InSync Software Offers RFID-Driven Returnable Asset Tracking Solution
August 17, 2007, San Jose, CA — InSync Software, Inc., the San Jose-based RFID and sensor-driven software company, today announced the immediate offering of an RFID-Driven Returnable Asset Tracking Solution. The complete Device-to-Dashboard™ Solution utilizes InSync's Edgeware™ software development platform, which allows customers and partners to rapidly develop and deploy returnable asset applications.
The use and management of returnable containers has become a mission-critical issue for modern manufacturers due to greater adoption of kanban and JIT-based supply chains and modern trends of environmental conservation and good environmental practices.
InSync's Edgeware RFID software platform features a library of pre-defined workflows and utilities commonly used in RFID and sensory applications. Using the Edgeware development platform and InSync's Returnable Asset Solution Set, customers and partners are able significantly reduce development and deployment times for RFID-driven returnable asset applications.
Edgeware is used to configure and manage hardware devices such as RFID portal antennas, vision systems, GPS, barcodes, and other sensor technologies. Beyond device management, Edgeware provides system operators with dashboard views of processes, asset movements, and events; filtering real-time data across customer-defined business logic and rules. This real-time, filtered data can be leveraged to automate common processes such as shipping, receiving and more. InSync's Edgeware platform and the Returnable Asset Solution Set are compatible with all major suppliers of RFID hardware, including Motorola, Intelleflex, Impinj, and others. The Solution also features seamless integration to backend ERP and WMS systems.
Tracking reusable containers such as racks and totes is not a new concept. Millions of dollars are lost each year due to shrinkage, damage, and an inability to hold business partners accountable. In the automotive industry alone it is estimated that these inefficiencies combined with errors in the shipping and receiving processes of these containers cost companies over $600 million dollars per year. Identification and tracking technologies have been used in container tracking applications for many years. Barcodes, for example, have a proven ability to track containers, yet also have inherently limited capabilities such as limited lifetime, environmental tolerance, no read/write ability, and line-of-site requirements.
Robust RFID solutions do not have these limitations. For this reason, RFID has emerged as an ideal technology for track-and-trace applications involving reusable containers. RFID tag and technology standards being developed by EPC, AIAG and other standards committees have helped to drive adoption. Additionally, RFID tags are capable of storing large amounts of contextual information including manufacturing, logistics, maintenance schedules, and other relevant data.
By deploying networks of RFID antennas and tags, and utilizing an InSync's robust software capabilities to sync devices and business partners together, companies are able to bring real-world awareness to their reusable containers throughout the supply chain. This awareness an enhanced visibility helps to better manage and automate kanban processes and SLAs associated with in-transit materials.
A typical returnable asset tracking application begins with RFID tags (passive, semi-passive, or active depending on application requirements and environmental conditions) being attached to each container, pallet, etc, and written to with industry-standard information. Contextual information such as contents, manufacturer, and cleaning and maintenance schedules can be written to the tag at this initial point as well. Dock-door RFID antennas are installed at the entrance/exit points of the customer's facility to record entry and exit of returnable assets. Additional antennas can be set up at partner locations to further extend the solution and increase visibility throughout the chain of custody.
InSync Edgeware provides real-time dashboard views of the returnable assets as they traverse expected routes as well. If a container deviates from an expected route or schedule, alerts are sent to process owners, and corrections can be made proactively. When containers are returned, they are scanned upon arrival by the dock-door antennas. InSync's Edgeware determines whether the containers are due for maintenance, are past due, or if damaged what party is liable.
Learn more and schedule a live solution demo today by contacting InSync Software, Inc. at contact@insyncinfo.com or by calling 1-800-INSYNC.
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About InSync Software, Inc.
InSync Software, Inc. is the leader in deploying fully compatible, sensor-driven business network software. InSync Software, Inc provides an RFID and Sensor Driven platform, Edgeware, which allows for customers and partners to rapidly develop and deploy scaleable real-world awareness applications. InSync Software leverages EPC and other eBusiness standards in an SOA architecture allowing process collaboration and event visibility between disparate partners.
InSync Software was founded in 2003, and is an Intel Capital and Rustic Canyon company. InSync is headquartered in San Jose, CA, with offices in India and Asia.
InSync is a certified SAP Integration company.