3M Joins Texas Instruments RFid Systems to Demonstrate RFID Technology at Frontline Solutions' Supply Chain Week 2002.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Frontline Solutions Expo 2002 Booth # 1217 DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 24, 2002 The 3M Safety and Security Systems Division is joining Texas Instruments See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. Radio Frequency Identification See RFID. (TI-RFid(TM)) Systems at Frontline Solutions' Supply Chain Week 2002 to show a range of RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) A data collection technology that uses electronic tags for storing data. The tag, also known as an "electronic label," "transponder" or "code plate," is made up of an RFID chip attached to an antenna. solutions for item tracking. At TI's booth #1217, 3M is demonstrating its line of RFID Smart Solutions, which includes the 3M(TM) Smart Tag, the 3M(TM) Smart Handheld, the 3M(TM) Smart Pad, and the 3M(TM) Smart Reader. 3M's RFID Smart Solutions are used to identify, track and manage items in environments such as legal, accounting, insurance, mortgage, and banking, where the ability to locate files or specific documents is integral to business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets . RFID technology improves the management of documents, enhancing productivity, so that items can be located more quickly and workflow can be easily tracked. The 3M Smart Tag incorporates TI's Tag-it(TM) smart label inlays in a paper-thin label that can easily be attached to any item. 3M has achieved world-class levels of efficiency in converting TI's RFID inlays to labels. 3M is also showing its small-format mid-range reader, the 3M Smart Reader, which is integrated in the 3M Smart Handheld and 3M Smart Pad. The Smart Reader was developed in a smaller form factor required for the ergonomically-designed, cordless Smart Handheld Assistant device, which will be available in the first quarter of 2003. The 3M Smart Pad is a new flat reader device designed to sit on a desk or at a work station to program tags, check items in or out, track file locations, and expedite workflow. The Smart Pad, currently in its Beta version A pre-shipping release of hardware or software that has gone through alpha test. A beta version of software is supposed to be very close to the final product, but, in practice, it is more a way of getting users to test the software in the first place under real conditions. , will be available in 2003. "We're seeing a growing need for item-level tracking in a range of professional service environments," said Tim Kryzer, business development manager for 3M RFID Smart Solutions. "Whether it's being used to track and manage the flow of books, documents, files, tapes, or items in the supply chain, RFID technology allows customers to work more efficiently, manage projects more effectively, and have quicker access to more accurate information." As a long-standing member of TI's Team Tag-it(TM) Program, a partnership of industry-leading companies dedicated to accelerating the development and adoption of RFID smart label See RFID tag. solutions, 3M began utilizing TI-RFid technology as a component of its Digital Materials Flow Management solution designed to optimize the handling, processing, and security of materials as they are moved throughout a library. 3M Library Systems currently has more than 60 libraries worldwide using TI-RFid technology, 25 of which have been implemented in 2002. For more information, contact Texas Instruments RFid Systems at 1-888-937-6536 (North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. ) or +1 214-567-4364 (International) or visit their Web site at www.ti-rfid.com. About Texas Instruments RFid Systems Texas Instruments Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Systems is a leading developer and manufacturer of field-proven (RFID) solutions used in a broad range of applications worldwide. In 1991, TI became the first multi-national semiconductor company to market RFID systems with the introduction of TIRIS (Texas Instruments Registration and Identification System) An RFID system from TI that uses a 3.6x29mm cylindrical tag. Reading can be done from as far as 40 inches away. See RFID. (Texas Instruments Registration and Identification System). For more information, contact Texas Instruments RFid Systems at 1-888-937-6536 (North America) or +1 214-567-4364 (International) or visit their Web site at www.ti-rfid.com. Texas Instruments Incorporated provides innovative DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive and analog technologies to meet our customers' real world signal processing requirements. In addition to Semiconductor, the company's businesses include Sensors & Controls, and Educational & Productivity Solutions. TI is headquartered in Dallas, Texas and has manufacturing, design or sales operations in more than 25 countries. Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbol TXN TXN Texas Instruments (stock symbol) TXN Transaction (databases) TXN Tunxi, China (Airport Code) TXN Tarxien (postal locality, Malta) . More information is located on the World Wide Web at www.ti.com. About 3M 3M is a $16 billion diversified technology company with leading positions in health care, safety, electronics, telecommunications, industrial, consumer and office, and other markets. Headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, the company has operations in more than 60 countries and serves customers in nearly 200 countries. 3M businesses share technologies, manufacturing operations, brands, marketing channels and other important resources. 3M, which marks its 100th anniversary this year, is one of the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average Dow Jones Industrial Average The best known U.S. index of stocks. A price-weighted average of 30 actively traded blue-chip stocks, primarily industrials including stocks that trade on the New York Stock Exchange. and also is a component of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. For more information about 3M, go to www.3M.com or www.3M.com/profile/pressbox/index.jhtml. |
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