New Paper Examines Alternative Technology to RFID for Retailers and Manufacturers Seeking Multiple-Asset Traceability
A new paper, entitled “The Alternative to RFID: Finding the Silver Bullet for Traceability,” examines the benefits of an alternative technology to RFID in rapid multiple-asset AIDC and asset tracking applications. The paper is available as a free download at: http://www.visidot.com.
Tel Aviv, Israel (June 8, 2005) -- A new paper, entitled “The Alternative to
RFID: Finding the Silver Bullet for Traceability,” examines the benefits of an
alternative technology to RFID in rapid multiple-asset AIDC and asset tracking
applications.
“Retailers and manufacturers know that traceability is a
must-have for many products, ranging from sirloin cuts to baby cribs to
steel-belted radials,” notes Roger Hecker, product manager, ImageID Ltd.
“Unfortunately many intelligent packaging solutions designed to deliver
real-time visibility with end-to-end traceability are not yet ready for
primetime.”
The paper discusses the challenges facing the deployment of
RFID today, compares RFID vs. Visidot accuracy levels, and describes automatic
identification and data capture (AIDC) solutions in key manufacturing and retail
industry applications.
“Supply chain and logistics operations need
near-100% reading accuracy, real-time data for true visibility across the supply
chain, standards-based solutions for interoperability with other systems, a
cost-effective solution with minimal recurring costs, and solutions that work
now,” Hecker said.
In the paper, three applications of the Visidot
Automatic Identification and Data Capture solution are examined, including
inbound and outbound shipment verification, management of reusable assets and
identification of labels from long distances and in a large field of view,
involving:
- A Ford Motor Company plant in Dearborn, Michigan, where the
Visidot system is boosting productivity as part of its fully automated Build
Order system to produce Ford F150 trucks
- IFCO Systems’ use of Visidot
technology to trace, obtain real-time inventory data, record shipments and
returns of millions of its reusable plastic containers at its Service Centers
and Storage depots throughout Europe and North America
- In the retail supply
chain field, the Visidot can help reduce costly charge-backs from retail
customers by verifying all of the boxes in each outbound order and use of the
stored image from each read for proof of shipment and condition.
The
paper, “The Alternative to RFID: Finding the Silver Bullet for Traceability,” is
available as a free download from: http://www.visidot.com.
About ImageID and
Visidot:
ImageID, the provider of the Visidot™ solution (http://www.visidot.com),
develops and markets advanced multiple-asset Automatic Identification and Data
Capture (AIDC) solutions. Based on imaging technology and sophisticated
algorithms, the Visidot solution is capable of identifying and decoding hundreds
of unique standard barcodes simultaneously in a single read, with unprecedented
speed and accuracy. The Visidot solution is being used in retail supply chains,
automotive manufacturing and reusable assets pool management operations to
provide per-asset visibility and to increase operational efficiencies. ImageID
is a multinational company with R&D facilities in Israel and direct sales
and partner networks in the US and Europe.
Contact:
Don
Goncalves
Tiziani Whitmyre for Visidot™
Tel: 1-781-793-9380
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