Real-time Location Services (RTLS): Applications, Services, and Company Analysis
Mind Commerce Publishing
February 1, 2012 109 Pages - SKU: CCJQ6796977
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Real-time Location Services are changing processes and procedures in yards, hospitals, warehouses, factories and any facilities in which location determination and tracking in real-time is crucial. RTLS applications support operational areas for logistics and other services, to combine identity and location of any type of items or objects, allowing for efficient location procedures through automatic determination/tracking with the click of a mouse button.
This report provides analysis, case study assessment and evaluation of the following:
- Indoor RTLS and key players
- RFID tag types and their applications
- Current and next generation applications
- Protocols, standards, and technical details of RTLS
- Regulatory mandates regarding RFID focusing on RTLS
- Different RTLS technology approaches: GPS, WiFi, RFID
- Real-life implementation analysis with example case studies
- Importance of RTLS for large scale Tracking and Management
- How the RFID industry has grown and penetrated into daily life
- GPS based Tracking w/o Active RFID and Implementation of the system
- RTLS in various verticals including Healthcare, Yard/Port, Inventory, and more
The report also addresses challenges and opportunities in deploying/operating RTLS including available solutions and the methodologies.
Audience:
- Venture capitalists, private equity firms, and startup companies
- RTLS and RFID hardware, software, and solution vendors and related professional services companies
- Managed RTLS service providers, outsourced RFID solutions and RTLS application providers, and RFID service bureau operators
- Healthcare management personnel responsible for tracking patients, staff personnel, equipment, inventory, and other critical resources
- Companies interested in optimizing their RFID business process strategies for tracking and telemetry with a special focus on large scale tracking.
- Retailers and personnel responsible for merchandise inventory and ordering processes, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Merchandise tracking and fraud prevention
- Personnel responsible for automating Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Inventory Tracking, Fleet Management, Yard/Dock Management and other business processes
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- Introduction to RFID
- Understanding How RFID Works
- Types of Tags
- Passive Tags
- Semi Passive RFID Tags
- Active RFID Tags
- Active Tags with Sensors/GPS
- Difference between Active and Passive RFID
- Privacy Issues
- Preventives
- RFID in Practice
- Manufacturing
- Scheduling of Assembly Orders
- Picking
- Checking the Right Goods Are on the Right Truck
- Retail
- Store Level Inventory Control
- Receiving
- Shelf Stocking
- Store Replenishment and Ordering
- POS Checkout Process
- Theft
- Find Merchandise in the Store
- Customer Loyalty
- Applications for RFID
- Prevalent Application Types
- Item Tracking and Tracing
- Inventory Monitoring and Control
- Asset Monitoring and Management
- Introduction to Real Time Locating System (RTLS)
- The Need and Purpose of RTLS
- Discriminating the various types of RTLS
- Classification of RTLS
- Advantages of RTLS
- Improved Productivity and Cost Avoidance
- Decreased Cycle Time and Taking Costs Out
- Reduced Rework
- Reduced Business Risk and Control of Assets
- Improved Security and Service
- Improved Utilization of Resources
- Increased Revenues
- Exception Management
- Standards and Protocols
- Standards and Protocols of RTLS
- RTLS Services and Contracts
- Precision factors related to RTLS
- RTLS Evaluation Techniques
- RTLS applications using Passive RFID
- RTLS applications using Active RFID
- RTLS applications using WiFi
- RTLS applications using GPS & GPRS/CDMA/WiFi
- Next Generation RTLS Applications using Sensor Networks
- A short outlook into the RTLS Software Applications
- Evaluation of the Key Areas of Application for RTLS
- RTLS in the Automotive Industry
- RTLS in Healthcare
- Benefits
- RTLS Applications for Public Safety
- RTLS applications of the Future
- Indoor Location based Services
- Working Principle
- Implementation Domain
- Evaluation of indoor RTLS
- Ekahau RTLS
- Verizon Wireless
- Nokia RTLS
- Google WiFi Location Service
- Apple RTLS
- Skyhook WiFi Location Service
- Growth Analysis of RTLS
- Prediction of most flourishing RTLS Applications
- The Major Drawbacks of RTLS
- Antenna characteristics
- Anti-collision concepts
- Privacy Issues
- Ways to overcome the Bottlenecks
- Company and Product Analysis of the RTLS Domain
- Key Players in the RTLS Domain
- Company and Product Analysis
- Company - AeroScout
- Products
- Company - Identec
- Products
- Company - Savi
- Products
- Company - Intelleflex
- Products
- Company - Ekahau
- Company - Tagsense
- Products
- Company - WhereNet
- Products
- Company - Pinc Solutions
- Products
- Company - ContainerTrac
- Products
- Case Studies
- Reva - RTLS Solution Based on Passive RFID
- Bluetooth-Based RTLS Solution
- Brooke Army Medical Center - RTLS implementation
- Wi-Fi RTLS to Locate People, Equipment
- RTLS Developments
- New Business Process
- RTLS - Intelligent Services
- Smart Vehicle Identification using License Number Plate
- Automated Vehicle Registration
- RTLS in Public Transport
- RTLS Scope and Status Worldwide
- France
- Protocols
- National and Private Companies working with RTLS
- National Company
- Private Company
- Current Status of RTLS in France
- Fraud Prevention and Anti-counterfeiting
- Medical
- Transport and Fare Cards
- Logistics and Retail Supply Chain
- Possible Future Developments in France with RTLS
- Germany
- Protocols
- National and Private Companies working with RTLS
- Current Status in RTLS in Germany
- Possible Future Developments in Germany with RTLS
- United Kingdom
- Protocols
- National and Private Companies working with RFID
- Current Status of RTLS in UK
- Possible Future Developments in United Kingdom with RTLS
- United States of America
- Protocols
- National and Private Companies working with RFID
- Current Status of RTLS in the United States
- Possible Future Developments in the United States with RTLS
- Conclusions
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