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Zebra Technologies, a global leader in delivering on-demand specialty printing solu-tions for business improvement, and a leader in the design and manufacturing of RFID smart label printer/encoders, presents the Zebra R110Xi3 Plus radio frequency identification (RFID) printer/encoder with XML-enabled technology.

Zebra is the first company to develop and bring to market an Extensible Markup Language (XML)-enabled bar code and RFID smart label printing solution designed for companies using ERP, warehousing and supply chain/logistics software. The Zebra R110Xi3 supports Oracle E-Business Suite 11i, WMS, MSCA and Oracle Sen-sor-Based Services to meet RFID compliance mandates and other business improve-ment initiatives.

The R110Xi3 is built on Zebra’s proven Xi series platform and offer an unprece-dented level of on-demand printing flexibility for tag placement and label size (4-inch and 6-inch print widths). The Xi series also support XML encoding for seamless inte-gration into enterprise systems, automatic inlay position calibration for easier smart label formatting, program position for flexibility of transponder placement, and multi-ple power levels for precisely encoding small labels.

Zebra Xi series XML-enabled printers includes ten sample Oracle label format. These label formats match the ten seeded types that Oracle includes with its WMS/MSCA applications. The labels types are pre-defined with Oracle data fields and already associated with the business flows of the application. The intent is to enable fast configuration and early success for Oracle WMS/MSCA end-users.

Zebra’s R110Xi and R170Xi are the only printer/encoders to embed Mulit-Protocol RFID reader module, using advanced software radio technology to read and encode virtually any EPC tag without compromising performance. The reader’s unique soft-ware architecture allows remote software upgrades for new protocols, including the forthcoming EPC Generation 2, which will be downloadable free of charge on Ze-bra’s Web site.

For more information, contact James M. Young ([email protected]).

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The adoption of RFID technology today allows organizations to stay ahead of the curve and achieve a certain level of business benefit. However, turning the promise of RFID into a sustainable competitive advantage depends on how effectively you turn the vast amounts of data collected into operational intelligence. Mountains of data, encompassing all aspects of the business value chain, will push the boundaries of information management in terms of scalability, reliability, and security. The key value to capturing this data will be the ability to impact your business processes across your entire supply chain without creating information silos to address separate appli-cations.

Oracle Sensor-Based Services provide companies looking to adopt RFID technology with a comprehensive set of capabilities to capture, manage, analyze, access, and re-spond to data from sensors such as RFID, location, and temperature. Based on Ora-cle’s mature, proven technology - including Oracle Database 10g, Oracle Application Server 10g, Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g, and Oracle E-Business Suite 11i - Oracle Sensor-Based Services enable companies to quickly and easily integrate sensor-based information into their enterprise systems to gain near-perfect supply chain visibility and leverage this insight to optimize business processes.

Learn how Oracle and our partners can help you maximize the return on your RFID and sensor technology investments and become a Real-Time Enterprise.


RFID provides the link between the physical world of assets and the information technology world. By connecting your assets through RFID or EPC and combining that with information from the sensors and controllers in the physical world, organi-zations will have the potential to achieve a level of optimization and profitability that will take competitive advantage to a new level.

The left hand side of this diagram depicts the physical world—the readers, tags, sen-sors, printers, responders, etc. that are part of the physical environment. The right hand side depicts the IT world, which consists of the basic components required to effectively incorporate physical world information into your information systems.

While many companies are analyzing the physics of RFID and determining where to place tags and readers, the information architecture that processes the data from the physical world is critical to maximizing the return on sensor-based computing invest-ments. Effective linkage and utilization of the data coming from the physical world requires a reliable, scalable event-driven information architecture.

Oracle Sensor-Based Services provides a comprehensive end-to-end information management solution to capture, manage, analyze, access and respond to events hap-pening in your enterprise.

Physical World IT World RFID



Tata Consultancy Services, a champion of flexible global business models, is partner-ing with Oracle to support Oracle® Sensor-Based Services for RFID initiatives.

In 2003 TCS announced the establishment of a dedicated RFID practice and the founding of a Center of RFID Excellence to build technical competence and create assets around RFID solutions. As an ongoing part of the Oracle-TCS relationship, TCS has undergone a significant evaluation process to be chosen as a partner for Oracle Sensor-Based Services. With key pieces already in place, TCS today possesses the capabilities to assist organizations in connecting the disparate components offered in the RFID marketplace.

“Our relationship with Oracle has developed significantly over the years, and TCS has a long history of designing and developing industry-specific solutions based on Oracle technologies,” said Mr. N. Chandrasekaran, Vice president and E-Business Practice Director, Tata Consultancy Services.

TCS’ RFID practice offers services covering the full spectrum of RFID deployment including business consulting, architecture design, RF equipment selection and instal-lation, software development and implementation, and systems integration and main-tenance. TCS’ RFID practice is staffed by core RFID technology experts, who are supported by business domain experts from various industry practices and technology experts drawn from the TCS E-Business service practice.

The TCS-Oracle relationship represents an extension of the two companies’ collabo-ration for more than a decade in developing solutions for business organizations worldwide. TCS is a Certified Advantage Partner in the Oracle® PartnerNetwork, the highest level of partnership recognized by Oracle. TCS has existing Centers of Excel-lence dedicated to Oracle Server Technology and E-Business Suite, with significant investments in people, processes software and hardware infrastructure, tools and assets.

For more information, contact Prasad Raju ([email protected]).


"RFID must be deployed as part of a complete system that allows organizations to capture, move and manage information to and from the point of business activity," said Phil Lazo, vice president and general manager of Symbol's RFID Infrastructure Division. "Symbol's introduction of the DC 400 and MC9000-G with RFID further demonstrates that RFID is not a stand-alone technology which is disconnected from the network and unmanageable."

"The Symbol MC9000-G with RFID enables employees working at the edge of the enterprise to play a critical role in enterprise mobility by capturing information from both RFID tags and bar codes, helping them to move information faster, so real-time decisions can be made," continued Lazo. "RFID technology must be part of a tightly integrated solution that combines both mobile and fixed RFID readers with other enterprise mobility elements in order to enable organizations to capture, move and manage critical information from the dock door to the retail floor."

