are

cate

gorie

s --

we

don'

t bel

ieve

that

a d

isjo

inte

d ap

proa

ch is

man

agea

ble

in a

nyth

ing

larg

er

than

a tr

ial.

Blue

Bean

1·2

·3™

Sla

p an

d Sh

ip R

FID

C

ompl

ianc

e Sy

stem

Blue

Bean

is a

RFI

D c

onsu

lting

and

sys

tem

s in

tegr

atio

n co

mpa

ny th

at fo

cuse

s ex

clus

ivel

y on

RFI

D s

olut

ions

, RFI

D c

ompl

ianc

e m

anda

tes,

and

sim

plify

ing

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

RFI

D te

chno

logy

. We

guar

ante

e ou

r clie

nts

a so

lutio

n th

at

succ

essf

ully

mee

ts th

eir b

usin

ess

need

s ba

sed

on o

ur re

al w

orld

kno

wle

dge,

ex

tens

ive

expe

rtise

, and

cer

tific

atio

ns fr

om th

e to

p R

FID

man

ufac

ture

rs.

Blue

Bean

als

o of

fers

pac

kage

d so

lutio

ns to

com

mon

RFI

D te

chno

logy

si

tuat

ions

. Our

sol

utio

ns in

clud

e Bl

ueBe

an 1

-2-3

™ (R

FID

sla

p &

ship

co

mpl

ianc

e), E

asyI

nbou

nd™

(RFI

D re

ceiv

ing)

, and

Eas

yOut

boun

d™ (R

FID

sh

ippi

ng).

Hum

an C

apita

l R

esou

rce

Serv

ices

Bear

ingp

oint

, Inc

. ope

rate

s as

a m

anag

emen

t con

sulti

ng, s

yste

ms

inte

grat

ion,

an

d m

anag

ed s

ervi

ces

com

pany

prim

arily

in N

orth

Am

eric

a. T

he c

ompa

ny

oper

ates

in fo

ur s

egm

ents

: Pub

lic S

ervi

ces;

Fin

anci

al S

ervi

ces;

C

omm

unic

atio

ns, C

onte

nt, a

nd U

tiliti

es; a

nd C

onsu

mer

, Ind

ustri

al, a

nd

Tech

nolo

gy. P

rovi

des

tradi

tiona

l man

agem

ent c

onsu

lting

, and

man

aged

and

sy

stem

s in

tegr

atio

n se

rvic

es. B

earin

gPoi

nt, f

orm

erly

kno

wn

as K

PMG

C

onsu

lting

, Inc

., w

as in

corp

orat

ed in

199

9 an

d ch

ange

d its

nam

e to

Be

arin

gPoi

nt, I

nc. i

n 20

02. T

he c

ompa

ny is

hea

dqua

rtere

d in

McL

ean,

Virg

inia

.

Bibl

ioC

hip®

Bibl

ioth

eca

is s

peci

aliz

ed in

des

igni

ng, p

rodu

cing

and

mar

ketin

g of

RFI

D

syst

ems

that

is h

ard-

and

sof

twar

e fo

r lib

rary

aut

omat

ion

and

med

ia s

ecur

ity. I

n Eu

rope

the

Bibl

ioC

hip®

Sys

tem

is th

e N

umbe

r One

RFI

D L

ibra

ry S

yste

m.

Bibl

ioth

eca

was

form

ed to

exc

lusi

vely

focu

s on

the

need

s of

libr

aria

ns.



Page 68


Com

pany

Prod

uct

Area

s of

Foc

usH

W—

——

—C

AEN

RFI

D—

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.c

aen.

it/rfi

d/ ;

Viar

eggi

o, L

U, I

taly

SW—

—C

alid

us, L

LC—

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.c

allid

usllc

.com

; D

elm

ar, M

D, U

SA

SWSv

cC

apTe

ch V

entu

res—

——

——

——

——

——

——

—w

ww

.cap

tech

vent

ures

.com

; R

ichm

ond

Virg

inia

, ,

US

A

HW

SW—

—C

atal

yst I

nter

natio

nal—

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.c

atal

ystin

tern

atio

nal.c

om ;

Milw

auke

e,

Wis

cons

in, U

.S.A

.SW

——

Cat

hexi

s In

nova

tions

Inc.

——

——

——

——

——

—w

ww

.cat

hexi

s.ca

; St

. Joh

n, N

ewfo

undl

and,

C

anad

a

HW

SW—

—C

DO

Tec

hnol

ogie

s In

c——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.c

dote

ch.c

om ;

Day

ton,

OH

, USA

——

Svc

Cha

inLI

nk R

esea

rch—

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.c

lrese

arch

.com

; Bo

ston

, MA,

USA

Res

earc

h an

d Ed

ucat

iona

l Ser

vice

s

RFI

D E

ngin

e™,

IDBl

ue™

, C

athe

xisW

EB™

Cat

hexi

s In

nova

tions

Inc.

is a

glo

bal p

rovi

der o

f RFI

D te

chno

logy

, bas

ed in

At

lant

ic C

anad

a. C

athe

xis

is a

pro

vide

r of w

irele

ss, m

obile

RFI

D re

ader

s,

adva

nced

inte

grat

ion

softw

are

and

RFI

D a

pplic

atio

n m

odel

s bu

ilt o

n its

pr

oprie

tary

RFI

D E

ngin

e™ a

rchi

tect

ure.

Thi

s al

low

s sy

stem

inte

grat

ors,

VAR

s an

d IS

Vs in

the

AID

C a

nd m

obilit

y sp

ace

to ra

pidl

y so

lve

real

bus

ines

s pr

oble

ms

with

RFI

D. T

o th

is e

nd, C

athe

xis

has

leve

rage

d th

e R

FID

Eng

ine™

ar

chite

ctur

e to

dev

elop

IDBl

ue™

- a

mar

ket l

eadi

ng B

luet

ooth

® R

FID

read

er

that

com

es b

undl

ed w

ith c

uttin

g-ed

ge d

evel

opm

ent a

nd c

onne

ctiv

ity to

ols

that

m

ake

RFI

D a

dopt

ion

stra

ight

forw

ard

and

cost

-effe

ctiv

e. C

athe

xis

is a

lso

usin

g th

e R

FID

Eng

ine™

to a

ddre

ss th

e gr

owin

g ne

ed to

man

age

RFI

D d

ata

thro

ugh

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f Cat

hexi

sWEB

™ –

a h

oste

d se

rvic

e th

at a

llow

s cl

ient

s to

ra

pidl

y im

plem

ent c

ost-e

ffect

ive

syst

ems

for c

olle

ctin

g, m

anag

ing

and

acce

ssin

g th

eir R

FID

dat

a.AI

DC

CD

O is

one

of t

he la

rges

t RFI

D in

tegr

ator

s in

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es.

Tags

War

e™C

apTe

ch is

a c

onsu

lting

firm

that

man

ages

, des

igns

and

bui

lds

info

rmat

ion

syst

ems.

The

mis

sion

crit

ical

sol

utio

ns w

e de

velo

p ar

e bu

ilt o

n th

e pa

rtner

ship

s th

at w

e ha

ve e

stab

lishe

d w

ith in

dust

ry le

ader

s su

ch a

s IB

M®

, BEA

™ S

yste

ms,

O

racl

e®, M

icro

soft®

, Sun

Mic

rosy

stem

s, a

nd O

pen

Sour

ce p

rodu

cts.

The

dr

ivin

g fo

rce

behi

nd o

ur s

ucce

ss is

the

clos

e re

latio

nshi

p th

at w

e de

velo

p w

ith

our c

lient

s, g

ettin

g to

kno

w th

eir b

usin

esse

s an

d th

e vi

sion

that

gui

des

them

. Fr

om F

ortu

ne 5

00 c

ompa

nies

to re

gion

al m

arke

t lea

ders

, Cap

Tech

can

hel

p yo

ur c

ompa

ny m

anag

e te

chno

logy

and

ach

ieve

resu

lts fo

r gro

wth

.

Cat

alys

t Com

man

dSu

pply

Cha

in E

xecu

tion

prov

ider

for B

est o

f Bre

ed a

nd S

AP L

ES m

arke

ts.

A948

- U

HF

long

rang

e re

ader

(ETS

I EN

302

20

8)

CAE

N's

Mis

sion

is to

pro

vide

our

cus

tom

ers

with

read

ers

and

tags

that

mee

t EP

C/IS

O re

quire

men

ts a

nd E

TSI/F

CC

sta

ndar

ds. C

AEN

is p

leas

ed to

offe

r U

HF

RFI

D s

yste

ms

to th

e fo

llow

ing

mar

kets

: Tra

nspo

rtatio

n &

Logi

stic

s;

Secu

rity

Acce

ss a

nd C

ontro

l; Su

pply

Cha

in M

anag

emen

t.C

allid

usR

FID

The

mai

n fo

cus

of th

is c

ompa

ny is

hos

pita

l fun

ctio

nalit

y. C

allid

us s

oftw

are

is

not o

nly

intu

itive

and

cus

tom

izab

le b

ut w

ill le

ad to

num

erou

s be

nefit

s an

d a

quic

k R

OI.



Page 69


Com

pany

Prod

uct

Area

s of

Foc

usH

W—

——

—C

heck

poin

t Sys

tem

s; In

c——

——

——

——

——

—w

ww

.che

ckpo

ints

yste

ms.

com

; Th

orof

are,

NJ,

U

SA

HW

——

——

CC

L La

bel—

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

—w

ww

.ccl

labe

l.com

; U

plan

d, C

A, U

SA

SW—

—C

OD

E Pl

us In

c.—

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.c

ode-

plus

.com

; Fa

irfax

, Virg

inia

, US

A

HW

——

——

Cro

ss P

oint

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

—w

ww

.cro

sspo

int.n

l ; E

mm

en, ,

Net

herla

ns

——

Svc

Cel

ergy

Net

wor

ks In

c.—

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.c

eler

gy.c

om ;

San

Cle

men

te, C

alifo

rnia

, U

SA

XM

3 M

ICR

OPR

OX

S™,

prox

imity

read

ers,

m

odul

es, a

nd ta

gs

Cro

ss P

oint

is a

lead

ing

man

ufac

ture

r of w

irele

ss id

entif

icat

ion

and

dete

ctio

n eq

uipm

ent,

desi

gned

to p

rovi

de s

afet

y an

d pr

otec

tion

for b

oth

peop

le a

nd

asse

ts. C

ross

Poi

nt h

as e

xper

ienc

ed ra

pid

grow

th s

ince

its

foun

datio

n in

199

3,

than

ks to

a m

arke

t driv

en a

ppro

ach

com

bine

d w

ith th

e co

urag

e to

exp

lore

new

pa

ths

in c

uttin

g ed

ge te

chno

logy

. Thi

s ha

s re

sulte

d in

an

impr

essi

ve tr

ack

reco

rd o

f inn

ovat

ive

prod

ucts

, whi

ch e

nabl

e ou

r (in

tern

atio

nal)

cust

omer

s to

pr

otec

t and

max

imis

e th

eir b

usin

ess

oper

atio

ns in

a s

ecur

e an

d ef

ficie

nt

man

ner.

Cel

ergy

Adv

anta

geO

ur c

ore

busi

ness

offe

rings

incl

ude

desi

gn a

nd in

stal

latio

n of

stru

ctur

ed

cabl

ing,

equ

ipm

ent i

nsta

llatio

n an

d m

aint

enan

ce, v

oice

& d

ata

netw

orki

ng, w

ifi

inst

alla

tion

as w

ell a

s st

agin

g an

d de

ploy

men

t. O

ver t

he y

ears

we

have

de

velo

ped

a di

stin

ct c

ompe

tenc

y in

han

dlin

g la

rge

scal

e ro

llout

s. O

ur n

atio

nal

foot

prin

t has

allo

wed

us

to s

ervi

ce b

usin

esse

s w

ith lo

catio

ns in

the

mos

t re

mot

e co

rner

s of

the

US

or C

anad

a. O

ur p

rofe

ssio

nal s

ervi

ces

have

rang

ed

from

sm

all t

urnk

ey s

olut

ions

to la

rge

mul

tiple

site

rollo

uts

to b

uild

out

s of

larg

e ca

mpu

s ty

pe fa

cilit

ies.

RFI

D L

abel

sC

CL

Labe

l has

ser

ved

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pack

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nal a

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harm

aceu

tical

indu

stry

fo

r ove

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year

s an

d is

the

lead

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the

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th A

mer

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or p

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er o

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tom

atio

n so

lutio

ns, i

s ba

sed

in th

e W

ashi

ngto

n, D

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etro

polit

an a

rea.

CO

DE

Plus

spe

cial

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in

deve

lopi

ng s

oftw

are

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em s

olut

ions

for l

ogis

tics,

war

ehou

sing

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di

strib

utio

n en

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rises

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ur d

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apab

ilitie

s in

clud

e so

ftwar

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plic

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pmen

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sign

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l ser

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sta

ff au

gmen

tatio

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rma®

RFI

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ags

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ckpo

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rges

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ufac

ture

r and

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arke

ter o

f RF

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ased

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ith a

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0 co

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net

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mor

e th

an 2

5 se

rvic

e bu

reau

s w

orld

wid

e, th

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mpa

ny is

the

glob

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e-pe

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UH

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F, E

PC

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heck

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a® li

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e cu

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mee

t the

spe

cific

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licat

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per

form

ance

, pric

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llmen

t req

uire

men

ts o

f cus

tom

ers

in a

wid

e va

riety

of i

ndus

tries

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udin

g co

nsum

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, ret

ail,

phar

mac

eutic

al, p

ublic

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sit a

nd li

brar

y.



