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RFID-Enabled Solutions
Businesses of all types increasingly rely on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to track movement and current status of physical inventory, work in process, and location of assets.
In distribution center operations, RFID is used to track physical inventory, especially in case and pallet quantities. In manufacturing operations, RFID can be used to provide tracking of work in process, and of individually serialized components and assemblies.
Assets of all types, including production tools, vehicles and other rolling capital equipment, furniture, and IT equipment, can be tracked using RFID. In addition, certain retailers (such as Wal Mart) and government entities (such as the Department of Defense) mandate that products be shipped to them by suppliers with RFID tags attached.
Implementation of a complete and fully effective RFID solution requires analysis to determine each company’s unique operational and business requirements along the correct software, WLAN, fixed and mobile readers, printer/encoders, tag types, and deployment strategies that best matches those requirements.
Plan b can assist companies with interest in RFID to identify and deploy a complete solution that best matches the operational and business requirements of each unique operation.
At Plan b, we define the components of an RFID-Based Automated Data Capture project in the following categories:
Mobile Needs Assessment: The Mobile Needs Assessment is a business and operations analysis assembled by an experienced Plan b engineer working onsite with our client. Our engineer will work with our client’s managers and staff to develop and document a complete understanding of how the operation currently works and the business challenges and goals that are driving interest in RFID. Then, the engineer will provide a detailed report recommending a complete solution, designed specifically to solve the business challenges and goals as defined by the client.
The completed Mobile Needs Assessment will include some or all of the following:
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Detailed analysis of how the operation currently does business.
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Summary of key business goals and operational challenges.
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Analysis that details how the best of currently available software, RFID readers, printers/encoders, tags, and WLAN technologies can be applied to the client’s operation.
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Cost summary of the proposed automated inventory management solution.
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Return on Investment (ROI) that calculates the estimated payback period for the costs incurred in the project.
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Schedule for deploying each element of the solution.
The analysis that details the best current of currently available software, readers, tags, tag printers and WLAN technologies will include reference to some or all of the following:
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Recommendation regarding the specific software to be used, and whether that software is an off-the-shelf product configured to the client’s use, or if the application is to be built using a rapid mobile application development toolset.
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Design Specification Document, which maps the work flow and details of the tracking application.
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High level system architecture plan for integration of the new tracking solution.
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Recommendations regarding the specifications of readers, tags, printers to be used.
Mobility Solution Deployment
Plan b can provide complete RFID-based automated data capture solutions for any size of business, in any location in North America.
The Mobile Needs Assessment serves as the roadmap for the deployment of the entire solution within the enterprise. Guided by the Assessment, the deployment stage includes:
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Wireless LAN: design, installation, and test.
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RFID reader provisioning (mobile readers): charge, configure optimal power usage settings, load software, activate wireless communications, and test. Fixed readers: install, load software, connect to network, configure, and test.
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Installation of remote device management software
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Printers/encoders: Install, connect to network (wired or wireless), install media (ribbons and blank tags), and install label design software, test, and provide complete user orientation.
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End user training on entire solution.
RFID-Enabled Solutions
Businesses of all types increasingly rely on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to track movement and current status of physical inventory, work in process, and location of assets.
In distribution center operations, RFID is used to track physical inventory, especially in case and pallet quantities. In manufacturing operations, RFID can be used to provide tracking of work in process, and of individually serialized components and assemblies.
Assets of all types, including production tools, vehicles and other rolling capital equipment, furniture, and IT equipment, can be tracked using RFID. In addition, certain retailers (such as Wal Mart) and government entities (such as the Department of Defense) mandate that products be shipped to them by suppliers with RFID tags attached.
Implementation of a complete and fully effective RFID solution requires analysis to determine each company’s unique operational and business requirements along the correct software, WLAN, fixed and mobile readers, printer/encoders, tag types, and deployment strategies that best matches those requirements.
Plan b can assist companies with interest in RFID to identify and deploy a complete solution that best matches the operational and business requirements of each unique operation.
At Plan b, we define the components of an RFID-Based Automated Data Capture project in the following categories:
Mobile Needs Assessment: The Mobile Needs Assessment is a business and operations analysis assembled by an experienced Plan b engineer working onsite with our client. Our engineer will work with our client’s managers and staff to develop and document a complete understanding of how the operation currently works and the business challenges and goals that are driving interest in RFID. Then, the engineer will provide a detailed report recommending a complete solution, designed specifically to solve the business challenges and goals as defined by the client.
The completed Mobile Needs Assessment will include some or all of the following:
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Detailed analysis of how the operation currently does business.
-
Summary of key business goals and operational challenges.
-
Analysis that details how the best of currently available software, RFID readers, printers/encoders, tags, and WLAN technologies can be applied to the client’s operation.
-
Cost summary of the proposed automated inventory management solution.
-
Return on Investment (ROI) that calculates the estimated payback period for the costs incurred in the project.
-
Schedule for deploying each element of the solution.
The analysis that details the best current of currently available software, readers, tags, tag printers and WLAN technologies will include reference to some or all of the following:
-
Recommendation regarding the specific software to be used, and whether that software is an off-the-shelf product configured to the client’s use, or if the application is to be built using a rapid mobile application development toolset.
-
Design Specification Document, which maps the work flow and details of the tracking application.
-
High level system architecture plan for integration of the new tracking solution.
-
Recommendations regarding the specifications of readers, tags, printers to be used.
Mobility Solution Deployment
Plan b can provide complete RFID-based automated data capture solutions for any size of business, in any location in North America.
The Mobile Needs Assessment serves as the roadmap for the deployment of the entire solution within the enterprise. Guided by the Assessment, the deployment stage includes:
-
Wireless LAN: design, installation, and test.
-
RFID reader provisioning (mobile readers): charge, configure optimal power usage settings, load software, activate wireless communications, and test. Fixed readers: install, load software, connect to network, configure, and test.
-
Installation of remote device management software
-
Printers/encoders: Install, connect to network (wired or wireless), install media (ribbons and blank tags), and install label design software, test, and provide complete user orientation.
-
End user training on entire solution.
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