Symbol's DC 400 is the industry's first EPC-enabled turnkey RFID portal solution designed specifically for industrial dock doors and portal environments. The DC 400 is an easy-to-install, remotely managed 900MHz RFID solution that will allow manu-facturing facilities, distribution centers, and retail stores to read class 0 (read only and read/write) and class 1 RFID tags at all shipping and receiving points, without human intervention. The ruggedized design of the DC 400 portal solution was created spe-cifically for the harsh environmental conditions of a warehouse.

Symbol has partnered with Infologix as an Oracle Systems Integrator. InfoLogix - a world-class leader in E-Mobile technology - provides businesses and institutions with innovative mobile data solutions. As a first to market, InfoLogix has recently intro-duced the RFID SR1000 Edge Server. The SR1000 Edge Server features the Oracle Sensor Server component of Oracle Application Server 10g as the filtering and inter-face management application necessary for successfully integrating RFID technology with customers’ back-end systems.

For more information, contact Steve Christensen([email protected]).



The “physical world” of RFID and sensor technology will generate massive quantities of data. To realize a sustainable competitive advantage from sensor-based computing, you need to turn that data into operational intelligence and use it to transform the enterprise, agency, or value chain.

The five challenges that IT systems need to address are:

• Capture Information Sensor-based information must be captured from a wide array of hardware plat-forms, including RFID readers, location and temperature sensors, light stacks and more. This can create a huge development overhead to integrate applica-tions with these different hardware paradigms.

Information Challenges RFID


• Manage Information Sensor-based computing creates an explosion of data and events. The challenge comes in creating a single source of truth for RFID data that is scalable, reliable, and secure on a common flexible infrastructure. The new information architec-ture must integrate with existing information sources, applications and business processes, and facilitate the development of new, value-generating applications and business processes.

• Analyze Information Data and events must be analyzed in near real-time to provide the business intel-ligence and business activity monitoring for continuous process improvement.

• Access Information Incoming data needs to be made available throughout the supply network to trigger critical business processes. This includes providing the information inter-nally to all relevant enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications and exter-nally to trading partners and customers.

• Respond to information and Events A sensor-based computing solution should allow for organizations to manage by exception and respond to events triggered from their supply chain. Employees must be empowered to access, interpret and act on information when and where they need it.

An event-driven architecture with integrated support for RFID will enable the real-time enterprise.



R4 Global Solutions designs, deploys and manages RFID technology and related systems. R4 customers are Global 2000 companies in the Retail, Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, Logistics and Federal (DOD, DLA) industries. R4 has been a pioneer in the RFID industry, delivering a number of the first live RFID implementations associated with leading retail initiatives from Wal*Mart, Target, and Albertsons. R4 has been an early and active leader in RFID standards and intellectual property efforts, and is a member of EPCglobal. R4 oper-ates two leading RFID applications engineering/"Laboratory" facilities, in San Fran-cisco, CA and Dallas, TX which showcase leading RFID-related software, hardware and business processes.

R4's core competencies lie in three areas:

• RF engineering evaluation/testing, design, implementation and integration

• Supply chain strategy and business process in focus verticals

• Enterprise systems architecture, implementation and integration

The R4 Oracle practice focuses on the development and deployment of RFID solu-tions built around Oracle technologies, including Oracle WMS, Oracle Sensor Edge Server, Application Server and Database products. The Oracle RFID platform inte-grated with RFID technologies from industry leaders Alien Technology, Symbol/Matrics and the Printronix automated print-and-apply solution can be seen in action at the R4 San Francisco RFID Applications and Engineering Center.

For more information, contact Jose Morales ([email protected]).


Painless Compliance with Industry Mandates: To play a role in any supply chain, companies must communicate with their providers, partners and customers using the most effective and universal technology. Today, that technology relies on the synergy of RFID and Smart Label bar code technology.

Loftware Premier Plus RFID adds the power of RFID to the already rich features of Loftware’s proven print server engine. Robust drivers enable Loftware customers to print 64- and 96-bit Smart Labels using the latest RFID-enabled thermal transfer printers. Thanks to EPC compliance tools, it’s easy to create and print SSCC, SGTIN and SGLN labels for systems of any complexity, including Oracle’s WMS and MSCA applications.

Immediate Productivity: Given an RFID printer and the appropriate label stock, Loftware Premier Plus RFID users can start producing RFID labels almost immedi-ately from their Oracle systems and go right into production on a massive scale. The intuitive graphical user interface and extensive documentation combine to accelerate label design, even for those with limited knowledge of RFID technology. Users can start from scratch or convert existing bar code labels. Current Loftware customers can modify their existing labels and be up and running with SSCC and SGTIN com-pliance. For organizations that are implementing Loftware’s state-of-the-art technol-ogy for the first time, installation and integration is intuitive and straight forward.

Proven Enterprise-Wide Integration: Loftware Premier Plus RFID supports any combination of bar code and RFID printers simultaneously. Its EPC-compatible Smart Labels can contain any arrangement of human-readable, bar code and RFID information. And, because the solution handles both RFID Smart Labels and legacy bar code labels simultaneously, there is no need to implement, upgrade and support separate systems. This level of enterprise-wide integration is unparalleled in the label printing industry.

For more information, contact David Martin ([email protected]).



Oracle offers enterprises looking to adopt RFID and other sensor-based technologies flexible options depending on where they are in the adoption cycle. Implementation options include:

• EPC Compliance Enabler To comply with recent mandates from Wal-Mart, Department of Defense, Metro, Target, and others, Oracle offers a packaged RFID compliance solution, which includes a pre-built compliance application coupled with the necessary services to ensure rapid deployment.

• RFID/EPC Pilot Kit For companies exploring RFID and sensors, Oracle offers an RFID pilot kit - ideal for prototype testing and pilots. The Oracle RFID pilot kit includes drivers for leading RFID readers, and reporting capabilities and advanced business intel-ligence tools, providing companies immediate visibility into business processes.

