Real-time Location Services (RTLS): Applications, Services and Company Analysis

Real-time Location Services (RTLS): Applications, Services and Company Analysis

Overview:
 
With research beginning in 2008, this unique report addresses core technology and business aspects of real-time location services (RTLS) and guides the reader through the most important aspects of enabling technologies including RFID.  It covers the critical factors and gives the user the views about the different kinds of RFIDs.  The report also addresses the advantages and the bottlenecks for deployment of RTLS applications, evaluating available solutions and the methodologies. The report includes an exhaustive study of leading RTLS companies.
 
Different types of RTLS are evaluated and the standards and protocols related to them. The report has a great focus on the applications and the key areas that can be addressed by RTLS giving special attention to Vehicle Tracking, Port/Yard Management, Inventory Management and Real Time Tracking solutions. The report also provides an analysis of the most widely used RTLS applications today and provides a vision for anticipated future applications.
 

Key Focus Areas: 

· RTLS using GPS, WiFi, RFID
· Protocols and Standards of RTLS
· Types of RFID tags and their applications
· The Classifications and advantages of RTLS
· Various mandates regarding RFID focusing on RTLS
· Current applications and next generation RTLS applications
· RFID Industry grow and penetration of RTLS into our daily life
· Importance of RTLS for large scale tracking and management
· GPS based tracking w/o active RFID and implementation of the system
· Analysis of RTLS companies with focus on their applications, solutions and products
· RFID and RTLS business and spheres of influence including healthcare, yard/port management

Audience:

· RTLS and RFID hardware, software, and solution vendors and related professional services companies
· Managed RTLS service providers, outsourced RFID solutions and RTLS application providers, and RFID service bureau operators
· Personnel responsible for automating Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Inventory Tracking, Fleet Management, Yard/Dock Management  and other business processes
· Healthcare management personnel responsible for tracking patients, staff personnel, equipment, inventory, and other critical resources
· Retailers and personnel responsible for merchandise inventory and ordering processes, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Merchandise tracking and fraud prevention
· Companies interested in optimizing their RFID business process strategies for Tracking and Telemetry with a special focus on large scale tracking.
· Venture Capitalist and Startup companies

Companies Evaluated

· AeroScout
· Identec
· Savi
· Intelleflex
· Ekahau
· Tagsense
· WhereNet
· Pinc Solutions
· ContainerTrac

Section I - Introduction to RFID

Understanding How RFID Works

Types of Tags

Passive

Semi Passive

Active

Active Tags with Sensors and GPS

Difference between Active and Passive RFID

Fields of Application

Privacy issues

Preventive Measures

Section II - RFID in Practice

Manufacturing

Picking

Retails

Applications of RFID

Prevalent Application Types

Item Tracking

Inventory Monitoring

Asset Monitoring

Section III - Introduction to Real Time Locating Systems (RTLS)

Introduction to Real Time Locating Systems (RTLS)

The Need and Purpose of RTLS

Discriminating the various types of RTLS

Classification of RTLS

Passive RFID based RTLS

GPS based RTLS

Active RFID based RTLS

Active RFID based RTLS with customizations

Proprietary RTLS Solutions

Advantages of RTLS

Improved Productivity and Cost Avoidance

Decreased Cycle Time and Taking Costs Out

Reduced Rework

Reduced Business Risk and Control of Assets

Improved Security and Service

Improved Utilization of Resources

Increased Revenues

Exception Management

Section IV - Standards and Protocols

RFID Standards and Protocols

Standards and Protocols of RTLS

RTLS Services and Contracts

Precision Factors related to RTLS

RTLS Evaluation Techniques

Section V - RTLS Applications

Applications of RTLS using Passive RFID

Applications of RTLS using Active RFID

Application of RTLS using WiFi

RTLS applications using GPS & GPRS/CDMA/WiFi

Next Generation RTLS Applications using Sensor Networks

A short outlook into the RTLS Software Applications

Section VI -Evaluation and Feasibility of RTLS in Industry

Evaluation of the Key areas of Application for RTLS

Item Tracking and Tracing

Inventory Monitoring in Yards and Docks

RTLS in Automotive Industry

RTLS in Healthcare

RTLS in Public Safety

RTLS Applications of the Future

Section VII - Growth Analysis of RTLS and Bottlenecks

Growth Analysis of RTLS

Predictions of the most flourishing RTLS a

The Major drawbacks of RTLS

Antenna

Collision Characteristics

Privacy

Ways to overcome the bottlenecks

Section VIII - Company and Product Analysis

Key Players in the RTLS Domain

Company Analysis

AeroScout

Identec

Savi

Intelleflex

Ekahau

Tagsense

WhereNet

Pinc Solutions

ContainerTrac

Section IX - Conclusions

Conclusion