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Com

pany

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uct

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s of

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us—

—Sv

cD

AG

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tem

s——

——

——

——

——

——

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w.d

ag-s

yste

m.c

om ;

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urba

nne,

Rho

ne,

Fran

ce

HW

SW—

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atam

ax C

orpo

ratio

n——

——

——

——

——

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ww

.dat

amax

corp

.com

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rland

o , F

L, U

SA

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Del

oitte

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sulti

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LP—

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——

——

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——

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ww

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ew Y

ork,

NY,

USA

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——

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trix—

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——

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——

——

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w.d

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.za

; Pie

term

aritz

burg

, , S

outh

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rica

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——

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so W

ave—

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com

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kyo,

, Ja

pan

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ecta

g In

c.—

——

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mbe

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ntar

io,

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ada

HW

——

——

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loc

ID—

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

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ww

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loci

d.co

m ;

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derw

ijk, ,

Net

herla

nds

——

Svc

Dire

ct R

ecru

iters

, Inc

.——

——

——

——

——

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ww

.dire

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crui

ters

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; C

leve

land

, Ohi

o,

US

ASW

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I Onl

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verla

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ark,

KS,

USA

dcLI

NK®

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utom

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ptur

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lutio

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xten

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ach

and

valu

e of

ent

erpr

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softw

are

appl

icat

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by

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cura

te, r

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uctio

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t the

war

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curit

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gist

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man

agem

ent s

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ms

for l

ibra

ries

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RFI

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yste

ms

for

vario

us in

dust

rial a

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tail

mar

kets

.D

irect

Rec

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rs, I

nc. p

rovi

des

hum

an c

apita

l res

ourc

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r the

RFI

D in

dust

ry.

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pani

es re

ly o

n us

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elp

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sol

id te

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in M

anag

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t, Sa

les,

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arke

ting

and

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port.

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ard

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n bu

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men

t, m

anuf

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ata

capt

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ts, i

ndus

trial

robo

ts, p

rogr

amm

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con

trolle

rs a

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para

tus

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syst

ems.

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ta 1

5 R

FID

, AR

F 15

0 Ac

tive

RFI

DD

etec

tag

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is a

com

pany

that

spe

cial

izes

in th

e de

sign

and

sal

es o

f eas

y to

in

stal

l ant

i sho

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ing

syst

ems.

A

busi

ness

cha

lleng

e ca

n sp

read

acr

oss

a do

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time

zone

s be

fore

you

fini

sh

your

mor

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cof

fee.

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tly, b

lurr

ing

fam

iliar b

ound

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s an

d un

rave

ling

rule

s of

eng

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ent.

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know

wha

t it t

akes

to re

spon

d.

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erst

andi

ng th

e w

hole

pic

ture

. Pro

duct

ivity

. Mar

gins

. Tec

hnol

ogy.

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elat

ions

hips

. Eve

n ta

xes.

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n co

mes

the

hard

par

t: fig

urin

g ou

t how

to b

lur

your

ow

n bo

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rive

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eloi

tte C

onsu

lting

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help

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wor

k to

geth

er b

y of

ferin

g so

lutio

ns th

at b

ridge

the

inte

rest

s of

the

entir

e or

gani

zatio

n. O

ur in

dust

ry e

xper

ienc

e, b

road

cap

abilit

ies

and

deep

al

lianc

es m

ean

we

can

help

you

mak

e th

e m

ost o

f opp

ortu

nitie

s an

d av

oid

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pro

mis

e is

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te m

ore

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e.

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ufac

ture

s pa

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ed, l

ow c

ost,

long

-ran

ge (1

3m) r

eade

rs a

nd p

assi

ve ta

gs

for U

HF

RFI

D s

yste

ms,

for u

se w

ith tr

acki

ng a

nd lo

gist

ics.

DA

G T

riath

lon,

DA

G R

e-us

able

Dag

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tem

is th

e on

ly R

FID

tech

nolo

gy w

hich

is a

ble

to d

eal w

ith ra

ce

elec

troni

c tim

ing,

acc

ess

cont

rol,

indu

stria

l ide

ntifi

catio

n, e

tc. o

n ve

ry lo

ng

dist

ance

s, u

p to

10

met

res.

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as d

evel

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unc

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rain

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etec

tion

in th

e ba

nd 1

3.56

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allo

win

g a

long

dis

tanc

e de

tect

ion

thro

ugh

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r 3D

vol

ume

with

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s ab

le to

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ect t

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een

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with

in a

60m

3 vo

lum

e. T

his

tech

nolo

gy w

as fi

rst d

evel

oped

and

sol

d fo

r spo

rts e

vent

s, b

ut th

e co

mpa

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as re

cent

ly b

ranc

hed

into

the

indu

stry

mar

ket.

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er C

orpo

ratio

n (N

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peci

aliz

es in

the

desi

gn, m

anuf

actu

re, a

nd m

arke

ting

of p

rodu

cts

for b

ar c

ode

and

RFI

D

labe

ling,

incl

udin

g th

erm

al d

eman

d pr

inte

rs, l

abel

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ket a

nd ta

g m

ater

ials

, and

th

erm

al tr

ansf

er ri

bbon

s.



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Com

pany

Prod

uct

Area

s of

Foc

usH

WSW

——

Ekah

au—

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.e

kaha

u.co

m ;

Sar

atog

a, C

A, U

SA

HW

——

——

EM M

icro

elec

troni

c——

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.e

mm

icro

elec

troni

c.co

m ;

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orad

o Sp

rings

, C

O, U

SA

——

Svc

Enig

mat

ics—

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.e

nigm

atic

-con

sulti

ng.c

om ;

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yval

e, C

A,

US

AH

W—

——

—En

terp

rise

Info

rmat

ion

Syst

ems,

Inc.

——

——

——

ww

w.rf

idin

actio

n.co

m ;

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per,

TX, U

SA

SW—

—ep

cSol

utio

ns, I

nc.—

——

——

——

——

——

——

—w

ww

.epc

solu

tions

.com

; G

reat

Fal

ls, V

A, U

SA

HW

SW—

—Ep

ic D

ata

Inc.

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.e

picd

ata.

com

; R

ichm

ond,

Brit

ish

Col

umbi

a, C

anad

a

RFI

D S

yste

ms

Epic

Dat

a de

velo

ps a

bro

ad ra

nge

of le

an m

anuf

actu

ring

and

data

col

lect

ion

syst

ems.

We

utiliz

e a

wid

e ra

nge

of p

rodu

cts

to d

eliv

er d

iscr

ete

man

ufac

turin

g so

lutio

ns w

hich

pro

vide

our

cus

tom

ers

with

real

-tim

e vi

sibi

lity

into

thei

r m

anuf

actu

ring

oper

atio

ns w

hile

sim

plify

ing

inte

ract

ion

with

thei

r exi

stin

g en

terp

rise

appl

icat

ions

.

Com

plia

nce

1st f

or D

oD

Supp

liers

Ente

rpris

e In

form

atio

n Sy

stem

s, In

c. is

an

RFI

D a

nd A

IDC

sys

tem

s in

tegr

ator

us

ing

prov

en te

chno

logi

es to

impr

ove

supp

ly c

hain

effi

cien

cies

thro

ugho

ut

vario

us in

dust

ries

incl

udin

g m

anuf

actu

ring,

dis

tribu

tion

and

A&D

(Aer

ospa

ce

and

Def

ense

). W

ith o

ver 2

0 ye

ars

of A

IDC

exp

erie

nce,

Ent

erpr

ise

Info

rmat

ion

Syst

ems

deve

lops

and

inte

grat

es p

rove

n so

lutio

ns th

at c

ombi

ne a

pplic

atio

n ap

prop

riate

sof

twar

e an

d AI

DC

& R

FID

equ

ipm

ent t

o in

crea

se p

rodu

ctiv

ity a

nd

enha

nce

stra

tegi

c ad

vant

age.

RFI

DTa

gMan

ager

epcS

olut

ions

’ RFI

DTa

gMan

ager

pro

vide

s an

RFI

D N

etw

ork

plat

form

with

m

iddl

ewar

e fo

r dev

ice

and

appl

icat

ion

man

agem

ent –

epc

Solu

tions

’ Sen

sorO

S –

and

a w

izar

d-ba

sed

RFI

D a

pplic

atio

n fo

r im

plem

entin

g re

taile

r & D

oD

com

plia

nce

requ

irem

ents

. A s

tep

by s

tep

proc

ess

allo

ws

you

to c

onne

ct to

any

R

FID

prin

ter a

nd a

ny R

FID

read

er in

min

utes

, hel

ping

ent

erpr

ises

redu

ce th

e tim

e, c

ost,

& ef

fort

of im

plem

entin

g R

FID

pro

ject

s.

EM40

94EM

Mic

roel

ectro

nic

is a

sem

icon

duct

or m

anuf

actu

rer d

esig

ning

and

pro

duci

ng

ultra

low

pow

er, l

ow v

olta

ge, d

igita

l, an

alog

and

mix

ed-s

igna

l int

egra

ted

circ

uits

(IC

s) fo

r bat

tery

-ope

rate

d an

d fie

ld-p

ower

ed d

evic

es in

con

sum

er, a

utom

otiv

e an

d in

dust

rial a

pplic

atio

ns. R

FID

chi

ps fe

atur

e re

ad/w

rite,

ant

i-col

lisio

n,

125k

Hz,

13.

56M

Hz,

UH

F an

d 2.

45G

Hz

. Oth

er p

rodu

cts

incl

ude

mic

ropr

oces

sor s

uper

viso

rs a

nd re

set I

Cs,

mic

roco

ntro

llers

, sm

art c

ard

ICs,

m

ixed

ana

log

and

digi

tal g

ate

arra

ys, A

SIC

s, L

CD

driv

ers

and

disp

lays

and

op

toel

ectro

nic

ICs.

EM

als

o pr

oduc

es (L

CD

) mod

ules

and

offe

rs b

umpi

ng

serv

ices

. EM

Mic

roel

ectro

nic

is o

ne o

f the

ele

ctro

nic

syst

ems

com

pani

es w

ithin

th

e Sw

atch

Gro

up, d

evel

opin

g an

d pr

oduc

ing

ultra

-low

pow

er, m

inia

turiz

ed a

nd

accu

rate

mic

roel

ectro

nic

com

pone

nts

and

syst

ems.

Staf

fing

Solu

tions

with

Im

pact

Tal

ent

Con

sulti

ng o

n R

FID

phy

sica

l lay

er im

plem

enta

tion:

ant

enna

s, ta

gs, r

egul

atio

ns,

inte

rfere

rs, r

eade

rs.

Ekah

au P

ositi

onin

g En

gine

, T20

1 Ek

ahau

W

i-Fi L

ocat

ion

Tag

Ekah

au is

the

reco

gniz

ed le

ader

in lo

catio

n-en

ablin

g en

terp

rise

Wi-F

i ne

twor

ks. E

kaha

u's

mis

sion

is to

pro

vide

the

easi

est,

mos

t cos

t effe

ctiv

e an

d ac

cura

te p

ositi

onin

g so

lutio

ns fo

r loc

atin

g pe

ople

, ass

ets,

inve

ntor

y an

d ot

her

obje

cts

usin

g w

irele

ss e

nter

pris

e ne

twor

ks. T

he E

kaha

u so

lutio

n tra

cks

wire

less

lapt

ops,

PD

As, V

OIP

pho

nes,

Wi-F

i tag

s an

d ot

her 8

02.1

1 en

able

d de

vice

s.



Page 72


Com

pany

Prod

uct

Area

s of

Foc

usH

W—

——

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cort

Mem

ory

Syst

ems

(A D

atal

ogic

Gro

up C

o.)

ww

w.e

ms-

rfid.

com

; Sc

otts

Val

ley

, CA,

USA

HW

SW—

—G

loba

l Tra

ckin

g So

lutio

ns (G

TS)—

——

——

——

—w

ww

.glo

baltr

acki

ng.c

om ;

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vers

, M

A, U

SA

SW—

—G

lobe

Ran

ger C

orpo

ratio

n——

——

——

——

——

—w

ww

.glo

bera

nger

.com

; R

icha

rdso

n, T

exas

, U

SA

HW

——

——

HE

I Inc

.——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.hei

i.com

; Vi

ctor

ia ,

MN

, USA

HW

SW—

—H

ighJ

ump

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are-

a 3

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n Pr

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saka

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apan

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p™ a

nd

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imol

d R

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dl

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chi M

axel

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foun

ded

in 1

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toda

y is

one

of t

he w

orld

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adin

g pr

oduc

ers

of o

ptic

al a

nd m

agne

tic m

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odul

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card

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man

ufac

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r of h

igh

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com

pone

nts,

med

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l pro

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ster

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e pr

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e m

icro

circ

uits

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mun

icat

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cess

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med

ical

app

licat

ions

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ts in

clud

e C

lass

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edic

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evic

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iote

chno

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g di

scov

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in v

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ms,

med

ical

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alth

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chno

logy

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tific

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pany

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apta

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ribut

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cker

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ker

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rack

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tions

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gh te

chno

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pany

ded

icat

ed to

pr

ovid

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edge

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ide

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abilit

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iety

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very

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hain

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velo

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ufac

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prov

idin

g R

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ns in

this

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ms.

Web

Sphe

re R

FID

Pr

emis

es S

erve

rAt

IBM

, we

striv

e to

lead

in th

e in

vent

ion,

dev

elop

men

t and

man

ufac

ture

of

adva

nced

info

rmat

ion

tech

nolo

gies

, inc

ludi

ng c

ompu

ter s

yste

ms,

sof

twar

e,

stor

age

syst

ems

and

mic

roel

ectro

nics

.W

e tra

nsla

te th

ese

adva

nced

tech

nolo

gies

into

val

ue fo

r our

cus

tom

ers

thro

ugh

our p

rofe

ssio

nal s

olut

ions

, ser

vice

s an

d co

nsul

ting

busi

ness

es

wor

ldw

ide.