• Sense and Respond Infrastructure Oracle’s proven technology provides companies with the tools to integrate sen-sor data into existing applications for RFID-enabled business processes. With Oracle’s comprehensive enterprise infrastructure, companies can start small and cost effectively scale their RFID pilots to global deployments using Oracle’s scalable, reliable, and secure Grid computing infrastructure.

• RFID- and Sensor-Enabled Applications Oracle E-Business Suite will enable enterprises to transform and automate their business processes by taking advantage of sensor-based information. The next version of Oracle Warehouse Management includes RFID capabilities to im-prove inventory control and extend supply chain visibility. Additional Oracle E-Business Suite modules will support RFID and sensor-based services in the near future.

Flexible Implementation Options Oracle Sensor-Based Services


RFID and sensor-based technologies offer great potential for a variety of industries, including manufacturing, retail, government, and healthcare. No matter what your industry, Oracle offers a solution that allows you to take advantage of the opportu-nity, while maximizing your return on investment.

• Architect to Reduce Risk The key ingredient to greater returns on RFID expenditures is building upon the right information architecture. Oracle delivers RFID-enabled applications, soft-ware infrastructure, and tools that can get you up and running more quickly and cost-effectively - today. Oracle Sensor-Based Services exploit the powerful data and application integration capabilities of Oracle’s Information Architecture.

• Leverage Your Existing Investments Oracle Sensor-Based Services allows customers to adopt RFID at their own pace and grow their solution as needed. Leveraging Oracle’s grid computing platform, Oracle Sensor-Based Services enables RFID solutions at a low integration, im-plementation and maintenance cost.

• Automate and Optimize Business Processes Oracle Sensor Based Services ensure that operational intelligence gained through analysis is applied to continuously refine business processes to secure optimum and sustained competitive advantage. Real-time intelligence capabilities enable enterprises to identify, model, and apply statistical inference to trends within their operational environment, enabling them to anticipate and plan for environ-mental or business practice changes. Integration, process modeling and monitor-ing capabilities and an event-driven architecture ensure that enterprises quickly respond to changing business dynamics.

Oracle provides the most comprehensive, secure, long-term data management solu-tion. When you think about an RFID and sensor-based technology solution, turn to the company that has been managing data for more than 25 years.

Maximize Return on RFID Investments

Oracle Sensor-Based Services



Oracle Application Server 10g, along with Intermec Technologies’ Oracle-ready RFID hardware, enables business-to-business and application-to-application integra-tion of RFID. Because Oracle embedded RFID data capability within the existing framework of the Oracle Database and Oracle Application Server, users are able to significantly reduce the risks, and control the costs often associated with adopting RFID technology by having increased functionality to develop unique RFID applica-tions for their Oracle-ready, Intermec RFID readers and printers. Intermec has made their Intellitag® RFID readers and printers Oracle-ready by pre-loading an Oracle Database Lite client on the units. With Intermec Intellitag application interfaces inte-grated into Oracle Application Server 10g sensor-based technology, customers like the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center are to develop an end-to-end RFID solu-tion.

Intermec offers the Oracle Application Server Development Kit for quick integration and deployment of customized RFID solutions. This kit provides the RFID hardware along with embedded Oracle Application Server 10g for an out-of-the-box RFID solution for pilot programs that are fully scalable for a general project rollout. The Oracle Application Server 10g embedded with Intermec Intellitag RFID is specifically targeted to the OPN channel.

Intermec RFID products already are being used in a multitude of government and commercial applications around the world from manufacturing, food processing, security and logistics applications in the United States, to retail and logistics applica-tions in Europe, to bio-hazard waste management in Africa and transportation sys-tems in Japan. An active participant of EPCglobal Inc., Intermec supports open stan-dards and global interoperability, ensuring companies’ investment protection as RFID global standards continue to evolve.

For more information, contact Keith Hall ([email protected]).


RFID-EPC is not a "tomorrow" technology- you need a strategy today to meet your customer's developing requirements. Intel is at the forefront of RFID-EPC develop-ment and deployment. Spurred by industry mandates and potential business benefits, many companies are implementing sensor-based computing initiatives. Early adopters are finding that the attaching and reading RFID tags to their products is just a begin-ning. Sensor-based computing generates volumes of data, and much of RFID's busi-ness value comes when that data is filtered, proliferated into a wide variety of applica-tions, and used to transform decision-making and streamline business processes.

Computing solutions from Intel and Oracle provide a strong foundation for success with RFID and other sensor-based computing initiatives. Oracle Sensor-Based Ser-vices, including Oracle Database 10g, Oracle Application Server 10g, Oracle Enter-prise Manager 10g, and Oracle E-Business Suite 11i, provide comprehensive capabili-ties for capturing, managing, analyzing, access and acting on sensor-enabled data. Platforms based on Intel building blocks offer an open standards-based architecture, outstanding performance and a clear roadmap to future technology advances from tag readers and wireless information-access devices at the edge of the organization, to massive database and application servers in the data center. Oracle and Intel work closely together to ensure exceptional performance and compatibility between their products and optimize their solutions to meet end-user requirements. Both compa-nies provide industry-leading services that can provide strategic and tactical guidance on how to plan for and implement sensor-based computing.

Whether your business or agency is aggressively deploying RFID solutions or just beginning to test the waters, you can promote your success by identifying ways you can use sensor-based data to improve business processes within the organization and across your value chain; developing a scalable, distributed information architecture; and deploying solutions based on Oracle and Intel technologies. With those steps taken, you can move forward with the confidence that you've paved the way for your investments in sensor-based computing to deliver maximum business value.

For more information, contact Steve Mattos ([email protected]).



F o r r e s te r W av e TM RFID Middleware for Future Scalable Deployments, Q3 ’04

Forrester Report Highlights Oracle’s Leadership in RFID Middleware

Underscoring Oracle's scalable Sensor-Based Services offering, research firm Forres-ter Research confirmed in its recent RFID middleware report, Evaluating RFID Mid-dleware, that Oracle is a leader in RFID middleware for companies looking to scale out their RFID deployments. The report states that the Oracle database and data hub technology is at the heart of the Oracle RFID middleware architecture, making it a good option for Oracle shops and firms with a heterogeneous IT systems environ-ment looking to create a single source of truth for all RFID data.

