MARC RFID Compliance Kit Fulfills Supplier Needs by Meeting Wal-Mart and DoD Requirements; MARC Global Partners with OATSystems to Deliver Proven RFID.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2004 MARC Global, the leading provider of supply chain execution solutions for the world's most demanding companies, today announced the expansion of the MARC Global product suite with the addition of two comprehensive and proven Radio Frequency Identification See RFID. (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. ) offerings: MARC RFID Compliance Kit(TM) and MARC RFID Enterprise Edition(TM). Additionally, the company has entered a strategic alliance with OATSystems, Inc., the developer of the world's most widely deployed standards-based RFID solutions. MARC Suite(TM) RFID Solutions MARC RFID Compliance Kit is an easy-to-implement and affordable solution aimed directly at fulfilling Wal-Mart and Department of Defense (DoD) requirements. The MARC solution is standards-based and complies with Class 0 and Class 1 reader support as required for full compliance. The Compliance Kit delivers printing of RFID Electronic Product Code (EPC (1) (Entertainment PC) See HTPC. (2) (Electronic Product Code) A standard code for RFID tags administered by EPCglobal Inc. (www.epcglobalinc.org). ) tags in-line or at shipment and allows verification of content and delivery. It meets the requirement for EPC management, tag quality assurance (including the situation where different form factor tags are required for different product characteristics), case-to-pallet linkage linkage In mechanical engineering, a system of solid, usually metallic, links (bars) connected to two or more other links by pin joints (hinges), sliding joints, or ball-and-socket joints to form a closed chain or a series of closed chains. and EPC-enabled Advance Ship Notices (ASNs). Scalability has been proven to over 6,000 transactions per second In a very generic sense, the term Transactions Per Second refers to the number of atomic actions performed by certain entity per second. In a more restrictied view, the term is usually used by DBMS vendor and user community to refer to the number of database transactions performed and can support 100-plus readers on a low-cost server. MARC RFID Enterprise Edition goes far beyond mere customer compliance to deliver more value from RFID. In addition to the functionality offered in the MARC RFID Compliance Kit, Enterprise Edition delivers the following key value:
-- Reduced costs
-- Reduces need for manual inspection and RF data entry
-- Reduces capital expenditures through improved asset
utilization
-- Reduces need for safety stock via more efficient
supply-chain management
-- Minimizes expenses associated with theft and loss
-- Provides better regulatory tracking and tracking alerts,
and keeps regulated materials under tight control
-- Reduces counterfeiting through tight real-time tracking
-- Reduces perishable spoilage through product status alerts
(including temperature sensing)
-- Greater efficiency
-- Ensures optimal production and inventory levels through
"self-regulating" supply chain
-- Eliminates time-consuming and error-prone manual processes
via automated data capture
-- Improved service
-- Results in fewer stock-outs due to better inventory
regulation
-- Reduces pricing and shipping errors due to more accurate
data capture and management
-- Increased profitability
-- Increases profits through better inventory and production
management
-- Provides better, more profitable decisions via real-time
visibility
-- Results in more profitable operations through streamlined
processes and automation
"Our MARC Suite RFID solutions are unique because they are field proven. With the flurry Flurry A drastic volume increase in a specific security. of RFID announcements and continuously evolving standards, it is only too easy for companies to choose an RFID solution that boxes them out of future value and potentially the very compliance they seek," said Oliver Cooper, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , MARC Global. "At a time when companies are trying to get a return on their RFID investment, they need assurance that their solution will work right the first time and have the integrity to scale to the more complex applications the technology will deliver in the future. Our offerings are simple to deploy and use, and they offer the comprehensive capabilities and configurability that our customers are accustomed to, while eliminating risk through proven implementation performance. Based on our success in this area, we guarantee successful implementations of all of our offerings to our customers." MARC Global and OATSystems Partnership MARC Global's expanded RFID offerings are built upon OATSystems' Senseware(TM) middleware Software that functions as a conversion or translation layer. It is also a consolidator and integrator. Custom-programmed middleware solutions have been developed for decades to enable one application to communicate with another that either runs on a different platform or comes from a platform. MARC Global and OATSystems have formed a strategic partnership to jointly pursue the emerging market for RFID-enabled supply chain execution solutions. Since 2001, OATSystems has been at the heart of standards and technology development at MIT's Auto-ID Center (now EPCglobal), having deployed the middleware for the Center's initial field trials. OATSystems has successfully completed over 20 comprehensive RFID implementations for pharmaceutical, CPG CPG central pattern generators. , retail, logistics and DoD clients. "Like the entire MARC Suite, MARC RFID is designed to offer maximum configurability and adaptability a·dapt·a·ble adj. Capable of adapting or of being adapted. a·dapt  a·bil to the ever-changing needs our
