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Primary Tracking RFID Services
RFID Printing, Labeling,
Application Service
Two Ways to Get RFID Labels
Now there are two ways you can get RFID labels
for Wal-Mart compliance or your own corporate project. You can purchase blank
Alien RFID Tags from us and encode them yourself – OR – let Primary Tracking do
the work for you!
Let us print your RFID labels
Not ready to invest in RFID equipment and you
need RFID labels now? Here's a simple solution for you. We can print any image
in black, including graphics, bar codes, etc. We will encode the RFID chip with
your data and verify that the data is correctly coded before it's shipped. All
you have to do is apply the label to your individual items, cartons or pallets
and ship it! And if you would like, we can even apply these labels for you –
either on a conveyor or by hand.
RFID Physical Architecture
Consulting
Primary Tracking’s RFID system design and
physical architecture services define the customer's RFID computing
infrastructure and develops a plan for site installation, network layout and
deployment. Our service offering includes:
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RFID hardware evaluation service
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RFID tagging strategy service
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Site assessment service
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RFID network design service
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RFID network installation & testing
service
RFID Hardware Discovery Service
Selection of appropriate RFID technology is a
challenge in itself because of vast differences between the readers. Reader
vendors have also been releasing newer versions of their products to address
changing standards & new applications. We offer Alien Hardware and Tags,
integrated with Primary Tracking Software Modules to meet your system
requirements and then to evaluate the specific Alien (and other vendors) RFID
readers, printers, label applicator systems and tags that meet those
requirements. We use our experience, from our industry-leading RFID Lab and
Warehouse, with industry leading hardware to evaluate and benchmark these
devices against your application requirements, cost, footprint, scalability;
backward compatibility and future upgrade requirements. We document our
recommendations, test results, costs and risks for your implementation.
RFID
Tagging Strategy
There is no "one size fits all" solution to every
RFID installation scenario because of the number of material, packaging,
environmental and application variables that can affect the working and hence
selection of tags. For example, metals and liquids pose challenges that need
consultation from good RFID engineers to help solve it.
In addition, different kinds of tags are
available depending on the specific need, and of course with different prices.
Read/write tags cost more than read-only tags, but they can have information
added to them in their transit affixed to pallets, cartons or items.
We help you develop an overall tagging strategy
for your products that includes tag placements and packaging layout that will
provide optimum read/write accuracy. We test tag placement scenarios on your
products in our lab and document our recommendations with tag costing model and
its application scenarios.
Site Assessment Service
Every environment where RFID is to be installed
can be expected to be different from an RF or wireless perspective. Potential
interference from wireless networks, short-range radios, and so forth can scale
down the RFID system performance. Sources of this interference can be behind
walls, around corners, or otherwise hidden. Also, some environments impose
mechanical and/or chemical considerations on RFID engineering that need to be
addressed. Will there be vibration? What's the potential for normal operations
to damage the equipment?
Conducting a site survey is a prudent practice to
help understand customer requirements for an RFID installation in the context of
the facilities where it's to be deployed; it's an indispensable activity to
gather the information needed to define the deployment requirements; and to
predict the performance of the RFID solutions to those requirements. Primary
Tracking/ Alien-trained field technicians go on site to determine the optimal
number, read/write location and type of RF access points and other qualified
network components required to provide optimal RF coverage in your facility.
RFID Network Design Service
Primary Tracking will work with you to produce
the best of breed RFID network infrastructure blueprint. Our service includes
review of your existing network environment including the current annualized
network infrastructure cost. We will discuss with you the business requirements,
and will then define the new RFID network hardware configuration, software
application portfolio, PC LAN services configuration, network layout,
implementation cost plus the necessary customization to meet those specific
requirements.
RFID Lab
Service
Primary Tracking has a state-of-the-art RFID lab
and Warehouse that is used to simulate development and deployment scenarios,
system testing and staging. Our customers use this service to accelerate their
RFID application deployments. We also offer lab services where we build custom
RFID applications and run experiments to simulate your warehouse environment.
From Manufacturing, distribution, to retailing, Primary Tracking can help you
integrate RFIDs into your total system including RFID packaging, GPS
connectivity for tracking, and video surveillance for security of high dollar
items.
Installation Service
We offer RFID installation services where various
installation scenarios are used on site to study the behaviors of the RFID
hardware. These studies result in identifying the number of readers to be placed
for a given process and the location, which may be best for Read/Write accuracy
and reliability.
Antennas mountings are optimized to take
advantage of the reflective properties of the site and fine tuned for maximum
performance. Our field technicians understand FCC part 15 requirements to ensure
cable optimization, wiring and placement requirements.
RFID Warehouse Management
We have a 30,000 sq ft
warehouse that is available to help you immediately comply with Wal-Mart and
other large Retailers’ standards for RFID compliancy. We have a complete
facility to help you unload, smart tag, store, pick, stage, and reload your
shipments. And if you would like, we could arrange to have a qualified
transportation company pick up your shipment and deliver it to anywhere in North
America.
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