Combining WiFi and RFID for Greater Enterprise ROI

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Combining Wi-Fi and RFID for Greater Enterprise
ROI
May 2005
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Company Background
AeroScout Overview
Select Partners

• Based in San Mateo, CA Offices in Israel (RD),
  Europe, and Japan (Sales)
• Market leader in Wi-Fi based active RFID
  solutions
• First to introduce a Wi-Fi tag to the market

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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
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Simplifying Visibility Infrastructure With Wi-Fi

• Standard Infrastructure
• Start with an existing WLAN
• Add Active RFID readers
• Then add more access points to handle the added
  data traffic.

• Wi-Fi based Infrastructure
• Re-use the existing WLAN

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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.

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Range of Visibility Solutions
Enterprises have complex needs that often involve
more than one type of visibility.
Presence
Real-time Location
Choke-point
Infusion Pump X is in the Pediatric unit, zone Y
Truck X entered the terminal
Container X is in slot Y
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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
• Row F
• Stall 42/3
• Entered lot on Dec. 17

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Logistics Case Study

• American Port Services 3PL site run on behalf of
  worlds 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

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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
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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

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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

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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_at_aeroscout.com
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