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Fluensee's Yard Management System: Start of Something Big?

Thursday, June 28, 2007

This week’s release of Fluensee’s Yard solution, which helps companies manage complex trailer yard environments, has raised the question in RFID Update and other media outlets: How fast will managers take the bait?

“With the yard becoming a pressure point for companies that need to more effectively respond to customer service requirements, while improving cost control, we’ve updated our Yard solution to help businesses stay a step ahead, from the gate to the yard to the dock,” said Tim Harvie, CEO of Fluensee, in a press release. “The new Fluensee Yard solution goes beyond yard visibility by also arming managers with business intelligence for strategic workflow planning, dynamic task assignments and accurate asset and labor management.” [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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VingCard Elsafe, provider of hospitality security and part of ASSA ABLOY Group, has been selected by Grand Hyatt San Francisco to provide a complete package of VingCard Elsafe solutions for installation as part of the renovation of its 659 guestrooms.

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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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Ottowa’s Spoonity is gearing up to launch an NFC-based mobile rewards program for local restaurants and cafés, reports Katana EMC.

In October, Spoonity received a $30,000 grant to develop the mobile system, which it plans to roll out early next year. In the meantime the start-up has introduced a card-based version that enables customers to ditch their various loyalty cards in favor of a single Spoonity key fob.

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The Indian start-up ArrayShield Technologies has entered the two-factor authentication market in India and is looking for value-added resellers, managed service providers and system integrators to help it become a player in this field, which it estimates to be nearly Rs 2 billion.

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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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