ClearOrbit Offers "Layer-In" RFID Extensions For Any ERP
ClearOrbit, the leading provider of real-time supply chain execution (SCE) software solutions, today announced its product suite that allows companies to "layer-in" complete RFID capability on top of existing ERP systems, without requiring custom code or the "tear out" of old bar code or ERP software. ClearOrbit's J2EE architecture offers a complete RFID solution that can be added to any ERP system. The ClearOrbit solution—which includes ClearOrbit's Compliance Label Manager, RFID Tracker, and Collaborative Print Manager—leverages the same configurability and scalability used to power bar code, print label compliance, and RF/mobile connectivity at thousands of manufacturing and distribution facilities across North America, Europe, and Asia.
"ClearOrbit is a company with a history of integrating bar code devices, printers, scales, and other real-time sources of supply chain information. They have grown up getting their hands dirty solving these kinds of problems," said Steve Banker, Service Director, Supply Chain Management, ARC Advisory Group. "RFID is just another form of real-time data. As a result of its history, the ClearOrbit architecture is well suited to supporting RFID."
"There is almost a level of frenzy around RFID, as companies scramble to comply with new standards and maintain access to vendors and outlets for their goods," said Tom Dziersk, President and CEO of ClearOrbit. "Though RFID may seem initially perplexing, we have broken it down, simplified, and mastered it just as we mastered similar issues when companies faced RF and bar code requirements. In fact, our systems allow companies to leverage both bar code and RFID simultaneously within their supply chains."
ClearOrbit's RFID Product Suite is a seamless combination of three products: Compliance Label Manager, RFID Tracker, and Collaborative Print Manager. ClearOrbit's Compliance Label Manager is a turn-key RFID solution that works in tandem with legacy bar code systems. Designed for business users, not programmers, Compliance Label Manager is "rules-based," and allows users to define and manage their own label formats. Working in tandem with Compliance Label Manager, RFID Tracker offers platform-independent transaction management of tag readers, as it provides the transaction context required to translate the information received from an RFID reader and maps it to, for example, a purchase order-receiving transaction in the ERP. Finally, Collaborative Print Manager leverages ClearOrbit's Internet architecture and web-based management console to allow users to burn RFID tags across continents or any geographical distance, over the Internet. By driving RFID and bar code label production from a customer's ERP, suppliers can easily comply with RFID requirements. All that is required is an RFID printer and an Internet connection at the supplier's site.
About ClearOrbit
Since 1994, ClearOrbit has assisted more than 250 clients in automating and controlling their supply chain execution processes. ClearOrbit extends enterprise systems value with proven Supply Chain Execution (SCE) and Collaborative Supply Management (CSM) software solutions that allow customers to fully leverage their investment in enterprise applications while also gaining additional value by incorporating their trading partners into their supply chains. ClearOrbit products work within the existing enterprise system to leverage a "single version of the truth," expanding rather than duplicating functionality to eliminate inefficiencies in the supply chain. By using the customer's data model, ClearOrbit delivers on the promise of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) with fully integrated supply chain execution and collaboration solutions that address "last mile functionality" issues inherent in most ERP systems, particularly Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL). ClearOrbit customers include Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), JDS Uniphase (Nasdaq: JDSU), Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) and Applied Materials (Nasdaq: AMAT). See how enterprise systems can reach a higher level at www.ClearOrbit.com or call us at 800-324-5143.