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SkyeTek launches MetaFi sales chain application

Monday, August 25, 2008

SkyeTek Inc., a Colorado-based provider of embedded RFID solutions for field-based applications, has introduced MetaFi, an application service for sales chain optimization. The new sales chain application enables manufacturers to improve the visibility of goods as they move from the factory to customer locations, providing accurate, real-time data on field-based inventory and employees.


MetaFi integrates RFID and wireless technologies to automatically collect, analyze and act on data from mobile field representatives and remotely located smart containers including cabinets, totes and shelves. The increased visibility should result in better inventory tracking, increased sales productivity, faster invoice-to-cash cycles and quicker removal of expired or defective products.

SkyeTech has traditionally focused on RFID-embedded platforms for field-based applications. MetaFi is opportunity for the company and its customers to make better use of the data streams provided by RFID readers already installed in customers’ field operations for other purposes, offering a turn-key application to manage inventory throughout the sales chain. [end] 

SML Group Ltd announced the launch of its new “ViziT” RFID item visibility solutions for the retail apparel and item tracking applications.

The ViziT solutions include a range of RFID/EAS enabled paper and woven labels, as well as tickets and sticker that can be attached to garments and stacked items. Using the SML ViziT IT cloud based data management software also provides for semi automated inventory control, as well as improved loss prevention by triggering alarms and item identification at the store exit.

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Orange Business Services is working together with Auchan Group, the international food retail group, to offer a real-time tracking solution to monitor the routing of plastic creates which carry fruits and vegetables in its French supermarkets.

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The CBORD Group rolled out version 6 of its Odyssey PCS card system that features online and mobile control of activities and sales. It also includes AdminWeb, making it easy to access current information on-the-go.

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GlobalPlatform has launched the first in a series of online guides that will explain in simple terms the association’s current projects and technologies.

Up now on the GlobalPlatform Web site, the first guide covers Trusted Execution Environments (TEE), or the hardware and software on a mobile device that ensures that sensitive data is stored, processed and protected.

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Turkcell, Turkey’s largest mobile operator, has announced the launch of its Cep-T Cüzdan NFC mobile wallet application on BlackBerry Bold 9900 smart phones.

Turkcell subscribers with NFC-enabled Bold 9900s can now use the mobile wallet service to make contactless payments at any MasterCard PayPass-enabled point of sale across Turkey, as well as abroad.

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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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