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Fluensee's New Yard Stuff

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

RFID-enabled asset management and supply chain solution provider Fluensee is rolling out a new version of its Fluensee Yard product, the company announced this morning.

The “solution” is a browser-based yard management system intended to provide enhanced planning, management, and RFID visibility capabilities – with the goal of making it even easier for companies to insightfully manage the largest and most complex yard environments. [end] 

Ascendent ID announced the latest release of its RFID-based yard management system for semi trailers, shipping containers, and other large moveable assets.

Trailers and containers are tracked with Ascendent’s long range RFID tags. Multiple lane readers are also installed at yard entrances, exits, and critical choke points for automated date and time capture of passing trailers. Ascendent ID’s Avera LodeStar web-based yard management software features a mapped, graphical representation of the customer’s yard, with search results highlighted on the map for quick identification.

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Fluensee, a provider of RFID-enabled asset management and supply chain solutions, has announced that their Fluensee Yard solution will be picked up by Penske Logistics to provide real-time visibility to company trucks and trailers.

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Murata and Beta LAYOUT announced a joint venture to launch an RFID starter kit aimed at printed circuit board (PCB) engineers and developers aspiring to incorporate RFID into their electronics design.

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Exel, a contract logistics provider, released a case study about a joint deployment at its multi-customer trans-load facility in Southern California.

For this project Exel partnered with Motorola for RFID and PINC Solutions to develop a yard management system. Trailers from various shippers arrive at the facility, and upon arrival, each receives a temporary RFID asset tag. Once applied, the tag enables the facility to track the movement of the trailer, reporting its position in real-time. When trailers exit the facility, tags are removed.

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The New Zealand Post (NZPost), a state-owned operation that manages the country’s postal service among some other services for citizens, has begun offering passport and digital photo services with software from biometrics developer Daon that includes facial recognition, fingerprint scans and voice samples to be attached to the data, according to a Stuff.co.nz article.

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Linen Technology Tracking has selected Fluensee AssetTrack to optimize the laundering and inventory tracking of towels, linens, hampers and other related assets to its various hospitality customers.

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