UH

F R

eade

rs (R

ead

Onl

y &

Rea

d W

rite)

Ultr

a H

igh

Freq

uenc

y R

eade

rs a

nd T

ags

Dua

l Fre

quen

cy R

eade

rs a

nd T

ags

Mid

dlew

are

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tella

retu

rn e

nabl

es c

ourie

r ser

vice

s to

che

ck w

arra

nty

stat

us b

y re

adin

g R

FID

st

icke

rs a

ttach

ed to

any

item

. Thi

s pr

ovid

es in

divi

dual

s an

d or

gani

zatio

ns a

t ev

ery

poin

t of t

he p

roce

ss w

ith e

nhan

ced

bene

fits

for c

ostly

and

tim

e-co

nsum

ing

retu

rns,

war

rant

y an

d re

vers

e lo

gist

ics

func

tions

.In

term

ec R

FID

Fix

ed

Rea

ders

, In

term

ec In

c. (N

YSE:

IN) d

evel

ops,

man

ufac

ture

s an

d in

tegr

ates

tech

nolo

gies

th

at id

entif

y, tr

ack

and

man

age

supp

ly c

hain

ass

ets.

Cor

e te

chno

logi

es in

clud

e R

FID

, mob

ile c

ompu

ting

and

data

col

lect

ion

syst

ems,

bar

cod

e pr

inte

rs a

nd

labe

l med

ia. T

he c

ompa

ny’s

pro

duct

s an

d se

rvic

es a

re u

sed

by c

usto

mer

s in

m

any

indu

strie

s w

orld

wid

e to

impr

ove

the

prod

uctiv

ity, q

ualit

y an

d re

spon

sive

ness

of b

usin

ess

oper

atio

ns.

Inst

ant E

PC H

otsp

ot,

Gen

2 M

ouse

pad,

R

eson

ant C

avity

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tenn

a

Inte

gral

RFI

D w

as fo

unde

d as

a c

onsu

ltanc

y co

mpa

ny, b

ut h

as s

ince

rele

ased

va

rious

RFI

D re

late

d pr

oduc

ts in

to th

e m

arke

t. W

ith a

larg

e co

ncen

tratio

n on

th

e sc

ienc

e be

hind

RFI

D, t

he c

ompa

ny p

rovi

des

a un

ique

com

bina

tion

of

acad

emic

kno

wle

dge,

abi

lity,

and

pra

ctic

al e

xper

ienc

e.



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Com

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uct

Area

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usH

W—

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E In

c.—

——

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——

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——

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ww

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com

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Geo

rgia

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HW

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——

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soe

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ems—

——

——

——

——

——

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ww

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soes

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ms.

com

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rs, N

/A, D

enm

aH

W—

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agel

lan

Tech

nolo

gy P

ty L

td—

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w.m

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ch.c

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anha

ttan

Asso

ciat

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——

——

——

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w

ww

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GA,

US

HW

——

——

MAR

KEM

Cor

pora

tion—

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——

——

——

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w

ww

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Labo

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——

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w.m

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mor

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USA

HW

——

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roch

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echn

olog

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chip

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hand

ler,

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nalo

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mic

ondu

ctor

s, p

rovi

ding

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elop

men

t, lo

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tota

l sys

tem

co

st a

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ster

tim

e to

mar

ket f

or th

ousa

nds

of d

iver

se c

usto

mer

app

licat

ions

w

orld

wid

e.

As a

lead

ing

prov

ider

of s

uppl

y ch

ain

plan

ning

and

exe

cutio

n so

lutio

ns,

Man

hatta

n As

soci

ates

offe

rs e

asy-

to-u

se s

olut

ions

to m

ake

your

sup

ply

chai

n w

ork

bette

r fro

m d

eman

d to

con

sum

ptio

n. W

e kn

ow th

at d

iffer

ent i

ndus

tries

ne

ed s

peci

aliz

ed s

olut

ions

and

that

eve

ry b

usin

ess

face

s un

ique

cha

lleng

es.

Man

hatta

n As

soci

ates

is d

edic

ated

to m

eetin

g th

e ne

eds

of c

ompa

nies

of a

ll si

zes

and

in k

ey in

dust

ries

arou

nd th

e gl

obe.

In

the

past

15

year

s, w

e ha

ve

help

ed m

ore

than

120

0 cl

ient

s ar

ound

the

glob

e.80

0 Se

ries

Hig

h Sp

eed

RFI

D

Enco

der/A

pplic

ator

MAR

KEM

App

lied

Inte

lligen

ce(tm

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utio

ns p

rovi

des

fully

inte

grat

ed s

olut

ions

to

hel

p co

mpa

nies

com

ply

with

RFI

D a

nd E

PC re

quire

men

ts a

nd le

vera

ge

them

in th

eir s

uppl

y ch

ain.

Sem

i-act

ive

RFI

DLy

ngso

e Sy

stem

s pr

ovid

es lo

gist

ics

solu

tions

des

igne

d to

sig

nific

antly

impr

ove

our c

usto

mer

s' q

ualit

y of

ser

vice

and

com

petit

iven

ess

in th

e gl

obal

mar

ket.

MST

RP

5050

tunn

el

read

erM

agel

lan

is a

tech

nolo

gy d

evel

oper

of a

dvan

ced

read

and

writ

e R

FID

sys

tem

s op

erat

ing

at 1

3.56

MH

z. M

agel

lan

deve

lops

the

chip

, inl

ay, t

ag, r

eade

r and

op

erat

ing

softw

are.

All

prod

ucts

com

ply

with

ISO

180

00 P

art 3

Mod

e 2.

M

agel

lan'

s te

chno

logy

is o

ptim

ised

for r

eadi

ng a

nd w

ritin

g to

hun

dred

s of

tags

th

at a

re s

tack

ed to

uchi

ng o

r ove

rlapp

ing

as fo

und

in g

amin

g, d

ocum

ent

man

agem

ent,

jew

elle

ry ta

ckin

g, b

lood

and

blo

od p

rodu

cts,

pha

rma

and

med

ical

impl

ants

app

licat

ions

and

for h

igh

spee

d co

nvey

or fe

d ap

plic

atio

ns a

s fo

und

in th

e ai

rline

, pos

tal,

and

cour

ier m

arke

ts.

MX

3-R

FID

LXE

desi

gns

and

man

ufac

ture

s in

dust

rial w

irele

ss d

ata

colle

ctio

n so

lutio

ns

incl

udin

g ru

gged

com

pute

rs, m

obile

RFI

D te

chno

logi

es, a

nd w

irele

ss

netw

orki

ng p

rodu

cts

that

impr

ove

perfo

rman

ce o

f sup

ply

chai

n ex

ecut

ion

appl

icat

ions

. LX

E al

so o

ffers

a fu

ll ra

nge

of tu

rnke

y se

rvic

es in

clud

ing

proj

ect

coor

dina

tion

and

netw

ork

desi

gn a

nd in

stal

latio

n. L

XE

is a

who

lly o

wne

d su

bsid

iary

of E

MS

Tech

nolo

gies

, Inc

.



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Com

pany

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uct

Area

s of

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usH

WSW

——

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roso

ft C

orpo

ratio

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——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.mic

roso

ft.co

m ;

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mon

d, W

ashi

ngto

n,

HW

——

Svc

Mile

s Te

chno

logi

es—

——

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.RFI

DLa

belin

g.co

m ;

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Zur

ich,

IL, U

SA

SW—

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ovar

o——

——

——

——

——

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——

——

——

—

w

ww

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com

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cLea

n, V

A, U

SAH

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atio

nal M

odul

e Sy

stem

s——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

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oudo

n, ,

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erla

nd

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——

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iona

l Sci

entif

ic C

orpo

ratio

n——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

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tors

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otts

dale

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cha!

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iona

l Sci

entif

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n is

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ublic

ly o

wne

d U

.S. f

irm in

the

busi

ness

of

mak

ing

elec

troni

c an

d el

ectro

mec

hani

cal d

evic

es s

mal

ler,

fast

er, a

nd s

afer

. O

ur fo

cus

is w

irele

ss te

chno

logi

es th

at lo

catio

n-en

able

impo

rtant

com

mer

cial

an

d no

n-co

mm

erci

al a

ctiv

ities

, suc

h as

the

safe

and

sec

ure

mov

emen

t of

peop

le a

nd g

oods

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r sho

rt an

d lo

ng d

ista

nces

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iona

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entif

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as a

sp

ecia

l int

eres

t in

the

safe

ty o

f chi

ldre

n an

d de

velo

ps a

nd s

ells

var

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type

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de

vice

s in

tend

ed to

impr

ove

child

pro

tect

ion.

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then

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RFI

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nise

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ader

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s sp

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man

ufac

ture

s lo

w p

rofil

e, fi

ne

pitc

h m

icro

circ

uits

in re

spon

se to

the

requ

irem

ents

of l

eadi

ng c

ompa

nies

in

indu

strie

s su

ch a

s ac

cess

con

trol,

auto

mot

ive,

inst

rum

enta

tion,

med

ical

, te

leco

mm

unic

atio

ns a

nd w

atch

mak

ing.

RFI

D In

frast

ruct

ure

; M

icro

soft

Dyn

amic

s AX

Mic

roso

ft C

orpo

ratio

n de

velo

ps, m

anuf

actu

res,

lice

nses

and

sup

ports

a ra

nge

of s

oftw

are

prod

ucts

for v

ario

us c

ompu

ting

devi

ces.

The

Com

pany

’s s

oftw

are

prod

ucts

incl

ude

scal

able

ope

ratin

g sy

stem

s fo

r ser

vers

, per

sona

l com

pute

rs

(PC

s) a

nd in

tellig

ent d

evic

es; s

erve

r app

licat

ions

for c

lient

/ser

ver

envi

ronm

ents

; inf

orm

atio

n w

orke

r pro

duct

ivity

app

licat

ions

; bus

ines

s so

lutio

ns

appl

icat

ions

; sof

twar

e de

velo

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t too

ls, a

nd m

obile

and

em

bedd

ed d

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Mic

roso

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onsu

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ser

vice

s an

d pr

oduc

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port

serv

ices

and

trai

ns

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certi

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tegr

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d de

velo

pers

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even

pr

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men

ts a

re: C

lient

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ver a

nd T

ools

, Inf

orm

atio

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orke

r, M

icro

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ness

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utio

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SN, M

obile

and

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bedd

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evic

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ome

and

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rtain

men

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obile

and

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bedd

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evic

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ent o

ffers

mob

ile

softw

are

plat

form

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bedd

ed d

evic

e so

ftwar

e pl

atfo

rms

used

in c

onsu

mer

el

ectro

nics

dev

ices

and

ent

erpr

ise

devi

ces;

a h

oste

d pr

ogra

mm

able

XM

L W

eb

serv

ice;

and

sof

twar

e pl

atfo

rm to

cre

ate

tele

mat

ics

solu

tions

for v

ehic

les.

Con

sulti

ng, R

FID

M

arke

tpla

ce -

- to

RFI

D

Vend

ors

Mile

s ha

s be

en a

utom

atin

g th

e w

areh

ouse

for o

ver 2

0 ye

ars!

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ento

ry c

ontro

l us

ing

stat

e of

the

art t

echn

olog

y is

our

focu

s. M

iles

com

mitt

men

t to

RFI

D

incl

udes

the

RFI

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ench

mar

k LA

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ar O

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tem

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emin

ars

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train

ing.

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it w

ww

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belin

g.co

m fo

r mor

e in

form

atio

n on

our

sof

twar

e, s

emin

ars

and

train

ing.



Page 77


Com

pany

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Area

s of

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usSW

——

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Syst

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tham

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chno

logi

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——

——

——

——

——

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—

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ww

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les,

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HW

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NIK

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mbH

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key.

com

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allu

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an

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ll w

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DIN

tech

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solu

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test

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team

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phy

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lope

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pter

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ite

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ake

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plic

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ality

con

trol o

f OM

NIK

EY’s

pro

duct

s ar

e ca

rrie

d ou

t in

the

com

pany

’s tw

o R

&D c

ente

rs in

Lin

z, A

ustri

a an

d Er

furt,

Ger

man

y. O

MN

IKEY

read

ers

are

dist

ribut

ed w

orld

wid

e th

roug

h a

glob

al n

etw

ork

of p

artn

ers,

incl

udin

g va

lue

adde

d re

selle

rs, s

yste

m in

tegr

ator

s, a

nd O

EMs.

OAT

Fou

ndat

ion

Suite

OAT

Syst

ems,

Inc.

is th

e re

cogn

ized

RFI

D fr

amew

ork

lead

er w

ith s

oftw

are

that

em

pow

ers

busi

ness

es to

ach

ieve

com

petit

ive

adva

ntag

e fro

m ra

dio-

frequ

ency

id

entif

icat

ion

(RFI

D).

As p

ione

ers

in th

e de

velo

pmen

t of R

FID

tech

nolo

gy, O

AT

has

been

set

ting

the

stan

dard

in R

FID

for o

ver h

alf a

dec

ade

and

is

resp

onsi

ble

for i

ndus

try fi

rsts

that

incl

ude

the

larg

est s

cale

and

larg

est s

cope

of

depl

oym

ents

, as

wel

l as

the

mos

t inn

ovat

ive

appr

oach

es to

pro

vidi

ng

ente

rpris

e-w

ide

RFI

D s

olut

ions

. OAT

's m

ultin

atio

nal c

lient

bas

e, w

hich

incl

udes

co

mpa

nies

suc

h as

Hew

lett-

Pack

ard

and

Gille

tte, c

onsi

sts

of o

ver 5

0 cu

stom

ers

in re

tail,

CPG

, con

sum

er e

lect

roni

cs, m

anuf

actu

ring,

life

sci

ence

s,

aero

spac

e an

d de

fens

e. H

eadq

uarte

red

in W

alth

am, M

A, O

AT h

as o

ffice

s in

C

hica

go, L

ondo

n, S

an F

ranc

isco

and

Ban

galo

re a

nd is

on

the

Web

at

ww

w.o

atsy

stem

s.co

m.



