OAT in the News

4.9.12	RFID 24-7 $1M RFID Challenge - TAP Air Portugal TAP Portugal has deployed an RFID-based system from OATSystems into its daily engine maintenance operations, a move that will save the company more than $2.5 million Euros each year.
4.13.12	RFID Journal Bell Helicopter's On-Time Delivery Rate Climbs Higher The aircraft manufacturer is managing the movement of parts from a central warehouse to each production location, using an RFID solution from OATSystems.
March/April 2012	RFID Journal RFID's Coming of Age - Reflections from RFID Leaders OATSystems co-founder and Executive VP and General Manager of Merchandise Visibility and RFID Prasad Putta among other RFID industry leaders to share insights and perspectives.
3.2.12	RFID 24-7 Checkpoint Apparel Day Reinforces Item-Level Momentum Checkpoint's General Manager of Europe, Rafael Alegre, comments in a guest blog on the stunning gains retailers are reaping from RFID.
2.24.12	RFID Journal Checkpoint Systems Launches New Tags, Encoding Solutions Introduced to serve the growing number of apparel retailers and their suppliers seeking to deploy RFID to increase sales, reduce out-of-stocks and enhance loss-prevention efforts.
2.14.12	RFID Journal RFID Takes Wing at Composite Aircraft Components Plant A U.S. aircraft parts manufacturer has adopted an RFID solution from Xerafy and OATSystems to track composite materials and molds exposed to extreme temperatures during storage and production.
2.1.12	RFID Journal How to Integrate RFID Data Without Disrupting Your Business OAT's EVP and General Manager, Prasad Putta quoted in article about how to get RFID data and business applications to work together.
1.27.12	TAP Air Portugal News Release RFID in Full Operation at TAP Maintenance & Engineering Lisbon-based TAP, operating over 2250 flights per week to 75 destinations, is using OAT RFID Software and Airbus methodology to track aircraft engine components during maintenance and overhaul (MRO) operations. It is anticipated that this technology will enable savings of over €2.5 million annually.
1.27.12	SCAN: The Data Capture Report Zebra and Checkpoint Combine Strengths in RFID Strategic alliance will enable Zebra to add OATSystems' RFID software platform expertise to its location solutions to extend enterprise visibility.
1.27.12	Bloor Research RFID Analysis Recent announcement brings together Zebra's active location solutions with the passive RFID, auto-ID, Wi-Fi and sensor capabilities of Checkpoint division OATSystems' OATxpress middleware to provide increased asset visibility across an enterprise.
1.13.12	VDC Research Why the Zebra and OATSystems/Checkpoint Partnership is a Good Fit The complementary nature of this relationship along with the benefits for each firm makes this a win-win.
1.12.12	RFID Journal Zebra, OAT Partner on Solutions Combining Passive and Active Tags The companies will incorporate OATSystems' passive RFID middleware into Zebra Technologies' existing RTLS products, enabling customers to track goods and assets using active and passive RFID on a single platform.
11.3.11	RFID Journal Rockwell Collins Explores Ways to Benefit from RFID OATSystems customer Rockwell Collins implements RFID to comply with the requirements of Airbus, one of its key customers, and to improve its own operations.
10.26.11	RFID Journal Retailers Say Shrinkage Rose in 2011 RFID Journal editor Mark Roberti blogs about RFID's potential impact on retail shrink reduction, cites data from the Global Retail Theft Barometer, underwritten by Checkpoint.
8.1.11	Integrated Solutions for Retailers Four Keys to Determining a Retailer's Fit for RFID-Based EAS Checkpoint's Director of Marketing, Merchandise Visibility Solutions, Alan Sherman, discusses why apparel and footwear retailers are best-suited to adopt RFID-based EAS.
6.20.11	VDC Research Auto ID & Transaction Automation Analysts Blog EAS Gets a Boost from RFID Checkpoint Systems recently introduced its Overhead RFID EAS system, a packaged solution that combines EAS with RFID.
6.13.11	Retail Reseller News RFID on the Ceiling [pdf] Checkpoint developed its Overhead EAS Solution to address the need of apparel retailers to leverage RFID both to maintain inventory control and reduce shrink.
