ORLANDO—RFID Journal Live 2007—April 30, 2007—Vue Technology, the leading provider of RFID
networking and item-level solutions, today unveiled another breakthrough by announcing
a completely mobile version of its enterprise class TrueVUE RFID Platform. By
delivering the core capabilities of the TrueVUE RFID Platform in a mobile offering,
Vue Technology is enabling RFID to deliver tangible value into new solution areas.
For example, manufacturers and retailers can now leverage item level RFID to
streamline vendor managed inventory, remote tagging and promotions compliance.
“Traditional RFID
infrastructures are well-suited for deployment in fixed locations such as
retail, distribution and manufacturing sites,” noted Robert
Locke, CEO of Vue Technology. “With TrueVUE Mobile, we are
providing a complete RFID platform that can serve different locations on
different days, enabling the use of RFID across a broader range of environments
and application areas.”
Until now, item
level RFID applications were reliant upon fixed RFID infrastructure such as
dock door, portals, fixed readers and the software to run the systems. Even
with the integration of “mobile read points” (provided by handheld readers and
mobile carts), the read points have required a connection to a permanent RFID
and network infrastructure, restricting their use to fixed environments.
With TrueVUE Mobile,
not only will customers have a robust application for handheld and mobile
devices, but all of the necessary RFID software functionality typically
available only in fixed RFID implementations can now be installed and used on a
standard Windows-based laptop. The
TrueVUE Mobile platform will communicate directly with an RFID enabled handheld
through the laptop’s 802.11g wireless connection without requiring the laptop to
have any link to a corporate network or the Internet connection. By eliminating the need for fixed
infrastructure and network connectivity, mobile workforces can now become truly
RFID enabled.
By leveraging Vue
Technology’s enterprise application functionality, once the laptop is connected
to a network, the RFID data gathered while offline can be aggregated and
managed by Vue’s centralized management software, providing visibility of the
RFID data across the enterprise.
“TrueVUE Mobile
represents a significant advancement in RFID technology,” added Tim von Kaenel,
SVP Product Management & Business Development. “By delivering the
functionality of a proven item level RFID infrastructure on a standard laptop
and RFID enabled hand held, we are leveling the playing field for manufacturers
and retailers, making item level visibility more accessible, convenient and
affordable to a much broader market.”
The TrueVUE Mobile
solution will open up new application areas for RFID such as enabling manufacturer’s
field sales representatives to quickly gain inventory visibility at
distribution and retail sites. With this
visibility, manufacturers, distributors and retailers alike will benefit from improved
on floor availability, increased operational efficiencies, reduced shrinkage, increased
store orders and improved customer relations.
Another critical
feature of TrueVUE Mobile is the support for RFID tagging in remote locations, whether
for exception-based tagging, tagging across distributed sites or special
promotions tagging.
The TrueVUE Mobile
solution can be tailored to an individual customer’s needs, with the base
offering including:
- TrueVUE Site Manager – Licensed to
support up to 2 local RFID devices (RFID Handheld, RFID Printer, etc).
- TrueVUE Essentials Reports – Including inventory
count, misplaced items, replenishment, out of stock, and expired items
reporting.
- TrueVUE Essentials Tagging – Module to
support remote tagging of products and assets.
- TrueVUE Essentials Mobile - Complete workflow suite for
handheld devices.
- TrueVUE Commissioning - Local license to
generate and manage RFID numbers used in tag writing.
TrueVUE Mobile is on
display now through May 3 in the Avery Dennison booth (# 812) at RFID Journal
LIVE! 2007 in Orlando.
The product will ship at the end of Q2
with pricing starting at $6,995.
About Vue Technology
Vue Technology is
the leading provider of item-level RFID solutions, offering breakthrough RFID
infrastructure components and a powerful software suite that delivers the most
scalable, reliable, and ROI-driven RFID solutions on the market. Vue’s TrueVUE™
RFID Platform provides the industry’s only unified RFID infrastructure that
allows customers to manage dock doors, portals, mobile devices, smart surfaces
and smart shelves to achieve RFID visibility down to the item-level.
With its patented RF
Networking devices and UHF enabled VUEPointsTM, Vue allows standard
readers to network across thousands of antennas, exponentially increasing the
number of zones that readers can support and dramatically reducing the cost
barriers previously associated with item-level RFID roll-outs. Combined with an integrated software suite for
device and network