Enable Scalable Deployments Oracle Sensor-Based Services

Source: Evaluating RFID Middleware, Forrester Research, August, 2004

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The Oracle EPC Compliance Enabler offers enterprises a pre-packaged solution to meet RFID mandates from Wal-Mart, DOD, Metro, Tesco, Target, Albertson’s, Car-refour and others. Built on the world’s leading data management software, Oracle Database 10g and Oracle Application Server 10g, Oracle’s EPC Compliance Enabler offers the most efficient and cost-effective solution for compliance.

The Oracle EPC Compliance Enabler enables suppliers to ship RFID labeled cases and pallets to customers who have issued RFID and EPC mandates. This flexible solution supports processes that apply RFID labels during the picking or shipping process to generate advanced shipment notices (ASNs) or at some point prior to that association, such as when the material comes off the manufacturing line or is first received into the warehouse.

The Oracle EPC Compliance Enabler offers the following functionality:

• Data Import and Validation – Import ASN data from any system (Oracle, other ERP or legacy) into the EPC Compliance Enabler via database tables, XML or Web Services. Automatic validation of imported data. Manual correc-tion of imported data.

• EPC Generation – Generate EPCs based upon a set of configurable rules. Supports GTIN and SSCC. Configurable encodings (e.g. 64-bit, 96-bit, etc.).

• RFID Label Printing – Print RFID labels with EPC data for outbound ship-ments. EPC Compliance Enabler generates XML to drive the label printing process.

• Verification – Verify all cases are on pallet for shipment. Read EPCs of ship-ments to track seen cases and pallets. If extra cases are read or not “enough” cases read, error notification delivered to response devices (e.g. light stack, mes-sage board, audio). Device support is enabled through Oracle Sensor Edge Server, which includes out of the box drivers to RFID readers and a framework for building additional drivers to other RFID hardware.

Meet RFID Mandate Deadlines Oracle EPC Compliance Enabler



InfoLogix - a world-class leader in E-Mobile technology - provides businesses and institutions with innovative mobile data solutions. InfoLogix’ total solution approach is built from experience gained on over 3000 mobile data collection implementations. We offer companies assurance that, with our network of leading technology partners, InfoLogix can provide complete answers to companies’ mobile information technol-ogy requirements, from concept to completion and beyond.

A pioneer in RFID technology, InfoLogix has implemented RFID solutions in both pilot and production environments. Companies requiring integrated RFID systems can look to InfoLogix to provide a complete solution for their compliance or supply chain initiatives. As a technology integrator, InfoLogix builds best-of-breed solutions utilizing hardware from leading manufacturers, including Zebra, Intermec, Matrix, Alien, Symbol, and TagSys.

InfoLogix also understands that the ability to “read the tag” does not deliver on the potential promised by RFID. As part of a truly integrated solution, companies need to be able to capture, manage and respond to the increased data volumes generated by RFID compliance and supply chain initiatives.

As a first to market, InfoLogix has recently introduced the RFID SR1000 Edge Server. The SR1000 Edge Server features Oracle’s Internet Application Server 10g as the filtering and interface management application necessary for successfully integrat-ing RFID technology with customers’ back-end systems.

The InfoLogix SR1000 Edge Server is a full-function, ruggedized micro computer (w/Microsoft Windows® or Linux) in a single, compact wireless package. It offers the combination of RFID (Class O and 1; and UHG Gen 2 when available), and IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless communication.

For more information, contact Joe Clay ([email protected]).


EnvironMax offers a powerful value proposition that can be stated simply but with an underlying recognition of the job that needs to get done:

• Save lives and money.

• Automate compliance.

• Manage real-time enterprise.

As the best-of-breed EMIS solution, we go well beyond the competing supply chan-nel and other inventory tools that are simply lists. EnvironMax is a true transaction management tool which tracks materials, the associated people, places and processes and interacts with the myriad of regulatory and business rules that uniquely influences hazardous inventory management and compliance with federal and state law.

The purpose of Project ChemSecure is to develop and test methods and demonstrate the feasibility of using Sensor-based Technology (RFID), to manage, control, monitor and track hazardous materials and hazardous waste and provide automated notifica-tion to the proper authorities – security personnel, first responders, transportation officials, environmental officials, and etc. – when certain parameters or criteria are exceeded or a potentially hazardous situation occurs. The key differentiating benefit of Sensor-based technology is that it enables unmanned surveillance, data acquisition and activity control in key operational needs. It has the potential for a strong ROI and safety benefit as well as positive impact on operational efficiency.

For more information, contact Robert Waits ([email protected]).



• Data Export – Export updated ASN. Flexible export formats include database tables and XML files. Further B2B integration available with Oracle Application Server Integration

Oracle provides a comprehensive, flexible and configurable EPC Compliance Enabler for companies needing to comply with various industry mandates. Benefits of the Oracle solution include:

• Meet the Deadlines – The EPC Compliance Enabler is a small footprint solution that can be quickly installed to meet compliance mandates.

• Integrate with Existing Systems – The EPC Compliance Enabler is a standalone solution that can easily integrate with any existing ERP system (Oracle or other) or legacy system.

• RFID Hardware Agnostic – Built on top of the Oracle Sensor Edge Srever, EPC Compliance Enabler is a hardware agnostic application. Plug and play new RFID hardware into the EPC Compliance Enabler at any time. As RFID tech-nology advances and deployments become global, the EPC Compliance Enabler can easily support new RFID readers and printers.

• Start Small and Grow – Built on Oracle Database 10g and Oracle Applica-tion Server 10g, the EPC Compliance Enabler not only provides the first step in adopting RFID technology, but also provides the infrastructure to scale to large deployments quickly and seamlessly upgrade to Oracle Warehouse Management for further business optimization and increased ROI.

RFID and sensor-based technologies offer great potential for a variety of industries, including manufacturing, retail, government, and healthcare. No matter what your industry, Oracle offers a solution that allows you to take advantage of the opportu-nity, while maximizing your return on investment.