6.10.11	RFID Journal Checkpoint Systems Offers RFID Security for Retail Stores Features RFID interrogators installed on (or in) ceilings above doorways, to read RFID tags as they exit a store.
4.25.11	RFID Journal Corralling Stray Reads Checkpoint's Senior Director of Merchandise Visibility Solutions, Raj Jayaraman, discusses the importance of stray read-filtering to ensure a high degree of data accuracy at fixed read points in retail stores.
4.25.11	Computerworld Retail RFID Initiatives are Flourishing Leslie Hand, IDC Retail Insights analyst, notes increased level of RFID activity among retailers, suppliers, academics, and vendors.
4.15.11	RFID Journal RFID News Roundup OATSystems, CSC Partner on Part-Marking Package for Airbus.
4.15.11	SCAN: The Data Capture Report Parker Hannifin Adopts OATSystems Software $11-billion manufacturer recently decided to use OATSystems' ATA Spec2000 solution as a starting point for its adoption of RFID. [Article as pdf]
3.18.11	RFID Journal A Flurry of High-Memory Tags Take Flight OATSystems, a provider of complete RFID solutions for Airbus and its suppliers including Parker Hannifin, is offering an aerospace parts-tagging solution. [Article as pdf]
2.27.11	Apparel Magazine Using Item-level RFID to Reduce Out-of-Stocks and Increase Sales Checkpoint's Global VP of Marketing, Steve Sell, discusses the challenges apparel retailers face in managing inventory, and how RFID can help optimize inventory and working capital, meet customer demand and maximize sales and profits.
1.28.11	SCAN: The Data Capture Report Checkpoint Launches Open EPC Number Management Solution [pdf] Has developed a stand-alone number management solution that frees retailers and their suppliers to purchase RFID labels from any Service Bureau Provider.
1.19.11	RFID Journal Checkpoint Systems Launches EPC Numbering Service Standalone option for apparel manufacturers and retailers is designed to simplify the process of deploying item-level EPC Gen 2 UHF tags
11.10	Modern Materials Handling RFID Update OAT’s General Manager, Prasad Putta, quoted in article about the value of RFID in closed-loop apparel retail. [Article as pdf]
10.27.10	RFID Journal Apparel Retailers Test RFID-enhanced EAS Hard Tags OAT’s Director of Marketing, Alan Sherman, quoted in article about the use of RFID in retail for operational and loss prevention benefits.
9.16.10	RFID Journal Checkpoint Systems Creates RFID-centric 'Visibility' Division
7.16.10	RFID Journal Momentum Is Growing for Item-Level Tagging, Survey Says Report underwritten by Checkpoint and Motorola finds that a sizeable number of retailers are using—or soon plan to deploy—RFID tags at the item level.
6.10	Overhaul & Maintenance Asset Management Takes Off [pdf] MROs can keep track of tools, parts, work in process, and even people.
6.10	Integrated Solutions for Retailers Inventory, Shrink Control: Key Apps for RFID Retail apparel – specifically closed loop operations – are putting to rest any speculation around the value of RFID
5.3.10	Integrated Solutions for Retailers The Marriage of RFID and EAS With the union of RFID and EAS, retailers will see enterprise-wide efficiency gains, savings, and application creativity.
4.30.10	SCAN: The Data Capture Report Airbus Extends OATSystems RFID Service Contract [pdf] Latest move demonstrates user confidence in maturing RFID technologies.
4.12.10	RFID Journal RFID Rescues Emergency Transportation Service Action Ambulance’s CEO cites OATSystems as “the only RFID vendor on the market that believed in our vision" to use the technology for effective inventory tracking.
4.10	Integrated Solutions RFID Revisited By Retail OAT’s Director of Marketing, Alan Sherman, among experts discussing how the focus of RFID in retail has shifted to provide greater visibility into the supply chain, while reducing shipping errors and out-of-stocks.
4.10	IDC Retail Insights Business Strategy: RFID — EAS Never Knew Loss Like This Before Market Overview by Leslie Hand This report serves as a guide for establishing a strategy for incorporating RFID into long-range product-level security plans. Report available for purchase from IDC.
02.10	Apparel Magazine Merchandise Visibility: The Future for the Apparel Industry Merchandise visibility offers an end-to-end solution for closed-loop apparel retailers
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