Radio Frequency Identification Technology for Logistics, Tagging and EPC

Benchmarking ODIN

Sunday, April 3, 2005

Looking to stem failure rates &emdash; sometimes as high as 50% &emdash; due to mismatched or out of synch RFID tags and readers, a Reston, VA company has developed a benchmark report that can assist end users in determining the right kind of tag and reader for their particular environment.

“One of the things we realized was that there are a lot of marketing claims out there and users had no way to differentiate one from the other,” said Bret Kinsella, vice president of operations and marketing for ODIN Technologies. “Every tag manufacturer said they had the best product, but there was no way to test this. It was a lot of trial and error with nothing based on RF science.”

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ODIN has released EasySpecimen - a health care, RFID-based solution recently designed to automate tracking and data entry for medical center pathology labs.

Mayo Clinic, a nonprofit provider in medical care, research and education, has selected ODIN as its RFID software collaborator to replace and upgrade its legacy RFID system and commercialize the patented technology. Mayo is implementing the EasySpecimen RFID solution across its 42 GI/Colorectal Endoscopy suites and Anatomic Pathology Laboratory at its Rochester, MN facilities.

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Zebra and Checkpoint Systems have entered into a cooperative relationship and licensing agreement. While the exact terms of the transaction were not disclosed, the relationship does bring together Zebra’s active location solutions with Checkpoint division OATSystems’ passive RFID, auto-ID and sensor capabilities.

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Proclaiming its entrance into the RFID space, Honeywell introduced part of a new product portfolio designed to bring efficiency to the retail industry, the Optimus 5900 RFID mobile computer.

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SML Group Ltd announced the launch of its new “ViziT” RFID item visibility solutions for the retail apparel and item tracking applications.

The ViziT solutions include a range of RFID/EAS enabled paper and woven labels, as well as tickets and sticker that can be attached to garments and stacked items. Using the SML ViziT IT cloud based data management software also provides for semi automated inventory control, as well as improved loss prevention by triggering alarms and item identification at the store exit.

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The NATO SEASPARROW Project Office has selected ODIN as their RFID partner in a new initiative to reduce costs of maintaining the SEASPARROW missiles.

The program entitled Health Monitoring of the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile leverages ODIN RFID to capture temperature, humidity, shock and vibration data. The ODIN solution offers accurate results in strict conditions and prevents accidental detonation by meeting stringent Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance compliance.  

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Leo InnoTech (LIT) and UPM RFID have carried out a large-scale item-level RFID implementation for a Chinese apparel company focusing primarily on warehouse logistics optimization.

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