Oracle Warehouse Management (WMS) provides advanced, real time warehouse man-agement functionality with integrated RFID and EPC support. WMS provides mo-bile (RF) computing using hand held radio frequency (RF) devices, PDAs, and lift truck mounted RF scanners. Transactions can be performed on these wireless devices at the point of use, thus offering real time transaction processing, improved data accu-racy and increased mobility and convenience – while preserving the general business processes of the underlying applications and without data duplication. Built on Oracle Database 10g and Oracle Application Server 10g, WMS features RFID-enabled pallet– and case-level tagging for automatic processing of inbound and outbound shipments, thus enabling companies to easily identify, track and manage pallets and cases as they move through the supply chain. The improved order visibility will enable organizations to make more informed decisions about production, inven-tory stock, delivery promise dates, and quickly adapt to fluctuating market demands. Additionally, the automated, real-time tracking capabilities will help improve security and cut costs associated with manual processes.

Oracle Warehouse Management provides:

• RFID — RFID-enabled pallet– and case-level tagging for automated inboud and outbound shipments

• Compliance — Compliance with EPC mandates from Wal-Mart, DOD, Metro, Albertson’s, Best Buy and others.

• Device Support — Compatibility with RFID readers and printers from lead-ing vendors including Alien, Intermec, Matrics, Tyco, Zebra and more.

• RFID Label Printing and Customer Compliance Labeling — Define and print RFID labels on demand or triggered automatically by any WMS event.

Real Time Shipping / Receiving Oracle Warehouse Management

* Requires WMS Cumulative Update #1



Deloitte Consulting is the premier multi-disciplinary consulting Firm. Deloitte helps clients address improvement initiatives in a holistic fashion (eg. finding tax savings associated with technology investments, ensuring Sarbanes compliance associated with business process changes), helping clients achieve tangible ROI. Deloitte is one of Oracle's leading implementation partners; one of the few with seamless global rollout capabilities.

Deloitte attracts experienced industry consultants who understand the unique operat-ing characteristics of clients in a variety of industry segments. This background, cou-pled with strong Oracle technical skills, results in design and configuration of Oracle that is practical for each company's unique operating environment.

Deloitte is widely recognized by third party industry analysts (ie. Gartner, Meta, For-rester, Dataquest) as the consulting firm of choice for collaborative project execution. There is a strong emphasis on knowledge transfer, that results in clients who can self-sufficiently maintain their Oracle environment post-Go Live.

Deloitte has been a leader in the development of Oracle's RFID product development effort. Deloitte was actively involved in testing the Edgeserver beta software. Deloitte has also worked with a number of customers through the various stages of RFID Application Opportunity Assessment, through Pilot Development, and Pro-duction Deployment. Our consultants provide technical expertise ranging from physical tag/package characteristics to transaction system integration and user

training programs.

Deloitte is a leader in Wireless Technology applications and Oracle systems develop-ment. Let us help you design practical business solutions.

For more information, contact Rick Bishop ([email protected]).


Capgemini offers customers premier data management services for RFID operations. This is based on Capgemini’s own industry expertise in Retail, CPG, Media, and Sup-ply Chain management in addition to adherence to Wal*Mart’s RFID compliance requirements. As an Oracle Certified Advantage Partner, Capgemini offers their RFID practices and expertise on both Oracle’s technology and applications stacks.

As respective industry leaders, Capgemini and Oracle offer a unique partnership to meet your data management needs.

Capgemini offers premier data management services for RFID operations. Capgem-ini has been selected by Wal*Mart as one of the top system integrators that suppliers can leverage for RFID compliance initiatives. This is based on Capgemini’s own industry expertise in Retail, CPG, Media, and Supply Chain management. In recogni-tion of their RFID expertise, Wal*Mart selected Capgemini as a top systems integra-tors to leverage for compliance standards.

Oracle Sensor-Based Services are a comprehensive set of capabilities to capture, man-age, analyze, access, and respond to data from sensors such as RFID, location, and temperature. Oracle Sensor-Based Services enable companies to quickly and easily integrate sensor-based information into their enterprise systems. These devices are based on Oracle Database 10g, Oracle Application Server 10g, Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g, and Oracle E-Business Suite 11i; all proven and mature industry prod-ucts.

As an Oracle Certified Advantage Partner, Capgemini offers their RFID practices and expertise on both Oracle’s technology and applications stacks. Together, their joint partnership leverages Capgemini’s extensive expertise in related vertical markets and Oracle’s application and technology footprint therein.

For more information, contact Kevin Huston ([email protected]).



• Material Handling Systems Integration — Integration to storage and retrieval systems, carousels, conveyors and automated guided vehicles using pre-built integration kits as well as open API’s.

By taking advantage of Oracle's data management expertise, Oracle Warehouse Man-agement customers can track, store and manipulate RFID in real-time, without com-promising security, high availability and performance. Combining Oracle WMS with Oracle's technology strength provides companies the ability to accommodate the huge volume and increased granularity of transactions, and the flexibility to meet their changing order fulfillment requirements - without requiring them to act as system integrators in this new and rapidly changing area.

Oracle WMS allows the user to implement comprehensive warehousing best practices to automate and optimize material handling processes to reduce labor costs, improve facility utilization, increase order accuracy and provide innovative services to custom-ers. Oracle WMS is part of the Oracle E-Business Suite, an integrated set of applica-tions that are engineered to work together to turn your business into an E-Business.


For companies exploring RFID and sensor technology, Oracle provides a RFID/EPC Pilot Kit — ideal for pilots and prototype testing. The kit provides all the soft-ware required to start capturing and analyzing your RFID data for improved insight on your business processes.

With the Oracle RFID/EPC Pilot Kit:, you are ready to capture RFID and sensor data with out of the box drivers to leading RFID readers and printers. Filtered data is securely stored in a sensor data repository built on the Oracle Database. Sensor re-ports provide immediate visibility into your business processes and the tools to track and trace your assets.

This small footprint solutions provides everything you need to get started. But most importantly, you’ll be able to scale to a global enterprise deployment because you’re building on the proven, mature technology of Oracle Database 10g and Oracle Appli-cation Server 10g.