Page 78


Com

pany

Prod

uct

Area

s of

Foc

usH

W—

——

—O

mro

n R

FID

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.om

ronr

fid.c

om ;

Sch

aum

bur

g, IL

, USA

——

Svc

OTA

Tra

inin

g——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.o

tatra

inin

g.co

m ;

Dal

las

, Tex

as, U

SA

HW

——

——

Parc

o W

irele

ss—

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.p

arco

mer

gedm

edia

.com

/ ; P

ortla

nd, M

E

——

Svc

Patn

i Com

pute

r Sys

tem

s Lt

d——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.p

atni

.com

; M

umba

i, M

ahar

asht

ra, I

NID

IH

W—

——

—Pa

xar C

orp.

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.pax

ar.c

om ;

Whi

te P

lain

s, N

Y, U

SA

HW

——

——

PLIT

EK—

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.p

litek

.com

; D

es P

lain

es, I

L, U

SA

Paxa

r and

Mon

arch

(R)

bran

ds S

mar

t Lab

els

Paxa

r pro

vide

s sm

art t

ags

and

labe

ls, R

FID

prin

ter/

enco

der s

olut

ions

, bar

co

de s

yste

ms,

and

com

plet

e in

tegr

atio

n an

d m

aint

enan

ce s

ervi

ces

to in

dust

ry

lead

ers

like

Mar

ks &

Spe

ncer

, Del

Mon

te F

oods

, and

VF

Cor

pora

tion.

We

prov

ide

the

indu

stry

’s m

ost r

elia

ble

RFI

D p

rodu

cts,

incl

udin

g M

onar

ch(R

) br

and,

and

the

best

ser

vice

and

sup

port

avai

labl

e.U

HF

EP

C R

FID

Lab

els

and

Tags

Whe

ther

you

nee

d an

RFI

D la

bel s

olut

ion

to s

atis

fy a

com

plia

nce

man

date

or

to im

prov

e op

erat

iona

l effi

cien

cy, r

educ

e in

vent

ory,

or m

anag

e as

sets

bet

ter,

PLIT

EK h

as th

e hi

gh q

ualit

y R

FID

labe

l and

tag

solu

tions

you

nee

d fo

r su

cces

s. B

acke

d by

ove

r 30

year

s of

con

verti

ng e

xper

tise,

PLI

TEK

has

beco

me

an in

dust

ry le

adin

g R

FID

labe

l and

tag

supp

lier s

ervi

cing

the

reta

il,

defe

nse,

pha

rmac

eutic

al, h

ealth

care

, and

tran

spor

tatio

n in

dust

ries.

Our

pr

imar

y fo

cus

is to

pro

vide

our

cus

tom

ers

supe

rior q

ualit

y, c

ost e

ffect

ive

RFI

D

labe

l and

tag

solu

tions

…w

orld

wid

e.

Parc

o In

tegr

ated

W

eara

ble

Wris

tban

dPa

rco

Wire

less

is a

priv

atel

y he

ld c

ompa

ny h

eadq

uarte

red

in P

ortla

nd, M

aine

. Th

e co

mpa

ny h

as e

mer

ged

as th

e in

dust

ry le

ader

for t

he h

ealth

car

e an

d sa

fety

indu

stry

pro

vidi

ng th

e m

ost a

ccur

ate

and

relia

ble

track

ing

syst

ems

avai

labl

e to

hos

pita

ls. P

arco

is th

e on

ly o

ne-s

ourc

e w

irele

ss h

ealth

car

e co

mm

unic

atio

n sy

stem

s pr

ovid

er u

sing

FC

C a

ppro

ved

UW

B de

vice

s an

d op

en

plat

form

sof

twar

e de

sign

s. P

arco

's w

irele

ss h

ealth

care

com

mun

icat

ion

softw

are

suite

incl

udes

mid

dlew

are,

an

appl

icat

ion

prog

ram

mer

's in

terfa

ce, a

nd

wire

less

ope

ratin

g sy

stem

and

sof

twar

e de

velo

pmen

t kits

.

So

ftwar

e Se

rvic

es

The

Gen

2 "

Wav

e"

Glo

bal t

ag/V

750

Hea

dqua

rtere

d in

Kyo

to, J

apan

, Om

ron

is a

glo

bal l

eade

r in

the

field

of

auto

mat

ion

with

$5.

5 bi

llion

in a

nnua

l rev

enue

. Est

ablis

hed

in 1

933

and

head

ed

by P

resi

dent

and

CEO

His

ao S

akut

a, O

mro

n ha

s m

ore

than

26,

000

empl

oyee

s in

ove

r 35

coun

tries

. Om

ron

has

been

in th

e R

FID

bus

ines

s fo

r ove

r 20

year

s.

An E

PC

glob

al m

embe

r, O

mro

n of

fers

a w

ide

rang

e of

RFI

D p

rodu

cts

incl

udin

g a

“One

Day

Com

plia

nce”

pac

kage

, inl

ays,

and

read

ers

for H

F (1

3.56

MH

z),

UH

F (9

15 M

Hz)

and

oth

er fr

eque

ncie

s. F

or m

ore

info

rmat

ion,

writ

e to

in

fo@

omro

nrfid

.com

, vis

it th

e W

eb s

ite a

t ww

w.o

mro

nrfid

.com

or c

onta

ct

Om

ron’

s U

.S. o

ffice

at (

888)

303

-RFI

D (3

03-7

343)

.

E3 L

earn

ing

Syst

emTM

Vend

or-n

eutra

l ind

ustry

edu

cato

r. O

TA T

rain

ing,

LLC

. pro

vide

s th

e m

ost

Com

preh

ensi

ve, V

endo

r Neu

tral,

Han

ds-o

n R

FID

trai

ning

ava

ilabl

e to

day

to

enha

nce

the

skills

of e

very

one

from

the

novi

ce to

eve

n th

e m

ost e

xper

ienc

ed

tech

nica

l pro

fess

iona

l.



Page 79


Com

pany

Prod

uct

Area

s of

Foc

usH

W—

——

—Po

wer

Pap

e r, P

ower

ID D

ivis

ion—

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.pow

er-id

.com

; Ki

ryat

Ary

eh, P

etah

Tik

va

HW

——

——

Prec

isio

n D

ynam

ics

Cor

pora

tion—

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.pdc

orp.

com

; Sa

n Fe

rnan

do, C

A, U

SA

HW

——

——

Prin

troni

x, In

c.—

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.prin

troni

x.co

m ;

Irvin

e, C

A, U

S

SW—

—Pr

ogre

ss S

oftw

are—

——

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.pro

gres

s.co

m/re

altim

e ; B

edfo

rd, M

A, U

S

HW

——

——

Que

st S

olut

ions

, Inc

.——

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.que

stso

lutio

n.co

m ;

Euge

ne, O

R, U

SAR

FID

Prin

ters

Que

st S

olut

ions

ext

ends

app

licat

ions

to th

e m

obile

wor

kfor

ce.

We

prov

ide

wor

ld c

lass

RFI

D, A

utoI

D, a

nd s

oftw

are

syst

ems

that

elim

inat

e er

rors

, sav

e tim

e, re

duce

inve

ntor

y, a

nd im

prov

e pr

ofits

. W

e si

mpl

ify th

e pr

oces

s w

ith th

e m

ost e

xper

ienc

ed te

am w

ho u

se b

est p

ract

ices

and

pro

ven

prob

lem

sol

ving

so

lutio

ns.

SL50

00r M

P2/S

mar

tLin

e R

FID

Prin

ter F

amily

Prin

troni

x, In

c., i

s a

glob

al le

ader

ena

blin

g pr

intin

g te

chno

logi

es fo

r the

in

dust

rial m

arke

tpla

ce a

nd d

istri

butio

n su

pply

cha

in. I

t is

a w

orld

lead

er in

line

m

atrix

man

ufac

turin

g an

d ha

s ea

rned

an

outs

tand

ing

repu

tatio

n fo

r its

hig

h-pe

rform

ance

ther

mal

and

fanf

old

lase

r prin

ters

. Exp

ert a

t ada

ptin

g ne

w

tech

nolo

gies

to c

reat

e in

nova

tive

prog

ram

s, th

e co

mpa

ny o

ffers

the

next

ge

nera

tion

of R

FID

pro

duct

s an

d se

rvic

es. P

rintro

nix’

s R

FID

Sm

art™

te

chno

logy

sol

utio

ns fa

st tr

ack

RFI

D a

dopt

ion

. Prin

troni

x's

inte

grat

ed n

etw

ork

prog

ram

s, s

uch

as O

nlin

e D

ata

Valid

atio

n (O

DV(

tm))

and

Prin

tNet

(r)

Ente

rpris

e, im

prov

e th

e pr

intin

g of

bar

cod

es, l

abel

s an

d fo

rms

whi

le v

erify

ing

accu

racy

and

offe

ring

diag

nost

ic te

chno

logy

.

Prog

ress

Apa

ma

ESP

Plat

form

Prog

ress

Sof

twar

e, h

eadq

uarte

red

in B

edfo

rd, M

assa

chus

etts

(NAS

DAQ

: PR

GS)

, pro

vide

s ev

ent p

roce

ssin

g, d

ata

man

agem

ent,

acce

ss a

nd

sync

hron

izat

ion

prod

ucts

- al

l of w

hich

focu

s on

pro

vidi

ng th

e lo

w-la

tenc

y in

frast

ruct

ure

need

ed to

sup

port

the

requ

irem

ents

of t

he re

al-ti

me

ente

rpris

e.

Pow

erID

Pow

erID

is a

div

isio

n of

Pow

er P

aper

Ltd

., a

lead

ing

prov

ider

of m

icro

-pow

er

sour

ce te

chno

logy

and

dev

ices

that

are

bas

ed o

n its

pat

ente

d, u

ltra-

thin

and

fle

xibl

e, e

nviro

nmen

t frie

ndly

ene

rgy

cells

. P

ower

ID d

evel

ops

high

pe

rform

ance

RFI

D la

bel s

yste

ms

base

d on

a n

ew g

ener

atio

n of

labe

l tra

nspo

nder

s: b

atte

ry-p

ower

ed la

bels

. The

inco

rpor

atio

n of

the

Pow

er P

aper

ba

ttery

into

a th

in a

nd fl

exib

le, p

rinta

ble

RFI

D la

bel e

nabl

es u

npre

cede

nted

vi

sibi

lity,

relia

bilit

y an

d su

perio

r per

form

ance

for s

uppl

y ch

ain

man

agem

ent,

fixed

ass

et tr

acki

ng a

nd m

anuf

actu

ring

envi

ronm

ents

, am

ong

othe

r ap

plic

atio

ns, e

ven

in to

ugh

RF

envi

ronm

ents

that

incl

ude

liqui

ds, m

etal

s an

d fo

ils.

Smar

t Ban

d® R

FID

W

ristb

and

Solu

tions

(H

ealth

care

)

With

50

year

s of

exp

erie

nce,

PD

C is

the

glob

al le

ader

and

pac

eset

ter i

n th

e de

velo

pmen

t of a

utom

atic

iden

tific

atio

n w

ristb

and

syst

ems

for h

ealth

care

, pa

tron

man

agem

ent,

and

law

enf

orce

men

t. T

he c

ompa

ny in

trodu

ced

the

first

pa

tient

Bar

Cod

e ID

Wris

tban

d Sy

stem

in 1

984,

Sm

art B

and®

Rad

io

Freq

uenc

y Id

entif

icat

ion

(RFI

D) W

ristb

and

Syst

em in

200

0, A

geBa

nd®

El

ectro

nic

Age/

ID V

erifi

catio

n Sy

stem

in 2

004,

and

Sm

art K

iosk

™ C

ashl

ess

POS

RFI

D S

yste

m in

200

5. P

DC

is c

omm

itted

to 1

00%

qua

lity

in s

ervi

ce,

desi

gn, a

nd m

anuf

actu

ring.

ISO

-900

1: 2

000

and

ISO

-134

85: 2

003

certi

fied.

.



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Com

pany

Prod

uct

Area

s of

Foc

usSW

——

Rad

io B

eaco

n In

c.—

——

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.radi

obea

con.

com

; To

ront

o, O

ntar

io, C

a

SW—

—R

afC

ore

Syst

ems—

——

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.rafc

ore.

com

; Su

nnyv

ale,

CA,

USA

HW

——

——

Rep

acor

p La

bel P

rodu

cts—

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.re

paco

rp.c

om ;

Tipp

City

, Ohi

o, U

nite

d S

HW

SW—

—R

eva

Syst

ems—

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.reva

syst

ems.

com

; C

helm

sfor

d, M

A, U

S

HW

——

——

RF

Cod

e, In

c.—

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.rfco

de.c

om ;

Mes

a, A

Z, U

SA

——

Svc

RFI

D4U

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.rfid

4u.c

om ;

, CN

, USA

Educ

atio

nal S

ervi

ces

Tag

Acqu

isiti

on

Proc

esso

r (TA

P)R

eva

Syst

ems

deve

lops

net

wor

k-in

tellig

ent p

rodu

cts

for t

he e

mer

ging

radi

o fre

quen

cy id

entif

icat

ion

(RFI

D) m

arke

t. El

imin

atin

g th

e pr

oprie

tary

des

ign

and

scal

abilit

y pr

oble

ms

of fi

rst-g

ener

atio

n R

FID

sol

utio

ns, R

eva’

s Ta

g Ac

quis

ition

N

etw

ork

(TAN

) arc

hite

ctur

e an

d Ta

g Ac

quis

ition

Pro

cess

or (T

AP) d

evic

es u

se

prov

en n

etw

orki

ng c

once

pts

to e

nabl

e sc

alab

le, r

epea

tabl

e, a

nd re

liabl

e en

terp

rise-

wid

e R

FID

read

er d

eplo

ymen

ts.

Man

tisR

F C

ode

is a

lead

ing

deve

lope

r of R

FID

ass

et tr

acki

ng s

olut

ions

and

ena

blin

g te

chno

logi

es.

