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Combining Wi-Fi and RFID for Greater Enterprise ROI

Combining Wi-Fi and RFID for Greater Enterprise ROI. May 2005. Company Background. AeroScout Overview. Select Partners. Based in San Mateo, CA; Offices in Israel (R&D), Europe, and Japan (Sales) Market l eader in Wi-Fi based active RFID solutions

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Combining Wi-Fi and RFID for Greater Enterprise ROI

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  1. Combining Wi-Fi and RFID for Greater Enterprise ROI May 2005

  2. Company Background AeroScout Overview Select Partners • Based in San Mateo, CA; Offices in Israel (R&D), Europe, and Japan (Sales) • Market leader in Wi-Fi based active RFID solutions • First to introduce a Wi-Fi tag to the market

  3. Visibility Technologies Each visibility technology provides value in a defined solution space. GPS Wide Area System & Reader Range Real-Time Location & Active RFID Passive RFID Local area Barcode Lower $ Higher $ Asset Dollar Value

  4. Simplifying Visibility Infrastructure With Wi-Fi • Wi-Fi based Infrastructure: • Re-use the existing WLAN • Standard Infrastructure: • Start with an existing WLAN… • Add Active RFID readers… • Then add more access points to handle the added data traffic.

  5. The Need for Asset Visibility • Health Care: hospitals misplace or lose 10-20% of their valuable medical equipment annually, wasting staff and patient time and incurring costly replacement charges. • Yard Management: shipping and cross-docking yards spend several hours each day manually locating trailers and containers for delivery, resulting in slow delivery times and high staff and fuel costs. • Manufacturing: aerospace, semiconductor and other facilities misplace mobile toolkits, machinery, parts and WIP inventory, at a cost of as much as $1 million per incident.

  6. Range of Visibility Solutions Enterprises have complex needs that often involve more than one type of visibility. Real-time Location Presence Choke-point Infusion Pump X is in the Pediatric unit, zone Y Truck X entered the terminal Container X is in slot Y

  7. Wi-Fi-Based Active RFID Solution: Overview • Standard Wi-Fi access points (and/or AeroScout hardware) act as readers • Tagged assets can be identified and located in real-time • Users can search for assets individually, by asset type or a range of other parameters. • Alerts enable immediate notification when an asset enters, exits, stays too long in a location • Visibility data is easily linked to existing business applications • Trailer #VX2953D • RowF • Stall 42/3 • Entered lot on Dec. 17

  8. American Port Services:3PL site run on behalf of world’s largest retailer Up to 1000 trailers on site at any time Trailers misplaced (30% error rate typical), causing wasted labor and fuel Lack of visibility causes wasted labor and fuel, poor service and reduced throughput Three biggest issues: searching for trailers, long check-in process, yard overflow Additional issues: efficiency, trailer maintenance, safety Logistics: Case Study

  9. American Port Services: Case Study • Eliminates misplaced trailers, optimizes labor allocation, and expedites gate entry • Projected ROI: less than 1 year AeroScout solution: Tag trailers as they enter the yard to ensure correct pad placement, and track their location in yard

  10. Baylor Health Care: Case Study • Baylor Health Care, major TX-based hospital system • Frequent misplacement and loss of valuable medical equipment in Baylor hospitals leads to high capital replacement costs and underutilization • AeroScout pilot project to track medical devices in Plano, TX hospital facility • Staff can easily search for and find any particular device (or group of devices) • User-defined alerts and status changes are automated, based on device location

  11. Manufacturing case study • Fortune 50 aircraft engine manufacturer • Loss and misplacement of work-in-process engine items is a multi-million dollar problem • Lost WIP parts often require stopping the line, manual searches among thousands of orders • AeroScout tags enable automatic tracking of item processing location • Higher quality control, reduced WIP loss, less labor and faster manufacturing times

  12. Philadelphia, May 2–4, 2005 www.locationintelligence.net Summary • The lack of asset visibility causes millions of dollars in costs and lost revenues each year • An approach based on Wi-Fi standards provides cost-effective, easy-to-deploy solutions Contact: Andris K. Berzins VP Marketing & Business Development andris.berzins@aeroscout.com +1 (267) 918 6848

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