Start Small... Oracle RFID/EPC Pilot Kit



BullsEye Computing Solutions Inc. specializes in Bar Code and RFID solutions for Oracle’s E-Business Suite and is an early adopter of Oracles RFID Edgeware and Compliance software. BullsEye is enhancing its EZRF™ mobile solution to incorpo-rate Oracles RFID software applications and to utilize RFID hardware from the lead-ing hardware vendors. This integrated RFID solution offers your company a cost effective package to begin an RFID pilot, or to meet the RFID compliance issues your company is facing.

BullsEye has an extensive background in Supply Chain, Inventory Control, Ware-house Management and Data Collection applications. Our company offers complete mobile solutions ranging from state of the art mobile application software to Bar Code and RFID hardware from leading manufactures. We also provide complete system integration services including site surveys and installation of RF networks and Bar Code and RFID hardware. BullsEye offers RFID and Bar Code hardware from the leading hardware and third party software manufactures such as Intermec, Sym-bol /Matrics, Zebra Technologies, LXE, SAMSYS, Loftware and others.

BullsEye offers Bar Code and RFID education and assessment programs to get you started, as well as training programs to keep your employees informed of the best use and operation of the data collection hardware and software their company has pur-chased for them. With offices in the US and Asia, BullsEye is well positioned to sup-port your customers worldwide.

For more information, contact Brian McGrane ([email protected]).


BearingPoint is a leading global business advisor and systems integrator. Our experi-enced professionals help organizations around the world set direction to reach their goals and create enterprise value. By aligning their business processes and information systems, we empower our clients with the right business solutions to gain competitive leadership advantage-delivering measurable results in an accelerated time frame.

Our Global RFID Solutions are aimed at helping clients discover creative means and methods of unlocking supply chain efficiency. The solution focuses on creating an automatic way to collect information about a product, place, time or transaction quickly, easily and without human error.

As an objective business advisor, systems integrator and leading Oracle implementer, BearingPoint offers the experience and resources to guide your organization through the steps of creating an integrated RFID program that meets both your needs and the needs of your trading partners. Through our experience and rationalized ‘ecosystem’ of technology partners, including Oracle, BearingPoint provides a one-stop, end-to-end RFID assessment and deployment option to our clients.

Whatever the stage of your RFID program, BearingPoint can help refine your focus and align the myriad software, hardware and process elements involved.

Our RFID solution can help your organization:

• Create a clear direction and strategy;

• Reduce uncertainty;

• Deploy with confidence;

• Achieve measurable results; and

• Sustain improvement

For more information, contact Brian Higgins ([email protected]).



Enterprises deploying a global RFID and sensor-based computing strategy need a scalable enterprise information architecture with integrated RFID and sensor support that can manage the entire lifecycle of the assets you are tracking. Oracle Sensor-Based Services offers a complete sense and respond infrastructure for capturing, man-aging, analyzing, accessing and responding to RFID and other sensor data in the physical environment. Oracle’s sense and respond infrastructure provides a Sensor Edge Server for reader and device management, a Data Hub for data management in context, Integration services to enable quicker communication with internal systems, customer and partners, Business Process Management capabilities, Business Intelli-gence tools to analyze the data, Development Tools that enable access from desktop, mobile, wireless, voice and portal applications, Enterprise Manager for manageability of your entire enterprise infrastructure and Grid technology. Built on Oracle Database 10g and Oracle Application Server 10g, Oracle Sensor-Based Services offers the in-dustry’s most scalable and reliable RFID middleware platform.

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Oracle Sensor Edge Server provides the link to the physical world by connecting to RFID readers, sensors and response devices at the “edge” of the infrastructure. The Sensor Edge Server captures, filters and dispatches data to the center of your IT infra-structure and relays instructions from the rest of the IT infrastructure to response devices such as light stacks, printers and other material handling equipment. Captured data is normalized to ensure consistency between sensors and to reduce the amount of data that needs to be handled by the network and applications.

Key features of the Sensor Edge Server include:

• Sensor Data Collection — Integrate with any sensor source including RFID readers, printers, temperature, motion, pressure, location, and any re-sponse device such as light stacks, message boards and sound systems. Extensi-ble driver architecture to easily develop and implement custom drivers to plug in to the Sensor Edge Server. Supported vendors include Alien, Intermec, Patlite, Symbol / Matrics, Tyco, Zebra and more.

• Sensor Data Filtering — Cleansing and normalization of data from individ-ual sensors and groups of sensors. Only relevant data is passed onto further layers of application infrastructure. Pre-built filters include: Pass-Thru Filter, Pallet Pass-Thru Filter, Shelf Filter, Pallet Shelf Filter, Check Tag Filter, Cross Reader Redundant Filter. Extensible filter framework enables development of custom filters for custom event processing requirements.

• Sensor Data Dispatcher — Guaranteed message delivery between the RFID reader or other sensor and the application. Supported dispatch options include Oracle Streams, JMS, Web Services, HTTP Post. Extensible dispatcher framework enables development of custom dispatchers that plug into the Sensor Edge Server.

• Device and Server Management — Monitor and manage RFID readers and other devices connected to your Sensor Edge Servers with built-in heartbeat

Real Time Data Capture Oracle Sensor Edge Server



Smart businesses know that technology for technology’s sake simply doesn’t make sense. That’s why Allstream RFID Solutions focus on the integration of your data sources to enable real-time business. By taking the time to assess your organization’s needs and determining how you can best leverage technology to meet your objectives, Allstream ensures you only implement RFID solutions that further those goals and improve your overall business performance.

A successful RFID implementation seamlessly integrates RFID technology into your existing supply chain infrastructure. With solid expertise and experience in this field, Allstream is uniquely positioned to help you do just that. Whether you’re adopting RFID to comply with a recent company mandate, deploying an RFID solution as a global business strategy, or simply exploring the potential of the technology in a phased approach, Allstream can help ensure you achieve your business objectives.

Allstream has partnered with world-class companies like Oracle to deliver RFID Solu-tions, enabling us to provide:

• standards based offerings;

• applications delivered through the network to leverage your investment;

• the ability to leverage the infrastructure already in place;

• uptime and full support through redundant infrastructure and monitoring;

• integration with multiple business applications; and

• scalable solutions that can begin small and ramp up as your business require-ments grow.