Toge

ther

with

our

par

tner

s, w

e m

ake

ente

rpris

e as

set v

isib

ility

a re

ality

and

del

iver

a re

mar

kabl

y fa

st R

OI t

hrou

gh th

e in

tegr

atio

n of

AID

C

(Aut

omat

ic Id

entif

icat

ion

and

Dat

a C

olle

ctio

n) d

evic

es a

nd w

irele

ss n

etw

orks

. Si

nce

1997

, we

have

des

igne

d hi

gh-p

erfo

rman

ce, l

ow c

ost s

olut

ions

that

ac

cura

tely

man

age

and

track

phy

sica

l ass

ets,

info

rmat

ion

and

pers

onne

l. R

F C

ode

offe

rs p

aten

ted

radi

o fre

quen

cy te

chno

logi

es, s

cala

ble

RFI

D s

oftw

are,

po

wer

ful d

evel

opm

ent t

ools

and

dom

ain

expe

rtise

. Our

TAV

IS™

sof

twar

e su

ite

is a

com

preh

ensi

ve m

anag

emen

t pla

tform

for a

sset

dat

a co

llect

ion

and

dist

ribut

ion

supp

ortin

g es

tabl

ishe

d, s

tand

ards

-bas

ed R

FID

, sen

sor d

evic

es a

nd

netw

orks

. O

ur M

antis

™ a

ctiv

e R

FID

tags

and

read

ers

inco

rpor

ate

adva

nced

te

chno

logi

es w

hich

pro

vide

sta

te-o

f-the

-art

func

tiona

lity

at th

e lo

wes

t cos

t.

RAI

S M

anag

erR

afC

ore

Syst

ems

prod

uct s

uite

pro

vide

s yo

u po

wer

ful r

eal-t

ime

RFI

D A

naly

tics

and

Inte

grat

ion

capa

bilit

ies

to e

xtra

ct th

e m

ost v

alua

ble

info

rmat

ion

from

RFI

D

data

and

brin

g re

al-ti

me

visi

bilit

y to

you

r Ent

erpr

ise

Info

rmat

ion

Sys

tem

s.

RFI

D E

nabl

ed S

mar

t La

bels

and

Tag

sFo

unde

d in

197

4, R

epac

orp

Labe

l Pro

duct

s ha

s gr

own

to b

ecom

e on

e of

the

natio

n's

larg

est l

abel

-con

verti

ng a

nd s

peci

alty

prin

ting

com

pani

es. R

epac

orp

now

offe

rs h

igh-

volu

me

RFI

D in

lay

inse

rtion

into

labe

l and

tag

stoc

k. O

ur la

bel

and

tag

prod

ucts

are

com

plia

nt w

ith E

PC a

nd IS

O s

tand

ards

and

our

m

anuf

actu

ring

proc

ess

is c

hip-

neut

ral a

nd c

ompa

tible

with

any

sta

ndar

d in

lay

avai

labl

e to

day.

RAD

IO B

EAC

ON

WM

SR

adio

Bea

con

is a

dev

elop

er o

f war

ehou

se m

anag

emen

t sof

twar

e th

at a

dapt

s w

ith th

e gr

owin

g bu

sine

ss n

eeds

of t

hird

par

ty lo

gist

ics

prov

ider

s,

man

ufac

ture

rs a

nd d

istri

buto

rs. W

orki

ng w

ith in

dust

ry-le

adin

g ha

rdw

are

prov

ider

s, R

adio

Bea

con’

s w

areh

ouse

man

agem

ent s

oftw

are

inte

grat

es

seam

less

ly w

ith b

arco

de, R

FID

and

mat

eria

l han

dlin

g te

chno

logy

. The

RAD

IO

BEAC

ON

WM

S is

dis

tribu

ted

loca

lly th

roug

h gl

obal

par

tner

s.



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Com

pany

Prod

uct

Area

s of

Foc

us—

—Sv

cR

FID

Car

eers

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.R

FID

care

ers.

com

; W

inst

ed, C

T, U

SA

HW

——

——

RFI

D, I

nc.—

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.rfid

inc.

com

; Au

rora

, CO

, USA

HW

SW—

—R

FID

Ltd

. ——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.rf

id-lt

d.co

m ;

Den

ver,

CO

, USA

——

Svc

RFI

D R

ecru

iters

, LLC

——

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.rfid

recr

uite

rs.c

om ;

Addi

son,

TX

, U.S

.A.

——

Svc

RFI

D R

evol

utio

n, L

LC—

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.R

FID

Rev

olut

ion.

com

; Si

lver

Spr

ing,

MD

HW

——

——

RFI

D S

ourc

es C

orp—

——

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.rfid

sour

ces.

com

; Ta

ntzu

, Tai

chun

g, T

aiw

HW

——

Svc

RFI

DSu

pply

Cha

in.c

om—

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.rfid

supp

lych

ain.

com

; M

isha

wak

a, IN

, USPV

C &

PET

G S

mar

t C

ards

, The

rmo

Rew

rite

RFI

D c

ard,

tag,

and

tran

spon

der

RFI

D R

eade

rsR

FID

Sup

plyC

hain

.com

, an

onlin

e R

FID

sto

re o

fferin

g do

-it-y

ours

elf k

its a

nd

solu

tions

to c

omm

on R

FID

app

licat

ions

, is

the

“One

-Sto

p Sh

op” f

or a

ll of

you

r R

FID

tech

nolo

gy n

eeds

. RFI

DSu

pply

Cha

in.c

om is

a le

ader

in p

rovi

ding

RFI

D

hard

war

e, s

oftw

are,

ser

vice

s an

d so

lutio

ns. W

e ha

ve p

artn

ered

with

the

top

RFI

D m

anuf

actu

rers

, suc

h as

Alie

n, In

term

ec, S

ymbo

l, O

mro

n, P

rintro

nix

and

Zebr

a, to

pro

vide

the

best

and

late

st R

FID

tags

, rea

ders

, ant

enna

s, s

mar

t la

bels

, prin

ters

, por

tals

, and

sol

utio

ns.

R

FID

Rec

ruite

rs is

100

% fo

cuse

d on

RFI

D re

crui

ting.

RFI

D R

ecru

iters

find

s an

d re

crui

ts th

e be

st p

eopl

e fo

r com

pani

es e

ngin

eerin

g, m

anuf

actu

ring,

m

arke

ting,

sel

ling,

impl

emen

ting,

sup

porti

ng, a

nd u

tiliz

ing

RFI

D te

chno

logi

es,

prod

ucts

, app

licat

ions

, and

ser

vice

s.

R

FID

Rev

olut

ion

LLC

pro

vide

s R

FID

(rad

io fr

eque

ncy

iden

tific

atio

n)

mar

ketp

lace

con

sulti

ng s

ervi

ces

to v

endo

rs a

nd e

nd-u

sers

. W

e pr

ovid

e a

mar

ket-b

ased

per

spec

tive

on h

ow to

clo

se th

e ga

p be

twee

n a

prom

isin

g te

chno

logy

and

suc

cess

ful c

omm

erci

al s

olut

ion.

R3

125

KHz

- Tag

s an

d R

eade

rs; 1

48 K

Hz

- Tag

s an

d R

eade

rs; 1

3.56

MH

z - T

ags

and

Rea

ders

; 433

MH

z - A

ctiv

e Ta

gs a

nd R

eade

rs to

incl

ude

GPS

/Cel

lula

r m

odem

s.Pr

imar

y m

arke

ts in

clud

e 1.

Pro

cess

con

trols

(fac

tory

floo

r) w

ith ty

pica

l Rea

der o

utpu

ts o

f Pro

fibus

, D

evic

eNet

, TC

PIP,

Eth

erne

t IP,

Mod

bus,

Dis

cret

e I/O

, Ser

ials

.2.

OEM

/Cus

tom

Har

dwar

e D

esig

ns -

Indu

stria

l ide

ntifi

catio

n m

arke

t, cu

stom

er

loya

lty p

rogr

ams,

clie

nt tr

acki

ng a

nd d

ata,

ver

ifica

tion/

auth

entic

atio

n, e

tc.

3. V

ehic

le, p

erso

nnel

, ass

et ID

& tr

acki

ng.

Blac

k Bo

x R

FID

Foun

ded

out o

f the

gro

win

g de

man

d fo

r hig

h qu

ality

, cos

t effe

ctiv

e R

FID

“m

anda

ted

com

plia

nce”

sup

port,

RFI

D, L

TD.(O

TCBB

:RFD

L) fo

rmed

an

orga

niza

tion

that

inte

grat

es o

ver 5

0 ye

ars

of te

chno

logy

and

sup

ply

chai

n ex

perie

nce,

with

an

emph

asis

on

unde

rsta

ndin

g th

e bu

sine

ss o

bjec

tives

and

st

rate

gic

dire

ctio

n of

sm

all-t

o-m

ediu

m s

ized

DoD

and

Wal

-Mar

t sup

plie

rs.

RFI

D te

chno

logi

es h

ave

been

pro

ven

in c

orpo

rate

and

gov

ernm

ent s

ettin

gs fo

r de

cade

s; h

owev

er, t

he o

nce

dorm

ant i

ndus

try is

boo

min

g w

ith n

ew

deve

lopm

ents

and

mor

e im

porta

ntly

bet

ter w

ays

to a

pply

and

ext

ract

val

ue

from

the

tech

nolo

gy.

RFI

DSh

ipIT

!®W

e pr

ovid

e In

tellig

ent S

taffi

ng S

olut

ions

for t

he G

loba

l RFI

D /

Wire

less

In

dust

ry. O

ur c

lient

s in

clud

e co

mpa

nies

des

igni

ng, m

anuf

actu

ring,

bui

ldin

g,

and

sellin

g cu

tting

edg

e AI

DC

and

wire

less

com

mun

icat

ions

infra

stru

ctur

e in

tegr

atio

n te

chno

logy

. The

se c

ompa

nies

focu

s on

com

pone

nts

and

syst

ems

that

pro

vide

- ei

ther

as

man

ufac

ture

d pr

oduc

ts o

r ser

vice

s - t

he d

eliv

ery

of

voic

e, d

ata,

aud

io, o

r vid

eo s

igna

ls.



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pany

Prod

uct

Area

s of

Foc

usH

W—

——

—R

ight

Tag

Inc—

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.ri

ghtta

g.co

m ;

Sant

a C

lara

, C

A, U

SA

HW

——

Svc

RSI

ID T

echn

olog

ies—

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.rs

iidte

ch.c

om ;

Chu

la V

ista

, CA,

USA

——

Svc

Rus

h Tr

acki

ng S

yste

ms—

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.Rus

hTra

ckin

gSys

tem

s.co

m ;

Lene

xa, K

S

HW

——

——

SAM

Sys

Tech

nolo

gies

Inc.

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.s

amsy

s.co

m ;

Dur

ham

, NC

, USA

SWSv

cS

AP

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.s

ap.c

om ;

Palo

Alto

, Cal

iforn

ia, U

SA

HW

——

——

SATO

Am

eric

a——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.s

atoa

mer

ica.

com

; C

harlo

tte, N

C, U

SA

myS

AP B

usin

ess

Suite

SAP

is a

lead

ing

prov

ider

of b

usin

ess

softw

are

solu

tions

*. To

day,

mor

e th

an

32,0

00 c

usto

mer

s in

mor

e th

an 1

20 c

ount

ries

run

SAP®

sof

twar

e—fro

m

dist

inct

sol

utio

ns a

ddre

ssin

g th

e ne

eds

of s

mal

l and

mid

size

ent

erpr

ises

to

suite

offe

rings

for g

loba

l org

aniz

atio

ns.

(*) S

AP d

efin

es b

usin

ess

softw

are

solu

tions

as

com

pris

ing

ente

rpris

e re

sour

ce p

lann

ing

and

rela

ted

softw

are

solu

tions

suc

h as

sup

ply

chai

n m

anag

emen

t, cu

stom

er re

latio

nshi

p m

anag

emen

t, pr

oduc

t life

-cyc

le m

anag

emen

t and

sup

plie

r rel

atio

nshi

p m

anag

emen

t.C

L408

e R

FID

and

C

L412

e R

FID

Prin

ter

SATO

Cor

pora

tion,

Jap

an, w

as e

stab

lishe

d in

194

0 to

man

ufac

ture

and

sel

l pa

ckag

ing

mac

hine

ry. I

n 19

62, S

ATO

was

a p

ione

er in

intro

duci

ng o

ne o

f the

fir

st h

and-

held

labe

lers

and

ope

ratio

ns a

s an

inte

rnat

iona

l sup

plie

r of l

abel

ing

mac

hine

ry. T

he U

S su

bsid

iary

was

est

ablis

hed

in 1

977

and

even

tual

ly b

ecam

e SA

TO A

mer

ica,

Inc.

in 1

987.

SAT

O d

evel

oped

the

wor

ld's

firs

t the

rmal

tran

sfer

ba

rcod

e pr

inte

rs a

nd c

ontin

ues

to b

e in

the

fore

front

of t

herm

al p

rintin

g te

chno

logi

es.

Our

pro

duct

line

incl

udes

dire

ct th

erm

al a

nd th

erm

al tr

ansf

er

prin

ters

, OEM

prin

t eng

ines

, prin

ter a

cces

sorie

s, la

bel d

esig

n so

ftwar

e, la

bels

an

d th

erm

al tr

ansf

er ri

bbon

s.

R

ush

Trac

king

Sys

tem

s is

a le

adin

g en

d-to

-end

RFI

D s

yste

ms

inte

grat

or

offe

ring

turn

key

solu

tions

thro

ugh

a pr

oven

, rep

eata

ble

proc

ess

base

d on

ye

ars

of re

al-w

orld

impl

emen

tatio

n. A

s R

FID

inno

vato

rs, i

mpl

emen

ters

and

pa

rtner

s, w

e ha

ve u

sed

our e

xper

tise

and

real

-wor

ld e

xper

ienc

e to

gen

erat

e ra

pid

resu

lts fo

r maj

or c

ompa

nies

in a

wid

e ra

nge

of in

dust

ries.

