Report Summary

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