This phased approach – from simple tag tracking to implementation and aggregation of multiple data sources – reduces possible barriers to entry, allowing you to take advantage of the technology quickly and cost effectively to enhance inventory control and access.

For more information, contact David Barkwell ([email protected]).


RFID EcoSystem Oracle Partners

Consulting & System Integrators

Applications

Hardware Platforms

Devices (Tags, Readers, Printers)

Network


monitoring and error status reporting. Configure RFID readers and sensors, drivers and filters from a centralized management console.

• Flexible Deployment Options — Deploy the Sensor Edge Server as a lightweight standalone server or integrated in a complete application suite envi-ronment..

Whether you are looking to implement a small RFID pilot or a global deployment, Oracle Sensor Edge Server can help you manage your RFID device, sensors and re-sponse devices. Key benefits of the Oracle Sensor Edge Server include:

• Insulating application developers from the differences in hardware technology and the shifts in evolving standards.

• Simultaneous support for multiple, different RFID readers, sensors and response devices.

• Local processing and filtering to reduce the load on applications and provide only relevant events to enterprise applications.

• Scalable solution, supporting global deployments.

• Extensible architecture to quickly add new sensors and response devices to your IT infrastructure.


Sensor data is wide and varied, and so are the applications that need to use it. Unfor-tunately, with standalone applications managing interpretation, information easily becomes unsynchronized, leading to inconsistent data, and ultimately conflicting con-clusions. Reconciliation becomes impossible without access to the original sensor data.

To achieve true visibility into enterprise-wide operations, RFID and sensor readings need to be managed centrally in a coherent way. Instead of storing sensor data in individual silos, all sensor readings should be stored in context so the measurements can be interpreted to detect relevant events.

Oracle Database 10g provides the foundation for a “Single Source of Truth.” To-gether with the Oracle Sensor Edge Server and the sensor data repository, Oracle offers an integrated source of consistent information, derived from, and fully trace-able to your original sensor data. Sensor readings captured and filtered by the Oracle Sensor Edge Server are automatically stored in the sensor data repository. By correlat-ing this sensor data with information already in the repository, a temporal view is created, keeping track of the world in real time, while maintaining data integrity.

Applications no longer need to keep sensor readings and the associated information synchronized. Oracle takes care of managing this information for you—assembling, securing, and distributing the information automatically. Applications only need to focus on the business logic, where they create value in your enterprise.

As an information user, you can go back in time to formulate your own interpreta-tions from the base facts. Because the sensor data repository contains a full temporal record of all sensor data, you can pose questions that you could not foresee at time of design, and have them answered from this single source of truth. The sensor data repository provides the synchronized information that applications need, so informa-tion architecture complexity stays simple and scalable.

Data Management in Context Oracle Database


“NASA Dryden Flight Research Center in partnership with the Department of De-fense implemented the ChemSecure solution using RFID tags to track hazardous chemicals in real-time. Built on the Oracle Sensor Edge Server and Oracle Database with integration to the Hazardous Material Management System, ChemSecure enables the enforcement of Dryden’s chemical management business processes and provides users full and cost-effective control over their chemical inventory management.”

-- Ralph Anton Chemical Program Manager, NASA Dryden

“As the world's leading express and logistics company, DHL is committed to investi-gating new and promising technologies to maximize operating performance and cre-ate optimal value for our shipping and logistics customers. Currently, DHL is com-pleting pilots around the world to test RFID technology with the support of compa-nies like Oracle.”

-- Trevor Pierce Global RFID Program Director, DHL

Customers Oracle


EPCglobal is leading the development of industry-driven standards for the Electronic Product Code™ (EPC) to support the use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in today’s fast-moving, information rich trading networks. Oracle is a member of EPCglobal and is committed to providing standards-based solutions for our custom-ers and ensuring that our RFID solution meets the interoperability requirements while delivering the most scalable and cost effective solution.

Standards Oracle

The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) is a non-profit, international, volun-tary consensus standards organization that is leading the development of standards for GIS, spatial and location based services with a strong focus on sensor web en-hancement. Oracle is a Principal member of the Open Geospatial Consortium and sits on its Board of Directors.


Relating location to business processes and events provides a unique source of busi-ness intelligence that can’t be obtained from conventional reports. Spatial or location information becomes even more important as large networks of sensors come into wider use.

Oracle Spatial and Location Services offer a natural complement to RFID and sensor-based services. Oracle Locator, Oracle Spatial 10g, and Oracle Application Server MapViewer 10g provide everything you need to spatially-enable databases, applica-tions, and entire enterprises. According to IDC Research, Oracle is used by 80-90% of enterprises for spatial information management.

Oracle’s spatial capabilities, in combination with Oracle’s RFID and Sensor-Based Services, provides a unified architecture that offers the tightest and easiest integration with Oracle Database 10g and the Oracle E-Business Suite of enterprise applications. This combination provides the lowest-risk path to sensor-enable and spatially-enable your business.

Putting Business on the Map Oracle Spatial and Location Services


Data captured from RFID readers and other sensors need to be integrated with exist-ing enterprise systems. Fragmented data, disparate applications, lack of automation, and a disconnected supply chain slow you down and cost you money. You need to respond more quickly to change, connect more closely with partners and customers, and squeeze more value out of existing resources.

Oracle Application Server offers a single platform for all of your integration chal-lenges, providing capabilities for standards-based data and process integration within the enterprise as well as business-to-business integration. With Oracle Application Server, you can connect RFID and sensor information with disparate information sources so they exchange data seamlessly. And you can streamline business processes and collaborate with your partners.

Oracle Integration is a standards based platform for integrating people, processes and information. It provides industry-leading technology for connectivity, data integration, process automation, business-to-business integration and business activity monitor-ing.

• Oracle Application Server Adapters – provides broad connectivity to over 200+ different applications and technologies including packaged applica-tions (e.g. Oracle Apps, SAP, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Siebel Systems, etc.), legacy systems (CICS, IMS, Tuxedo, etc.) and a wide range of technologies.