MP9

320

Aqui

red

by S

irit

BT R

IGH

TRea

der

Rig

htTa

g is

a le

adin

g m

anuf

actu

rer o

f sta

ndar

ds c

ompl

iant

RFI

D e

quip

men

t an

d re

late

d ap

plic

atio

n so

ftwar

e. R

ight

Tag

help

s co

mpa

nies

to c

ome

up w

ith

the

cost

effe

ctiv

e AI

DC

(Aut

omat

ic Id

entif

icat

ion

and

Dat

a C

aptu

re) s

olut

ions

.

Pres

siza

/RFI

D T

ags

& In

lays

RSI

ID T

echn

olog

ies,

Inc.

is o

ne o

f the

nat

ion'

s on

ly v

ertic

ally

inte

grat

ed

prov

ider

s fo

r rad

io fr

eque

ncy

iden

tific

atio

n (R

FID

) tec

hnol

ogy,

incl

udin

g sy

stem

s in

tegr

atio

n, d

ata

colle

ctio

n an

d al

l man

ufac

turin

g an

d as

sem

bly

of

com

pone

nts.

RSI

als

o of

fers

a fu

ll ra

nge

of s

uppo

rt se

rvic

es, t

rain

ing

and

cons

ultin

g se

rvic

es.



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WSW

Svc

Savi

Tec

hnol

ogy—

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.s

avi.c

om ;

Sunn

yval

e, C

alifo

rnia

, U.S

.A.

HW

SWSv

cSA

VR C

omm

unic

atio

ns—

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.met

roau

tom

atio

n.co

m/s

avrc

om ;

Irvin

g, T

HW

——

——

Scan

ning

Dev

ices

Inc—

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.s

cann

ingd

evic

es.c

om ;

Burli

ngto

n, M

A, U

HW

——

——

Secu

riCod

e Li

mite

d——

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.s

ecur

icod

e.co

.uk

; Sw

indo

n, W

iltsh

ire, U

HW

SW—

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nse

Hol

ding

s In

c——

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.s

ense

me.

com

; Su

nris

e , F

L, U

SA

HW

——

——

Shen

zhen

Pro

mat

ic C

omm

erci

al S

afet

y C

o.—

——

ww

w.p

rom

atic

grou

p.co

m ;

Futia

n, S

henz

hen,

HW

SW—

—Sk

andS

oft T

echn

olog

ies,

Pvt

. Ltd

.——

——

——

—

w

ww

.ska

ndso

ft.co

m ;

Mum

bai,

Mah

aras

htra

, SE

TU (T

M)

Skan

dSof

t Tec

hnol

ogie

s is

a R

FID

/ AID

C s

olut

ions

com

pany

with

a p

ione

erin

g so

lutio

n de

velo

pmen

t pla

tform

SET

U(T

M)

Smar

tcod

e D

evel

oper

s'

Kit,

RFI

D T

ags

SEN

SE H

oldi

ngs

Inc.

™ (S

EH

O) i

s a

lead

ing

prov

ider

of b

iom

etric

sol

utio

ns,

and

mic

ro-s

enso

r ide

ntifi

catio

n sy

stem

s. S

ense

dev

elop

s pr

oduc

ts ta

rget

ing

Hom

elan

d S

ecur

ity, a

nd o

ffers

sol

utio

ns th

at im

prov

e an

d se

cure

man

y bu

sine

ss, m

ilitar

y, a

nd p

erso

nal p

roce

sses

. Sen

se o

wns

pat

ents

and

in

telle

ctua

l pro

perty

for a

MEM

S ba

sed

expl

osiv

es d

etec

tion

tech

nolo

gy

licen

sed

thro

ugh

a na

tiona

l gov

ernm

ent l

abor

ator

y. T

he c

ompa

ny h

as fo

cuse

d its

effo

rts o

n th

e H

omel

and

Secu

rity

initi

ativ

e.

RFI

D O

pen

Acc

ess

Con

trol S

yste

mTh

e en

terp

rise

aim

is to

bec

ome

the

mos

t exc

elle

nt s

uppl

ier o

f com

mer

cial

se

curit

y, lo

ss p

reve

ntio

n sy

stem

and

RFI

D te

chno

logy

for m

oder

n lo

gist

ics

and

reta

iling

in A

sia

thro

ugh

thei

r sin

cerit

y pr

inci

ple

and

dedi

catio

n to

cus

tom

er

satis

fact

ion.

SD T

ag P

rogr

amm

er, L

oadB

uild

er S

yste

m

Fini

shed

Tag

s or

Inla

ys

(Act

ive)

Secu

riCod

e pr

ovid

es s

ecur

e, g

loba

lly-u

niqu

e ac

tive

iden

tity

met

hods

for

peop

le, a

llow

ing

them

to b

e ac

cura

tely

iden

tifie

d, a

utho

rised

and

/or l

ocat

ed

with

out f

ear o

f ide

ntity

thef

t. A

uni

que

encr

ypte

d du

al-id

entit

y sy

stem

pro

vide

s bo

th a

pub

lic id

entit

y th

at m

ay b

e sh

ared

by

othe

rs a

nd a

per

sona

l ide

ntity

that

pr

otec

ts th

e in

divi

dual

’s id

entit

y.

Echo

Poin

t(TM

)W

ith o

ver 1

6 ye

ars

expe

rienc

e, S

avi i

s a

prov

en le

ader

in R

FID

sol

utio

ns fo

r th

e m

anag

emen

t and

sec

urity

of s

uppl

y ch

ain

asse

ts, s

hipm

ents

and

co

nsig

nmen

ts. S

avi's

inte

grat

ed R

FID

har

dwar

e an

d so

ftwar

e so

lutio

ns d

rive

busi

ness

val

ue, s

uch

as re

duci

ng s

uppl

y ch

ain

asse

ts, i

nven

tory

and

op

erat

iona

l cos

ts. T

he c

ompa

ny ta

ilors

its

solu

tions

to th

e de

fens

e, c

omm

erci

al

supp

ly c

hain

ass

et m

anag

emen

t and

glo

bal s

uppl

y ch

ain

visi

bilit

y an

d se

curit

y m

arke

ts. S

avi's

sol

utio

ns m

eet t

he s

uppl

y ch

ain

need

s of

def

ense

and

go

vern

men

t org

aniz

atio

ns, g

loba

l shi

pper

s, m

anuf

actu

rers

, ret

aile

rs, a

nd

supp

liers

as

wel

l as

serv

ice

prov

ider

s su

ch a

s te

rmin

al o

pera

tors

, ass

et o

wne

rs

and

third

-par

ty lo

gist

ics

prov

ider

s. F

ound

ed in

198

9, S

avi T

echn

olog

y is

pr

ivat

ely

held

, with

hea

dqua

rters

in S

unny

vale

, Cal

if., a

nd o

ffice

s in

Jo

hann

esbu

rg, L

ondo

n, M

elbo

urne

, Sin

gapo

re, a

nd W

ashi

ngto

n D

.C.

Cus

tom

mod

ule

desi

gn

for C

onne

ct &

C

omm

unic

ate

Inte

rrog

ator

s, R

FID

i

tti

dt

k

SAVR

Com

mun

icat

ions

com

mits

itse

lf to

pro

duci

ng u

niqu

e, lo

w-c

ost R

FID

pr

oduc

ts fo

r tod

ay's

dyn

amic

glo

bal m

arke

tpla

ce. T

heir

goal

is to

offe

r ad

apta

ble

prod

ucts

that

ser

ve in

dust

ry re

quire

men

ts w

hile

stil

l pro

vidi

ng e

ase-

of-u

se a

nd a

rapi

d re

turn

rate

on

your

inve

stm

ent.



Page 84


Com

pany

Prod

uct

Area

s of

Foc

usH

W—

——

—Sk

yeTe

k, In

c.—

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.sky

etek

.com

; W

estm

inst

er, C

O, U

SA

HW

——

——

Smar

tCod

e C

orp.

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.s

mar

tcod

ecor

p.co

m ;

New

Yor

k, N

Y, U

SH

W—

——

—So

cket

Com

mun

icat

ions

Inc.

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.s

ocke

tcom

.com

; N

ewar

k, C

A, U

SAH

W—

——

—SO

KYM

AT—

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.s

okym

at.c

om ;

GR

ANG

ES-V

EVEY

SE, F

HW

——

——

STM

icro

elec

troni

cs—

——

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.st.c

om/rf

id ;

GEN

EVA,

CH

122

8 Pl

an-L

e

HW

SW—

—St

ratu

m G

loba

l——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.s

tratu

mgl

obal

.com

; Li

ttlet

on, C

O, U

SA

SW—

—Su

n M

icro

syst

ems—

——

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.sun

.com

; Au

burn

, CA,

USA

SWSv

cSu

pply

Insi

ght—

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.sup

plyi

nsig

ht.c

om ;

Ham

dem

, CT,

USA

HW

SWSv

cSu

reID

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.sur

eid.

com

; M

arlto

n, N

J, U

SA

rPla

tform

Prov

ides

cos

t effe

ctiv

e so

lutio

ns fo

r diff

eren

t tar

get m

arke

ts a

nd h

elps

DoD

su

pplie

rs m

eet U

ID, R

FID

com

plia

nce

and

WAW

F in

tegr

atio

n. A

ll of

the

com

pany

's c

usto

m R

FID

bus

ines

s so

lutio

ns a

re b

uilt

on it

's s

oftw

are.

R

FID

Dep

loym

ent

Man

ager

Foun

ded

1990

. Su

re ID

is a

reco

gniz

ed le

ader

in th

e ra

pidl

y ex

pand

ing

mar

ket

for a

uthe

ntic

atio

n pr

oduc

ts a

nd a

uthe

ntic

RFI

D e

xper

tise.

Spe

cial

izin

g in

Item

-le

vel R

FID

, our

team

of e

xper

ts h

as h

elpe

d co

mpa

nies

der

ive

busi

ness

val

ue

from

RFI

D s

ince

199

0. O

ur s

olut

ions

are

em

ploy

ed in

thou

sand

s of

loca

tions

, au

then

ticat

e m

illion

s of

item

s, a

nd p

rovi

de u

nbrid

led

visi

bilit

y.

TagN

et R

FID

Sol

utio

n Su

iteSt

ratu

m G

loba

l is

a so

ftwar

e so

lutio

ns c

ompa

ny a

nd s

yste

ms

inte

grat

or th

at

deve

lops

and

mar

kets

Tag

Net

, a re

leas

e su

ppor

ted,

pla

tform

agn

ostic

Rad

io

Freq

uenc

y Id

entif

icat

ion

(RFI

D) s

olut

ion

suite

. Stra

tum

Glo

bal’s

sol

e bu

sine

ss

is R

FID

. We

prov

ide

com

plet

e im

plem

enta

tion

serv

ices

incl

udin

g si

te s

urve

ys,

hard

war

e in

stal

latio

n, e

nter

pris

e in

tegr

atio

n, ta

gs, s

ervi

ces

and

educ

atio

n to

su

ppor

t the

tota

l RFI

D s

olut

ion.

Sun

Java

RFI

D E

vent

M

anag

erC

ompu

ter s

yste

ms,

sto

rage

, net

wor

king

, wor

ksta

tions

, RFI

D M

iddl

ewar

e (E

vent

Man

ager

, Inf

orm

atio

n Se

rver

). C

ompa

ny ta

glin

e: "T

he n

etw

ork

is th

e co

mpu

ter"

ACC

ESS

& SE

CU

RIT

YD

evel

opm

ent a

nd m

anuf

actu

ring

of R

FID

tran

spon

ders

for L

F, H

F &

UH

F ap

plic

atio

ns s

uch

as a

cces

s &

secu

rity,

indu

stry

sup

ply

chai

n an

d lo

gist

ics,

fo

od &

ani

mal

, gov

ernm

enta

l doc

umen

ts.

Exte

nded

Ran

ge (X

R) -

EP

CG

loba

l and

180

00-6

Com

mitt

ed to

hig

h-vo

lum

e/lo

w-c

ost i

dent

ifica

tion

solu

tions

, ST

offe

rs lo

w-c

ost,

stan

dard

-com

plia

nt R

FID

chi

ps a

nd c

ompl

ete

syst

ems

thro

ugh

its w

ide

partn

er

netw

ork

(rea

der a

nd c

onve

rter m

aker

s, in

lets

mak

ers

etc.

).

EPC

Gen

1 /

Gen

2

Labe

lsLo

wes

t Cos

t EPC

Gen

2 In

lays

and

Tag

s. IS

O14

443A

/B T

ags

and

Rea

ders

, N

FC T

ags

and

Rea

ders

, Act

ive

Tags

.C

ompa

ctFl

ash

Rea

der

Car

dC

ontro

llers

, rea

ders

Skye

Mod

ule

M8

Skye

Tek,

Inc.

, mak

er o

f Rea

derW

are™

, is

a le

adin

g su

pplie

r of R

FID

read

er

softw

are

and

refe

renc

e de

sign

s th

at e

nabl

e th

e pe

rvas

ive

adop

tion

of R

FID

te

chno

logy

. Sk

yeTe

k’s

Tagn

ostic

™ re

ader

tech

nolo

gy w

orks

with

mos

t in

dust

ry s

tand

ard

tags

and

sm

art l

abel

s. I

ts lo

w p

ower

requ

irem

ents

and

a

smal

l for

m fa

ctor

mak

e it

the

optim

al c

hoic

e fo

r em

bedd

ing

into

new

or e

xist

ing

prod

ucts

. Sk

yeTe

k’s

RFI

D re

ader

tech

nolo

gy is

ava

ilabl

e in

sev

eral

form

ats

incl

udin

g re

ader

mod

ules

, har

dwar

e re

fere

nce

desi

gns,

and

the

Rea

derW

are™

so

ftwar

e su

ite.

Skye

Tek

mar

kets

to O

EM c

usto

mer

s in

targ

eted

ver

tical

m

arke

ts w

ith s

ever

al h

igh-

volu

me

licen

sing

opt

ions

ava

ilabl

e. S

kyeT

ek is

ba

sed

in C

olor

ado.



