RFID Vendors - The Americas

AMTSystems: A 14-year-old systems integration company based in Cheshire, Connecticut, AMTSystems specializes in automated data collection technologies, using predominately barcodes and RFID. The company’s staff of 16 developers put together custom installations for partners and customers.

Beigel Technology Corp.: This San Diego company provides consulting and design services for RFID systems for animal, industrial, medical, scientific, asset and smart card applications. The company’s team of RFID technology consultants has taken on projects in the USA, Europe, Asia and Antarctica.

Big Chief Partners: Based in Los Altos, California, this software development firm specializes in the design, development and deployment of RFID applications built on the Philips platform. Responsible for development of the Philips web-linking technology platform, Big Chief has worked on supporting solutions for loyalty cards and enhanced customer service, security and authentication, supply chain management, product tracking and inventory and asset tracking.

Data Recognition International: A division of Brady Corp. based in Milwaukee, Wis., DRI sells data capture systems using technology from established vendors, like Intermec.

Deuteron Acquisition: A Canadian software company that integrates RFID technologies.

Dynasys Technologies Inc.: This Clearwater, Fl., company manufactures more than 100 of its own unique auto-ID products and distributes products from the major AIDC suppliers of hand-held computers, bar code scanners, bar code printers, RFID tags, touch memory devices, temperature data loggers and photo ID card printers. The company has a Web site devoted to RFID (www.rfidusa.com)

Enterprise Information Systems: EIS is a Dallas, Texas, company that provides real-time connectivity to critical data throughout the enterprise for companies in various industries. Typical applications facilitate improved operations in the warehouse, on the manufacturing floor and in the field for mobile workers. EIS offers RFID/EPC integration services that help accelerate supply chain visibility, provide policy compliance and improve overall efficiency. These RFID services include readiness assessments, on-site RFID seminars, hardware analysis and full system integration along with a variety of other services. EIS represents leading industry hardware and software vendors and uses a specific RFID implementation methodology to provide quality, proven RFID solutions.

ePC Group: This international RFID implementation firm, headquartered in Boston and London, was formed by industry veterans John Greaves and Pete Abell. The firm also has a presence in Illinois, Texas, California, Pennsylvania and Holland. ePC Group professionals have implemented RFID more than 150 times. Services include product analysis; tag and antenna design specifications; site surveys & RF audits; on-site and laboratory testing; reader interface architecture; implementation engineering; business case development; compliance coaching and strategy development. ePC Group provides objective, vendor-neutral advice and is not a reseller of RFID products.

ESYNC: Based in Toledo, Ohio, this supply chain consulting company has added RFID Readiness Assessment to its portfolio of supply chain execution systems tools to evaluate opportunities, constraints, infrastructure requirements and probable costs. If appropriate, the company will develop an implementation roadmap.

High Tech Aid: Founded by industry veteran Steve Halliday, Pittsburgh, Penn.-based High Tech Aid offers marketing and communications services for vendors, as well as advice on data capture systems for end users.

ID Integration, Inc.: This Renton, Washington, company provides consulting and system integration service for data capture technologies, including RFID.

Innovative Insights: Systems integrator since 1992, with special emphasis on systems design, integration, and implementation using RFID technology.

Korteks: This San Diego-based company offers a wide range of RFID products and services. It tags range from low-cost passive devices for basic asset tracking to active long-range 2.45GHz Smart Tags capable of monitoring various sensors as well as basic ID and data storage. Korteks also offers consulting services and can assist in all aspects of project/product and system development.

Lyngsoe Systems: With offices in Frederick, Maryland in US and in Mississauga, Ontario in Canada, this systems integrator and software manufacturer offers a range of software, hardware and services for monitoring and automating processes in complex logistics chains. RFID-based solutions account for about 40 percent of annual turnover. The company is a subsidiary of Denmark's Lyngsoe Systems, which was founded in 1970. Its product line includes asset and material management solutions, product trace-ability systems, supply chain performance systems, automated sorter control systems, technical administration and maintenance systems and task planning systems—all capable of handling RFID equipment and tags. The company's main markets are private companies within the transportation, retail, pharmaceutical, chemical, food and drink industries, postal services, airports supply chain and public and private home care providers.

Marcrosolve: This Tulsa, OK, company acts as a value-added reseller for RFID technology.

Microcom Corp.: Based in Lewis Center, Ohio, Microcom manufactures direct thermal and thermal transfer printers. It also carries a full line of RFID transponders, readers and media.

Moore Corp. Ltd.: This Bannockburn IL, company provides complete RFID solutions that include hardware, software, printers, consulting, integration media and post installation support and services.

Noblestar: This Reston, Va.-based systems integrator provides the expertise and knowledge to help companies architect, design and implement RFID-based systems into their existing IT infrastructure. The company focuses on data acquisition and arbitration, enabling the large amount of data provided by RFID systems to be directed where it is needed. It has overseas offices in London, England, and Warsaw, Poland.

Northern Apex: Based in Huntertown, In., Northern Apex integrates RFID technologies for a variety of applications.

OATSystems: Based in Watertown, Mass., this software company provides systems that handle high-volume transactions from RFID readers. The systems are hardware vendor agnostic. They interface with the industry's leading providers of readers and tags. OATSystems is working with several Fortune 500 companies, is a sponsor of the Auto-ID Center and developed the open source Savant distributed software for the Center's EPC network. See also OATSystems Bets on Low-Cost RFID.