• Oracle BPEL Process Manager – model driven approach to service or-chestration using the industry endorsed standard, BPEL - Business Process Exe-

Drive Process Efficiencies Oracle Integration


RFID and sensor technology provides a wealth of new data, but it is useful only if decision makers can receive comprehensive, up-to-the minute information whether they are at their desk or traveling outside the office. Likewise, your supply chain will only become more efficient if partners and customers have visibility into product inventory and product tracking data. Oracle’s comprehensive set of development tools enables employees, partners and customers to collaborate in real time and access information from the desktop, wireless, or voice devices.

• Oracle JDeveloper - Integrated development environment with end-to-end support for modeling, developing, debugging, optimizing, and deploying Java applications and Web services. The innovative Oracle Application Development Framework simplifies J2EE development by providing a visual and declarative development model. Oracle JDeveloper's "productivity with choice" offers a choice of development approach, technology scope, and deployment platform.

• Oracle Application Server Portal - Single source of interaction with cor-porate information and the focal point for conducting day-to-day business with integrated RFID data. Combines a rich, declarative environment for creating a portal web interface, publishing and managing information, accessing dynamic data, and customizing the portal experience along with an extensible framework for any web-based technology including J2EE-based application access and Web Services. User-centric model enables different portal view for employees, part-ners and suppliers.

• Oracle Application Server Wireless – Extend the reach of your applica-tion beyond the company walls with wireless, voice and 2-way messaging access. Stay informed alerts and notifications via e-mail, SMS, MMS, fax, and voice.

• Oracle Database Lite – Develop and deploy high-impact, mission-critical applications for mobile and small footprint devices. Oracle Database Lite uses data synchronization to reliably and securely exchange data between an Oracle Database and a remote environment. Workers can utilize corporate information and perform functions while disconnected from the enterprise database.

Enable Real Time Access Oracle Development Tools


With all the new data captured from RFID and other sensors comes the possibility to make better business decisions and assess risks and opportunities. Oracle provides the technology foundation needed to build a complete and integrated solution for Busi-ness Intelligence and Data Warehousing so that you can get more timely and accurate intelligence. Oracle Database 10g, Oracle Application Server 10g, and Oracle Devel-oper Suite allow users to rapidly develop and deploy data warehouses and data marts with a complete and integrated array of reporting, querying, and analytic capabilities.

Oracle Database 10g is an analysis-ready database with ETL, OLAP, and Data Mining built right into the data server where analysis takes place. Oracle Application Server 10g comes with built-in portal and services that allow easy development and delivery of customized intelligent information to all. Oracle Developer Suite comes with tools to build and manage the data warehouse, to build applications, and to provide easy access and distribution of information across the enterprise. This comprehensive set of tools will allow you to realize the operational intelligence based on all the RFID and sensor data captured.

Improve Business Insight Oracle Business Intelligence


cution Language. With Oracle BPEL PM users can orchestrate Web Services, JCA adapters, and other interactions in a service oriented architecture - this ap-proach will reduce the cost and complexity of integration projects because it leverages the existing IT environment..

• Oracle Integration B2B - Certified to support all leading business-to-business (B2B) standards, including UCCNet, EDI, RosettaNet, OAGIS. Oracle Integration B2B enables organizations to communicate with vendors and suppli-ers who mandate specific standards such as Cisco, Intel, Wal-Mart, Home Depot and Lowe's.

Using Oracle Integration, customers can deploy standard based composite applica-tions involving RFID, quickly and efficiently.

The Real-Time Enterprise becomes a reality when RFID technology is used to auto-mate business processes such as reconciling shipments received against the Advanced Shipment Notification. Using Oracle BPEL Process Manager, the business process can be modeled such that when the RFID Reader reads the RFID tags for pallets and cases, a reconciliation process is initiated. Different business rules may be applied for reconciliation based on the value of products received. The Oracle BPEL Process Manager provides tools for design, test, debug and deployment of the business proc-ess. The business process can be easily modified and business rules changed with evolution of business needs. The ability to model, test and optimize business proc-esses provides an opportunity for every business to get high ROI on their RFID In-vestments.


Executive and line of business managers are asked to operate in increasingly complex environments and are pressured to rapidly respond to threats and pursue opportuni-ties in record time. To effectively monitor and control composite business operations, managers need more than just access and alerts; they need to be able to quickly as-semble and analyze a contextual view of any situation—taking into account both historical and current information such as objectives, past performance and external forces. They also need to be able to share their findings with other people throughout their organization and either take action directly or delegate action.

To achieve this, an unified information systems that can deliver enhanced managerial vision and agility is required. Key business performance information must also be delivered in a timely and contextual environment.

Oracle Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) addresses these requirements by provid-ing real time visibility to critical business performance indicators within an enterprise. BAM provides line enterprises with instant awareness and empowers users to develop appropriate responses to real time events taking place across the organization.

From the BAM Dashboard, a business manager is able to monitor, analyze, and respond to exceptions that occur within an enterprise in a timely fashion. BAM is specially designed to meet the needs of the business managers and provides them with information about their busi-ness activities in the context of business objectives, past performance, and exter-nal factors so they can quickly make well-informed decisions to resolve prob-lems, avoid risks and capitalize on op-portunities.

Real Time Monitoring Oracle Business Activity Monitoring


Oracle Business Activity Monitoring offers the following:

• Business Events — Capture business events such as customers, inventory items and purchase orders from a wide variety of enterprise information systems.

• Create Composite Events — Correlate and filter events from differet EISes into a composite event.

• Metrics & KPIs — Metrics and KPIs allow performing complex calculations and analysis on composite events.

• Alerts — Alerts are notifications to users based on thresholds defined on met-rics and KPIs. Two types of alerts are supported. (i) Threshold violation alerts, and (ii) Threshold atRisk alert.

• Real-Time Visulization — A rich set of real-time visualization capabilities are provided for displaying the latest event information.

Oracle Business Activity Monitoring provides the most comprehensive and advanced real time monitoring tool available in the market today to visualize, monitor and track the RFID-tagged assets in your enterprise and supply chain.

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