rfid asset tracking in data intensive environments
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RFID for DATA INTENSIVE ENVIRONMENTSKenny Ratton, Radiant RFID
May 3, 2023
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PRIMARY DRIVERSDepartmental Visibility Problems Permeate Throughout Organizations
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Audit
Inventory
Re-Use
DEADLINE-DRIVEN• Sarbanes-Oxley• Public Agencies• State Universities
ASSET MANAGEMENT• Where’s My…1 or 100,000• Reduce Effort• Elevate Oracle, SAP• SecurityREDUCE WASTE
• Determine Surplus• Reduce Spend• Culture of Reuse
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RFID 101What You’ve Heard, and What’s Real
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ACTIVE RFID• “Always on”• Longer range• Popular in hospitals• Applications for schools
and people• Not 100%• Battery powered tags
PASSIVE RFID• “Portal based”• Shorter range• Well known applications in
supply chain, retail, data centers, industrial
• 95% accuracy• No batteries, tags typically
outlast items tagged
NFC, BLE• Mobile phones• Cashless payment• Varied ranges• Interesting consumer
applications• Apple iBeacon
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RFID 101
Active RFID
Existing
wifi
Active RFID tags
Newwifi
RTLS server
Software
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RFID 101
Passive RFID
Existing
wifi
PassiveRFID tags
Fixedreader
Software
RFIDhandhel
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NOTIFICATIONS
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Exception!
Enhance Security and Data by Pairing Assetswith Owners and/or with Other Assets.
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SOLUTION ROIThird Party Labor Study
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Annual labor cost savings when comparing bar coding to RFID processes. $60,000 per year employee, 1960 hour year.
Typical asset is handled and tracked on average of 14 times per year
Number of Assets Annual Cost Benefit vs Barcode
10,000 $15,064.00
20,000 $23,685.80
50,000 $65,254.07
100,000 $150,604.00
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RFID ADOPTIONYesterday, Today and Tomorrow
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GETTING STARTEDRFID Answers the “Where is that…” Question with Minimal Involvement and Maximum Accuracy.
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HandheldReaders
FixedReaders
Fixed ReadersHandheld Readers
Smart PhonesRFID technology reduces inventory time by up to 91% compared to legacy methods such as bar codes.
INVENTORY
ASSET TRACKING & MANAGEMENT
Software
RFID-based asset management protects IP on devices, supports life cycle management, and enables organizations to scale quickly and efficiently.
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RFID TAGSPassive UHF Gen 2 – Hundreds of Options Available
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UNIVERSAL TAGfor types of items
including metal, wood and plastic
LABEL TAGfor items that are primarily plastic
or wood.
METAL OR ON-METAL TAGfor items that are
predominately made of metal and have a high metal density
LOCATION TAGsmall RFID label tag placed on the door frame or room
entrance and used to identify a specific room location prior
to an inventory
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ABOUT RADIANT
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RECOGNIZED AS A THOUGHT LEADERfor RFID solutions by Motorola and industry journals for over 9 years
100% CUSTOMER SUCCESS DRIVEN“Radiant’s system is the first system we have deployed that I have not received calls from our customers.” - CIO, Texas Dept. of Public Safety
FOCUSED AND COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTIONS• Asset Tracking• Accountability
• State or Federal Evacuation• Employee and Building Mustering• Student Accountability• Marketing & Social Media Applications
• Access Control
STATE OF TEXAS HUB MBE/WBE CERTIFIED VENDOR
GSA AND STATE CONTRACTSDIR SDD-1414: Software and ServicesDIR SDD-1549: Hardware
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Onboard Software + Data Storage
RFID ASSET MANAGEMENTBy automating data collection, RFID technology vastly reduces human effort – and error.
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SupportDedicated RFID Specialists
Best practices & user manuals24-7 on-call, U.S, based support
Webex & remote desktop demos & technical support
ServicesTag selectionInstallation
Integration into existing systemsRadiant RF site survey
Reader commissioning and tuning
RFID Smart Hardware Software for ReportingActionable Data
Mobile Apps + Store & Forward