ODIN Technologies: Reston, Va.-based ODIN Technologies provides RFID software and integration services. Its services include: secure supply-chain extranet implementation and management; business process engineering and full needs assessment; system design and architecture; system selection and RFQ/RFP; end-to-end systems integration; full Wal-Mart compliance and post post-implementation maintenance. The company's staff includes two former security CEOs and engineers from MIT, The Naval Academy, The University of Virginia, Cal-Berkeley, University College Cork and The University of Maryland, and it has as a consultant one of the founders of the EPC protocol.

Offshore Identification: Based in Houston, Texas, OID offers a range of harsh environment RFID solutions for offshore, remote field data acquisition and high temperature applications. The company's systems and products use low frequency (134.2 KHz) and ISO-compliant high frequency (13.56 MHz) passive technology. Clients include multi-national oil service companies, manufacturers, R&D labs and survey contractors.

Phase IV Engineering: A Boulder, Colorado, company that offers RFID product development and application engineering.

R4 Global Services: Based in San Francisco, Calif., with additional locations in Texas and New Jersey, R4 is an RFID technology services provider. It provides integrated RFID, GPS and RTLS solutions to Fortune 500 and middle market leaders in the retail, manufacturing, healthcare, logistics and transportation industries. R4 maintains collaborative partner relationships with leading RFID vendors such as Matrics, Intermec, Alien, Texas Instruments and WhereNet, as well as partner relationships and expertise in key systems architecture and implementation areas such as ERP, supply chain applications, integration and infrastructure.

RACO Industries: A Cincinnati, Ohio, distributor of RFID products from established vendors, such as Intermec.

Randtec, Inc.: Based in Fairfax, Virginia, RandTec offers enterprise-wide visibility to transportation assets, inventory and information as they move through the logistics process so as to maximize their time and place utility. It uses RFID and other technologies to achieve this.

RFID Careers: Based in Winsted, Conn., RFID Careers is a firm of professional global talent hunters that delivers industry-relative, intelligent staffing solutions. During the past 20 years, the firm has recruited high-impact, high-performance people for corporate boards, executive suites and key operational positions in business development, sales, marketing, engineering, product and project management. RFID Careers is a division of Wireless Careers, which has associates in 24 countries.

RFID Wizards: Located just north of Washington, DC, RFID Wizards offer services for RFID process engineering, implementation, integration, and support. It focuses on helping companies use RFID technology to decrease supply chain costs and improve the speed of logistics operations.

Rush Tracking Systems: This Kansas City, Kan.- based full-service RFID solutions provider specializes in inventory management, asset tracking and supply chain management. Services include consulting, hardware/software evaluations, systems integration, and installation. The company is also an RFID hardware reseller.

SAMSys Technologies: This Canadian company provides RFID hardware solutions and RFID integration consulting services. SAMSys offers a selection of readers spanning low frequency, high frequency and UHF, supporting a broad range of protocols. The consulting service focuses on the front-end of the RFID implementation process.

Seidcon Inc.: This Oceanside, Calif., company is a systems integrator and a distributor for Wavetrend RFID products.

Siemens Dematic, Material Handling Automation: The U.S. division of Siemens Dematic offers material handling automation, information processing and RFID integration solutions throughout the supply chain. The company takes a consultative approach toward designing and implementing customized, automated material handling solutions for manufacturing as well as distribution and warehousing applications. It's product line including conveyors, tilt tray and crossbelt sorters, trailer loading systems, automatic guided vehicle systems, automated storage/retrieval systems, automated electrified monorail systems and the software and controls to support them.

SkyeTek: This Boulder, Colo. startup manufactures 13.56MHz RFID readers. It also offers RFID systems integration and RFID engineering design services, including custom RFID hardware and software. It sells to OEMs and markets to end users through a network of distributors, value added resellers and systems integrators.

Spectra Consulting: This product-independent RFID consulting company operates in both Europe and the United States. It assists companies with planning and implementing RFID solutions. Special programs are designed to assist companies that are considering the use and integration of RFID alongside existing automatic identification systems.

Tacit Solutions: Evansville, Ind.-based Tacit Solutions is a systems integrator with more than 15 years of experience in RF/Wireless, auto-ID, RFID, ruggedized mobile computing and application development. Tacit provides RFID lab testing for tag/antenna selection, placement and portal design. The company also provides all necessary services and components for end-end solutions, including legacy-host interfacing, RFID middleware, shipping software, hardware and installation. Tacit's RFID applications cover manufacturing, supply chain and Department of Defense environments.

Trivalent Solutions Inc.: Trivalent of Arlington Heights, Ill., is a process improvement consulting firm whose RFID solutions are designed to help manufacturers, distributors and service organizations select, implement and integrate RFID into their supply chains. TSI's strategic partnerships with RFID hardware suppliers and supply chain expertise allows the company to provide a turn-key solution that integrates with a client's existing business processes.

Xterprise:This Richardson, Texas, systems integrator specializes in cost-effective warehouse management systems and integrated RFID solutions. An Alien Technology integration partner, Xterprise develops business cases for deploying RFID systems, provides hardware and software, and handles project management, system integration and any required training and support.