Page 85


Com

pany

Prod

uct

Area

s of

Foc

usSW

——

Syba

se/iA

nyw

here

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.s

ybas

e.co

m\rf

id ;

Dub

lin, C

alifo

rnia

, USA

HW

——

——

Sym

bol T

echn

olog

ies—

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.s

ymbo

l.com

; H

olts

ville

, New

Yor

k, U

SA

HW

——

——

Syne

rgex

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.s

ynrfi

d.co

m ;

Mis

siss

auga

, Ont

ario

, Can

HW

——

——

Syrm

a Te

chno

logy

pvt

Ltd

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.syr

mat

ech.

com

; C

henn

ai, T

amil

Nad

u, I

SW—

—T3

Ci—

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.t3ci

.com

; M

ount

ain

View

, CA,

USA

HW

SW—

—Ta

gMas

ter—

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.ta

gmas

ter.s

e ; K

ista

, , S

wed

en

T3 A

naly

tics

T3C

i, th

e le

adin

g R

FID

ana

lytic

s an

d ap

plic

atio

ns c

ompa

ny, o

ffers

a w

ide

varie

ty o

f RFI

D s

ervi

ces

and

softw

are.

T3C

i dev

elop

s an

d m

arke

ts s

oftw

are

and

softw

are-

as-a

-ser

vice

for l

eade

rs o

f RFI

D in

itiat

ives

at m

ajor

reta

il su

pplie

rs a

nd m

ajor

reta

ilers

who

are

resp

onsi

ble

for d

eliv

erin

g bu

sine

ss v

alue

fro

m th

eir c

ompa

ny's

RFI

D in

vest

men

t. T3

Ci's

ent

erpr

ise-

clas

s so

lutio

ns

incl

ude

RFI

D a

naly

tics

as w

ell a

s a

suite

of h

igh-

valu

e ap

plic

atio

ns in

clud

ing

prom

otio

ns e

xecu

tion

and

out o

f sto

ck m

anag

emen

t. Ta

gs, r

eade

rs, c

ompl

ete

softw

are

deve

lopm

ent

kit,

acce

ssor

ies

It is

our

aim

to a

ssum

e a

lead

ing

role

in te

rms

of R

FID

tech

nolo

gy fo

r the

mos

t de

man

ding

app

licat

ions

, whe

re th

e sa

ving

s po

tent

ial f

or th

e en

d-cu

stom

er is

cr

ucia

l. To

acc

ompl

ish

this

, Tag

Mas

ter t

akes

the

role

of a

pur

e pr

oduc

t su

pplie

r, a

partn

er w

ith m

ajor

com

pani

es a

nd a

dev

elop

er o

f new

con

cept

s th

at

requ

ire R

FID

tech

nolo

gy.

Softw

are

and

supp

ort

devi

ces

incl

udin

g pr

inte

rs, t

ags,

and

m

obile

dev

ices

, RFI

D

enab

lem

ent a

nd

tt

lti

Syne

rgex

Tec

hnol

ogy

focu

ses

on d

evel

opm

ent o

f nov

el te

chno

logy

and

de

liver

ing

cust

omiz

ed s

olut

ions

for c

lient

s. S

yner

gex'

team

of p

rofe

ssio

nals

de

sign

s, d

evel

opes

and

impl

emen

ts c

usto

mer

focu

sed

solu

tions

aim

ed a

t pr

ovid

ing

busi

ness

pro

cess

es a

nd o

pera

tions

. The

com

pany

has

pac

kage

d so

lutio

ns fo

r a v

arie

ty o

f ind

ustry

seg

men

ts.

Hita

g1, E

M40

12Sy

rma

Tech

nolo

gy P

vt. L

td. i

s a

lead

ing

tech

nolo

gy c

ompa

ny in

to D

esig

n an

d m

anuf

actu

re o

f Pre

cisi

on C

oils

, RFI

D P

assi

ve T

ags

(125

/134

KH

z an

d 13

.56

MH

z) a

nd M

agne

tics.

Loc

ated

at C

henn

ai, I

ndia

, Syr

ma

Tech

nolo

gy h

as a

n illu

strio

us tr

ack

reco

rd o

f ove

r 25

year

s in

the

man

ufac

ture

of e

lect

roni

c co

mpo

nent

s. T

he c

ompa

ny e

mpl

oys

adva

nced

tech

nolo

gy, e

xper

ienc

ed

prof

essi

onal

s an

d st

ate-

of-th

e-ar

t man

ufac

turin

g ca

pabi

litie

s to

brin

g ou

t the

m

ost p

reci

se a

nd c

ost e

ffect

ive

tech

nolo

gy p

rodu

cts.

Syr

mat

ech

is IS

O

9001

:200

0 C

ertif

iedc

ompa

ny.

RFI

D E

nter

pris

eSy

base

is a

n en

terp

rise

softw

are

com

pany

exc

lusi

vely

focu

sed

on m

anag

ing

and

mob

ilizin

g in

form

atio

n. O

ur e

nd-to

-end

RFI

D s

olut

ion

sim

plifi

es e

very

st

age

of e

nter

pris

e R

FID

impl

emen

tatio

ns. O

ur s

oftw

are

prov

ides

com

plet

e in

tegr

atio

n an

d ne

twor

k m

anag

emen

t ser

vice

s fo

r int

ellig

ent d

evic

es a

nd d

ata.

Sy

base

's in

tegr

ated

dev

elop

men

t env

ironm

ent d

eliv

ers

mod

elin

g,

prog

ram

min

g, a

nd d

ata

man

agem

ent t

ools

to e

nsur

e th

at R

FID

dat

a an

d ev

ents

are

sto

red

and

prop

agat

ed fo

r app

licat

ion

inte

grat

ion,

aud

iting

, rep

ortin

g an

d bu

sine

ss in

tellig

ence

pur

pose

s.

MC

9000

-GSy

mbo

l Tec

hnol

ogie

s, In

c., T

he E

nter

pris

e M

obilit

y C

ompa

ny™

, is

a le

ader

in

ente

rpris

e m

obilit

y, d

eliv

erin

g pr

oduc

ts a

nd s

olut

ions

that

cap

ture

, mov

e an

d m

anag

e in

form

atio

n in

real

tim

e to

and

from

the

poin

t of b

usin

ess

activ

ity.

Sym

bol e

nter

pris

e m

obilit

y so

lutio

ns in

tegr

ate

adva

nced

dat

a ca

ptur

e pr

oduc

ts,

radi

o fre

quen

cy id

entif

icat

ion

tech

nolo

gy, m

obile

com

putin

g pl

atfo

rms,

wire

less

in

frast

ruct

ure,

mob

ility

softw

are

and

wor

ld-c

lass

ser

vice

s pr

ogra

ms

unde

r the

Sy

mbo

l Ent

erpr

ise

Mob

ility

Serv

ices

bra

nd.



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Com

pany

Prod

uct

Area

s of

Foc

usH

W—

——

—Ta

gSen

se, I

nc.—

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.tags

ense

.com

; C

ambr

idge

, MA,

USA

HW

——

——

TAG

SYS—

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.tags

ysrfi

d.co

m ;

Cam

brid

ge, M

assa

chus

HW

——

——

Tape

mar

k——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.ta

pem

ark.

com

; W

est S

t. Pa

ul ,

MN

, USA

HW

SW—

—TI

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.ti.c

om/s

cn ;

Attle

boro

, M

A, U

SA

HW

——

——

Thin

gMag

ic, I

nc.—

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.th

ingm

agic

.com

; C

ambr

idge

, MA,

USA

HW

SW—

—To

pflig

ht C

orpo

ratio

n——

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.topf

light

.com

; G

len

Roc

k, P

a., U

SA

Mer

cury

4Fo

unde

d in

200

0, T

hing

Mag

ic is

a le

adin

g de

velo

per o

f rad

io fr

eque

ncy

iden

tific

atio

n (R

FID

) tec

hnol

ogy.

Mer

cury

4™, T

hing

Mag

ic's

four

th g

ener

atio

n ag

ile R

FID

read

er, b

uild

s on

and

sub

stan

tially

enh

ance

s th

e co

mpa

ny's

orig

inal

pl

atfo

rm c

reat

ed fo

r ear

ly fi

eld

test

s of

the

Elec

troni

c P

rodu

ct C

ode

(EPC

). D

esig

ned

to m

eet t

he b

usin

ess

need

s of

a fu

ture

whe

re n

etw

orke

d ob

ject

s ar

e pe

rvas

ive,

the

Mer

cury

4 lin

e of

RFI

D re

ader

s al

so in

clud

es a

n em

bedd

ed

read

er m

odul

e, M

ercu

ry4e

, and

a h

andh

eld

read

er m

odul

e, M

ercu

ry4h

.

Cus

tom

ized

tags

, re

ader

s, a

nd s

oftw

are

Cus

tom

des

igne

d eq

uipm

ent a

llow

s un

limite

d co

nver

ting

of ta

gs a

nd la

bels

, al

ong

with

ESD

pro

tect

ion,

sho

rt w

eb p

aths

and

set

ups

to d

rive

cost

s do

wn,

an

d in

terc

hang

eabl

e st

atio

ns to

han

dle

intri

cate

con

stru

ctio

ns. W

e ca

n w

ork

with

a v

arie

ty o

f chi

ps, i

nclu

ding

rew

ritab

le a

nd re

ad o

nly

desi

gns.

Num

erou

s m

ater

ial a

nd a

dhes

ive

optio

ns c

an b

e ut

ilized

, and

mor

e co

mpl

ex d

esig

ns c

an

crea

te ta

mpe

r pro

tect

ion

with

dev

ice

dest

ruct

ion

capa

bilit

ies.

Chi

ples

s ID

Tape

mar

k is

a le

adin

g-ed

ge c

ontra

ct m

anuf

actu

rer,

prov

idin

g in

nova

tive

solu

tions

for y

our u

niqu

e re

quire

men

ts. W

e co

nver

t a w

ide

rang

e of

flex

ible

m

ater

ials

, int

egra

ting

coat

ing,

prin

ting,

die

cut

ting

and

pack

agin

g in

ord

er to

m

axim

ize

the

func

tiona

lity

and

cost

-effe

ctiv

enes

s of

eve

ry p

rodu

ct w

e de

liver

. O

ffers

UH

F C

hipl

ess

ID ta

g.TI

-Rfid

UH

F an

d H

igh

Freq

uenc

y IS

O

Tran

spon

ders

, rea

ders

, an

tenn

as, s

oftw

are

dow

nloa

ds

Texa

s In

stru

men

ts R

adio

Fre

quen

cy Id

entif

icat

ion

(TI-R

Fid™

) Sys

tem

s is

an

indu

stry

lead

er in

radi

o fre

quen

cy id

entif

icat

ion

(RFI

D) t

echn

olog

y an

d a

maj

or

inte

grat

ed m

anuf

actu

rer o

f RFI

D ta

gs, R

FID

sm

art l

abel

s, a

nd R

FID

read

er

syst

ems.

App

roac

hing

500

milli

on R

FID

tags

man

ufac

ture

d, T

I-RFi

d™

tech

nolo

gy is

use

d in

a b

road

rang

e of

RFI

D a

pplic

atio

ns w

orld

wid

e.

Nan

o-U

HF

TagS

ense

is a

dev

elop

er o

f cus

tom

RFI

D s

yste

ms

and

wire

less

sen

sors

. O

ur

RFI

D s

enso

r pla

tform

s in

clud

e: E

PC G

en1/

Gen

2, Z

igbe

e ta

gs, 1

3.56

Mhz

, ch

iple

ss ta

gs a

nd p

rinte

d in

ks. T

agS

ense

als

o se

lls s

mal

l low

-pow

er, l

ow-c

ost

RFI

D re

ader

OEM

mod

ules

for p

rinte

rs, h

andh

elds

, sm

art s

helv

es, a

nd m

obile

de

vice

s su

ch a

s ce

ll ph

ones

and

PD

As.

ARIO

13.

56 M

Hz

HF

TAG

STA

GSY

S is

a g

loba

l lea

der i

n ite

m-le

vel R

FID

infra

stru

ctur

e. T

AGSY

S R

FID

pr

ovid

es R

FID

sys

tem

s an

d ta

gs fo

r end

-to-e

nd it

em-le

vel t

rack

ing

that

au

tom

ates

labo

r-in

tens

ive

proc

esse

s, a

uthe

ntic

ates

and

saf

egua

rds

good

s,

and

enab

les

real

-tim

e in

vent

ory

and

asse

t vis

ibilit

y. W

ith a

pro

ven

track

reco

rd

of d

eliv

erin

g R

elia

ble,

Acc

urat

e an

d Se

cure

(R.A

.S.)

RFI

D s

yste

ms

and

tags

, TA

GSY

S ha

s de

ploy

ed o

ver 6

0 m

illion

tags

and

50,

000

read

er s

yste

ms

to o

ver

500

cust

omer

s in

mor

e th

an 4

0 co

untri

es. T

AGSY

S R

FID

sol

utio

ns a

re

curr

ently

bei

ng d

eplo

yed

in a

rang

e of

hig

hly

spec

ializ

ed v

ertic

al m

arke

ts th

at

incl

ude

phar

mac

eutic

al, f

ashi

on a

ppar

el, l

ibra

ries,

text

ile re

ntal

, cas

h-in

-tran

sit

and

gas

cylin

der t

rack

ing.

TAG

SYSR

FID

e-c

onne

ctin

g go

ods.



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pany

Prod

uct

Area

s of

Foc

usH

W—

——

—To

shib

a (T

EC A

mer

ica)

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.te

cam

eric

a.co

m ;

Toky

o, ,

Japa

n

HW

SW—

—Tr

ansC

ore—

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.tran

scor

e.co

m ;

Hum

mel

stow

n, P

a., U

SA

SW—

—Tr

ueD

eman

d So

ftwar

e——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.td

eman

d.co

m ;

Los

Gat

os, C

A, U

.S.A

HW

——

——

Turc

k In

c——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.tu

rck.

com

; H

alve

r, , G

erm

any

HW

——

——

Turs

so C

ompa

nies

Inc.