customers have in their warehousing environments. Partnering with
OATSystems to incorporate their Senseware RFID middleware, which
provides sophisticated data filtering and robust device management and
monitoring in order to abstract the complexity of RFID for enterprise
applications, enables us to focus on the value-added applications of
RFID technology throughout our product suite," said Ronald Riggin,
CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. , MARC Global."MARC Global is an excellent company to partner with as they have solved many of the complex challenges that very demanding customers have faced," said Prasad Prasāda (Sanskrit: प्रसाद), prasād/prashad (Hindi), Prasāda in (Kannada), prasādam (Tamil), or prasadam Putta, CEO, OATSystems. "The MARC Suite product line is highly functional, well proven and very easy to configure See configuration. (software) configure - A program by Richard Stallman to discover properties of the current platform and to set up make to compile and install gcc. Cygnus configure was a similar system developed by K. allowing it to be adapted to the ever-changing needs these companies have. Both of our companies' products are proven and designed with agility, ease of deployment and use, and low cost of ownership in mind. It is a strong combination that provides synergy The enhanced result of two or more people, groups or organizations working together. In other words, one and one equals three! It comes from the Greek "synergia," which means joint work and cooperative action. for our customers." About OATSystems Founded in 2001, OATSystems, Inc. is the developer of the world's most widely deployed standards-based RFID solutions. The company has worked closely with MIT's Auto-ID Center to develop many of the key standards and technologies that make commercial deployments of RFID possible. OATSystems' Senseware(TM) - the company's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. - provides a complete and powerful standards-based RFID solution for companies in the retail, CPG, manufacturing, pharmaceutical and logistics markets. OATSystems is headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts The Town of Watertown is a city[1] in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 32,986 at the 2000 census. History Watertown, first known as Saltonstall Plantation, was one of the earliest of the Massachusetts Bay settlements. , with a development office in Hyderabad, India. The company is privately held, and is backed by Matrix Partners and Greylock. For further information, visit www.oatsystems.com. About MARC Global MARC Global is the supply chain execution solutions company that has improved customer fulfillment ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. , profitability and cash flow for the world's most demanding companies by solving their most complex supply-chain challenges with its MARC Suite(TM) offerings. MARC has consistently proven to help companies achieve superior operational productivity and competitive advantage. MARC Global is a leader in several industries, including pharmaceutical, automotive, high tech, 3PL, retail supply, retail and CPG, and has offices in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific. MARC Global provides products and services worldwide that have been proven successful in over 220 customer implementations in 24 countries and in 9 languages managing billions of dollars worth of supply-chain transactions every day. MARC Global customers include many companies that make up the global Fortune 500. For further information, visit www.marcglobal.com. About MARC Suite Fulfillment Solutions MARC Suite includes solutions for Warehouse Management, Transportation Management and Inventory Distribution Optimization optimization Field of applied mathematics whose principles and methods are used to solve quantitative problems in disciplines including physics, biology, engineering, and economics. . MARC Suite offers unmatched adaptability, configurability, proven functional capabilities, flexible integration and world-class technology solutions that meet the highly diversified requirements of companies with complex supply-chain and distribution requirements. MARC Suite incorporates Oracle's latest 9i technology; operates across all leading Unix and Windows platforms; integrates with current systems, including SAP, Oracle, JDE JDE Java Development Environment JDE Journal of Dental Education JDE Journal of Distance Education JDE J. D. Edwards and Company JDE Job Descriptor Entry (Xerox) JDE Joint Multi-User Detection and Multi-Channel Estimation JDE Joint Defence Exercise , legacy and ASRS ASRS Aviation Safety Reporting System ASRS Arizona State Retirement System ASRS Automatic Storage and Retrieval System ASRS Automated Storage & Retrieval System ASRS Adult Self-Report Scale ASRS Anion Self-Regenerating Suppressor (Dionex) ; and provides configurable tools for advanced supply chain execution applications including warehouse management, labor management, activity-based billing, event visibility, global trading, transportation management, inventory distribution optimization and enterprise content exchange integration. MARC Global's software products have been deployed to customer sites on projects ranging in scope from mid-sized to the world's largest. |
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