Real-time Location Services (RTLS):
Applications, Services and Company Analysis

Published: December 2008
76 Pages
Author:
Sanjay Chatterjee
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Overview

This unique report addresses core technology and business aspects of real-time location services (RTLS) and guides the reader through the most important aspects of enabling technologies including RFID.  It covers the critical factors and gives the user the views about the different kinds of RFIDs.  The report also addresses the advantages and the bottlenecks for deployment of RTLS applications, evaluating available solutions and the methodologies. The report includes an exhaustive study of leading RTLS companies.
 
Different types of RTLS are evaluated and the standards and protocols related to them. The report has a great focus on the applications and the key areas that can be addressed by RTLS giving special attention to Vehicle Tracking, Port/Yard Management, Inventory Management and Real Time Tracking solutions. The report also provides an analysis of the most widely used RTLS applications today and provides a vision for anticipated future applications.


Key Focus Areas
 
  • RTLS using GPS, WiFi, RFID
  • Protocols and Standards of RTLS
  • Types of RFID tags and their applications
  • The Classifications and advantages of RTLS
  • Various mandates regarding RFID focusing on RTLS
  • Current applications and next generation RTLS applications
  • RFID Industry grow and penetration of RTLS into our daily life
  • Importance of RTLS for large scale tracking and management
  • GPS based tracking w/o active RFID and implementation of the system
  • Analysis of RTLS companies with focus on their applications, solutions and products
  • RFID and RTLS business and spheres of influence including healthcare, yard/port management
Companies Evaluated 
  • AeroScout
  • Identec
  • Savi
  • Intelleflex
  • Ekahau
  • Tagsense
  • WhereNet
  • Pinc Solutions
  • ContainerTrac
Target Audience 
  • 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
  • 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
  • Healthcare management personnel responsible for tracking patients, staff personnel, equipment, inventory, and other critical resources
  • Retailers and personnel responsible for merchandise inventory and ordering processes, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Merchandise tracking and fraud prevention
  • Companies interested in optimizing their RFID business process strategies for Tracking and Telemetry with a special focus on large scale tracking.
  • Venture Capitalist and Startup companies
Table of Contents

Section I - Introduction to RFID
 
Understanding How RFID Works
Types of Tags
Passive
Semi Passive
Active
Active Tags with Sensors and GPS
 
Difference between Active and Passive RFID
 
Fields of Application
 
Privacy issues
 
Preventive Measures
 
Section II - RFID in Practice
 
Manufacturing
 
Picking
 
Retails
 
Applications of RFID
 
Prevalent Application Types
Item Tracking
Inventory Monitoring
Asset Monitoring
 
Section III - Introduction to Real Time Locating Systems (RTLS)
 
Introduction to Real Time Locating Systems (RTLS)
 
The Need and Purpose of RTLS
 
Discriminating the various types of RTLS
 
Classification of RTLS
Passive RFID based RTLS
GPS based RTLS
Active RFID based RTLS
Active RFID based RTLS with customizations
Proprietary RTLS Solutions
 
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
 
Section IV - Standards and Protocols
 
RFID Standards and Protocols
 
Standards and Protocols of RTLS
 
RTLS Services and Contracts
 
Precision Factors related to RTLS
 
RTLS Evaluation Techniques
 
Section V - RTLS Applications
 
Applications of RTLS using Passive RFID
 
Applications of RTLS using Active RFID
 
Application of RTLS using WiFi
 
RTLS applications using GPS & GPRS/CDMA/WiFi
 
Next Generation RTLS Applications using Sensor Networks
 
A short outlook into the RTLS Software Applications
 
Section VI -Evaluation and Feasibility of RTLS in Industry
 
Evaluation of the Key areas of Application for RTLS
Item Tracking and Tracing
Inventory Monitoring in Yards and Docks
RTLS in Automotive Industry
RTLS in Healthcare
RTLS in Public Safety
 
RTLS Applications of the Future
 
Section VII - Growth Analysis of RTLS and Bottlenecks
 
Growth Analysis of RTLS
 
Predictions of the most flourishing RTLS a
 
The Major drawbacks of RTLS
Antenna
Collision Characteristics
Privacy
 
Ways to overcome the bottlenecks
 
Section VIII - Company and Product Analysis
 
Key Players in the RTLS Domain
 
Company Analysis
 
AeroScout
Identec
Savi
Intelleflex
Ekahau
Tagsense
WhereNet
Pinc Solutions
ContainerTrac
 
Section IX - Conclusions
 
Conclusions



Sanjay Chatterjee is an expert in ZigBee and Active RFID systems. He has developed Tracking solutions, Message Communication systems, Sensor Networks for environment sensing using ZigBee. He has successfully developed a rapidly deployable, self configurable, self healing Tracking System with Active RFID along with the GUI, and a handheld based active RFID reader/writer using the ZigBee protocol and transceiver.


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