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.tu

rsso

.com

; St

. Pau

l, M

N, U

SAH

WSW

Svc

Tyco

Sen

sorm

atic

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.s

enso

rmat

ic.c

om ;

Boca

Rat

on, F

L, U

SALa

belin

gR

FID

13.

56 M

hz IS

O15

693

Agile

2 A

nten

nas,

UH

F R

eade

rs, D

evic

e C

omm

ande

rs a

nd E

OS

Softw

are,

Lab

els

Sens

orm

atic

sol

utio

ns p

rovi

de v

ital l

oss

prev

entio

n an

d su

ppor

t for

the

reta

il in

dust

ry. B

acke

d by

mor

e th

an 1

,500

pat

ents

and

pat

ents

-pen

ding

for

inno

vativ

e, m

arke

t-lea

ding

tech

nolo

gies

, our

sol

utio

ns p

ortfo

lio is

man

ufac

ture

d an

d su

ppor

ted

by a

div

isio

n of

Tyc

o Fi

re &

Sec

urity

. Fro

m th

e fro

nt o

f the

sto

re

thro

ugh

the

entir

e re

tail

supp

ly c

hain

, our

pro

duct

s an

d se

rvic

es h

elp

keep

lo

sses

low

er –

and

pro

fits

high

er.

True

Dem

and

Fore

cast

ing

& R

eple

nish

men

t

True

Dem

and

Softw

are

is a

pio

neer

in th

e de

velo

pmen

t of n

ew s

uppl

y ch

ain

appl

icat

ions

that

take

adv

anta

ge o

f bot

h R

FID

and

non

-RFI

D d

ata

to h

elp

solv

e su

pply

cha

in p

lann

ing

and

exec

utio

n pr

oble

ms.

Serie

s of

tags

, tra

nsci

ever

s, c

onne

ctor

s in

clud

ing

'OC

' 'Or'

'GEI

' et

c.

From

hum

ble

begi

nnin

gs in

Hal

ver,

Ger

man

y to

a g

loba

l com

pany

with

25

wor

ldw

ide

loca

tions

, TU

RC

K ha

s be

com

e a

pion

eer i

n in

dust

rial a

utom

atio

n te

chno

logy

. Our

mis

sion

, as

a le

adin

g va

lue-

adde

d su

pplie

r of p

rodu

cts

to th

e fa

ctor

y an

d pr

oces

s au

tom

atio

n m

arke

ts, i

s to

pro

vide

cus

tom

ers

with

a

com

preh

ensi

ve li

ne o

f qua

lity

and

adva

nced

tech

nolo

gy p

rodu

cts

in a

fast

, fle

xibl

e an

d ac

cura

te m

anne

r. O

ur e

xten

sive

line

of p

rodu

cts

incl

udes

th

ousa

nds

of s

enso

r, in

terfa

ce, c

ords

et a

nd c

onne

ctor

com

bina

tions

that

mee

t cl

ient

s’ n

eeds

.

B-SX

and

B-S

A4T

prin

ter

As p

art o

f Tos

hiba

's c

ontin

ing

com

mitm

ent t

o ne

w te

chno

logy

, now

we

prov

ide

the

abilit

y to

pro

vide

a c

ondu

it to

the

late

st in

form

atio

n te

chno

logy

. Thi

s is

the

abilit

y to

enc

ode

RFI

D c

hips

usi

ng th

e B-

SX a

nd B

-SA

serie

s pr

inte

rs. T

o be

ab

le to

mee

t the

var

ious

sta

ndar

ds a

nd fr

eque

ncie

s, T

oshi

ba is

offe

ring

the

uniq

ue a

bilit

y to

use

diff

eren

t rea

ders

and

ant

enna

on

the

sam

e m

odel

.

eGo

Fam

ily o

f Tag

sTr

ansC

ore’

s 60

-yea

r her

itage

as

a tra

nspo

rtatio

n se

rvic

es c

ompa

ny s

pans

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f RFI

D a

pplic

atio

ns a

t Los

Ala

mos

Nat

iona

l Lab

s to

the

wor

ld’s

fir

st R

FID

-bas

ed e

lect

roni

c to

ll co

llect

ion

syst

em to

set

ting

the

stan

dard

for r

ail

car a

dopt

ion

of R

FID

tech

nolo

gy, w

ith tw

o Tr

ansC

ore

tags

on

99 p

erce

nt o

f all

rail

cars

in N

orth

Am

eric

a. W

ith in

stal

latio

ns in

41

coun

tries

, mor

e th

an 1

00

pate

nts

and

pion

eerin

g ap

plic

atio

ns o

f RFI

D, G

PS a

nd s

atel

lite

com

mun

icat

ions

tech

nolo

gies

, Tra

nsC

ore'

s te

chni

cal e

xper

tise

is u

npar

alle

led

in th

e m

arke

ts it

ser

ves.

Tra

nsC

ore

is a

uni

t of R

oper

Indu

strie

s (N

YSE:

RO

P).

Tran

sCor

e pr

ovid

es te

chno

logi

es a

nd re

late

d se

rvic

es in

are

as s

uch

as ra

dio

frequ

ency

iden

tific

atio

n (R

FID

), sa

tellit

e-ba

sed

com

mun

icat

ion,

mob

ile a

sset

tra

ckin

g, s

ecur

ity a

pplic

atio

ns, a

cces

s co

ntro

l and

com

preh

ensi

ve to

ll sy

stem

an

d pr

oces

sing

ser

vice

s.



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Prod

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Area

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usH

WSW

Svc

Uni

fied

Barc

ode

& R

FID

, Inc

. ——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.uni

fiedb

arco

de.c

om ;

Pala

tine,

IL, U

SA

HW

SW—

—U

nova

Inc

(Inte

rmec

Tec

hnol

ogie

s)—

——

——

——

ww

w.in

term

ec.c

om ;

Ever

ett,

WA,

USA

HW

——

——

UP

M R

afla

tac—

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.upm

rafla

tac.

com

; Ta

mpe

re, n

/a, F

inla

nd

——

Svc

VeriS

ign—

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.v

eris

ign.

com

; D

ulle

s, V

irgin

ia, U

SA

HW

——

Svc

WAN

/LAN

Sol

utio

ns, I

nc.—

——

——

——

——

——

ww

w.w

anla

n.ne

t ; R

osev

ille, C

A, U

SAH

W—

——

—W

avet

rend

(UK

) Ltd

——

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.wav

etre

nd.n

et ;

Ric

hmon

d, S

urre

y, U

K

HW

——

——

Web

er M

arki

ng S

yste

ms,

Inc.

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.web

erm

arki

ng.c

om ;

Arlin

gton

Hei

ghts

, I

HW

——

——

Whe

reN

et—

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

—

w

ww

.whe

rene

t.com

; Sa

nta

Cla

ra, C

A, U

SA

Smar

tTra

k R

FID

Lab

els

Web

er is

a le

adin

g w

orld

wid

e m

anau

fact

urer

and

sup

plie

r of l

abel

ing

solu

tions

, in

clud

ing

labe

l prin

ters

, app

licat

ors

and

prin

ter-

appl

icat

ors

for b

ar c

ode

and

RFI

D e

ncod

ing

appl

icat

ions

, plu

s co

mpl

emen

tary

pre

ssur

e-se

nsiti

ve a

nd R

FID

sm

art l

abel

mat

eria

ls a

nd la

bel d

esig

n/R

FID

enc

odin

g so

ftwar

e.

Rea

l-Tim

e W

irele

ss

RFI

D A

sset

Tra

ckin

g an

d Lo

catin

g Sy

stem

s

Whe

reN

et o

ffers

a w

irele

ss lo

catio

n an

d co

mm

unic

atio

n in

frast

ruct

ure

that

re

liabl

y m

anag

es m

obile

reso

urce

s an

d de

liver

s a

com

plet

e re

turn

on

inve

stm

ent w

ithin

6-1

2 m

onth

s. B

ased

on

pate

nted

, sta

ndar

ds-c

ompl

iant

te

chno

logy

resu

lting

from

a c

olle

ctiv

e 10

0+ y

ears

of d

evel

opm

ent.

Con

ecta

g pr

oduc

tsR

FID

(Rad

io F

requ

ency

Iden

tific

atio

n) ta

gs.

Tags

Foun

ded

in 1

999,

Wav

etre

nd is

hea

d-qu

arte

red

in R

ichm

ond,

Lon

don,

and

has

of

fices

in W

ashi

ngto

n D

C a

nd J

ohan

nesb

urg.

Wav

etre

nd is

a w

orld

-lead

ing

prov

ider

of U

ltra

Long

Ran

ge (U

LR) A

ctiv

e R

adio

Fre

quen

cy Id

entif

icat

ion

(RFI

D) t

echn

olog

y. In

col

labo

ratio

n w

ith it

s gl

obal

net

wor

k of

stra

tegi

c an

d ac

cred

ited

chan

nel p

artn

ers,

whi

ch in

clud

es IB

M, M

otor

ola,

Qin

etiQ

, Red

Pr

airie

and

Sym

bol,

Wav

etre

nd p

rovi

des

hard

war

e an

d so

ftwar

e so

lutio

ns fo

r th

e R

FID

mar

ket.

At t

he c

ore

of th

e gr

oup’

s te

chno

logy

is a

n op

en p

latfo

rm

arch

itect

ure

whi

ch is

hig

hly

scal

able

and

sim

ple

to in

tegr

ate.

ULR

act

ive

RFI

D

tags

con

tain

thei

r ow

n po

wer

sou

rce,

ena

blin

g re

al-ti

me

asse

t mon

itorin

g an

d tra

ckin

g ov

er d

ista

nces

of l

ess

than

1 m

etre

to g

reat

er th

an 2

50 m

etre

s.

Inte

rnal

bat

tery

life

of u

p to

8 y

ears

.

HF

& U

HF

tags

and

in

lays

UPM

Raf

lata

c is

a w

orld

-lead

ing

supp

lier o

f pre

ssur

e se

nsiti

ve la

bels

tock

for a

w

ide

varie

ty o

f nee

ds in

pro

duct

and

info

rmat

ion

labe

ling.

In a

dditi

on, t

he

com

pany

is a

t the

glo

bal f

oref

ront

in th

e de

velo

pmen

t and

hig

h-vo

lum

e pr

oduc

tion

of ra

dio

frequ

ency

iden

tific

atio

n (R

FID

) tag

s an

d in

lays

. The

co

mpa

ny h

as a

glo

bal s

ervi

ce n

etw

ork

cons

istin

g of

11

fact

orie

s on

five

co

ntin

ents

. UPM

Raf

lata

c is

par

t of U

PM, a

lead

ing

glob

al fo

rest

pro

duct

s co

mpa

ny.

Ve

riSig

n's

Inte

lligen

t Sup

ply

Cha

in S

ervi

ces

plat

form

ena

bles

trus

ted,

sec

ure

and

scal

able

info

rmat

ion

exch

ange

and

col

labo

ratio

n am

ong

glob

al s

uppl

y ch

ain

parti

cipa

nts.

Syst

ems

Inte

grat

ion

Serv

ices

Whe

ther

you

are

look

ing

to im

plem

ent y

our f

irst b

arco

de s

yste

m, u

pgra

de to

an

RFI

D s

yste

m, o

r rep

lace

out

date

d ha

rdw

are,

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fied

Barc

ode

& R

FID

pr

ovid

es e

xper

t dat

a co

llect

ion

solu

tions

to m

eet y

our o

rgan

izat

ion'

s ne

eds.

Th

e co

mpa

ny c

arrie

s va

rious

line

s, a

s w

ell a

s cu

stom

sof

twar

e an

d co

nsul

ting.

Inte

llitag

Gen

erea

tion

2 U

HF

RFI

D, R

FID

Dep

loy

Suite

With

yea

rs o

f exp

erie

nce

inst

allin

g co

mpl

ete

RFI

D s

yste

ms

arou

nd th

e w

orld

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term

ec is

com

mitt

ed to

wor

king

with

com

pani

es to

mak

e su

re e

ach

impl

emen

tatio

n of

RFI

D te

chno

logy

is s

ucce

ssfu

l, to

day

and

tom

orro

w.

Inte

rmec

sup

ports

ope

n st

anda

rds

and

glob

al in

tero

pera

bilit

y, e

nsur

ing

com

pani

es' i

nves

tmen

t pro

tect

ion

as R

FID

glo

bal s

tand

ards

con

tinue

to e

volv

e.



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tiple

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ns, R

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nd d

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nd h

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and

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s, m

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s, R

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tegr

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circ

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(RFI

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mod

ules

, chi

pset

s, a

nd m

ulti-

chip

(M

CM

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ules

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track

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mar

t la

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em

bedd

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ith

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ling

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tlabe

l, W

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DD

250

with

inte

grat

ed

proc

essi

ng U

ID a

nd

RFI

D s

uppo

rt

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y in

dust

ries

are

affe

cted

by

both

Fed

eral

and

indu

stry

com

plia

nce

man

date

s an

d so

me

will

have

to c

ompl

y w

ith s

ever

al m

anda

tes.

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h ha

s its

ow

n se

t of r

ules

, and

the

pena

lties

for n

on-c

ompl

ianc

e do

wn

to th

e le

vel o

f "a

mis

take

" can

cos

t you

mor

e th

an y

our p

rofit

s on

a s

hipm

ent.

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coID

aim

s at

as

sist

ing

thos

e un

der m

anda

te to

acq

uire

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D ta

ggin

g.

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D Q

uick

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rt ki

tW

NS

iden

tifie

s ke

y bu

sine

ss p

roce

sses

that

can

be

impr

oved

with

wire

less

da

ta te

chno

logy

, cre

ates

dat

a co

llect

ion

solu

tions

, val

idat

es a

nd in

tegr

ates

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solu

tion

into

you

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stin

g in

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ruct

ure

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ing

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tool

s or

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net C

lient

to

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to e

nsur

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nnec

tivity

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plet

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s.



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