Expanded Use of RFID Tags Has Been Limited Due to Cost, Range and Power Requirements. AbsoluteSKY Has Uniquely Resolved These Issues To Provide Item-Level Tracking for Speciality Retail Clients … Now!

product suite, an RFID-based solution that ties in multiple technologies to provide retailers with real-time Item-Level Inventory Tracking through the supply chain -- which according to industry specialists is the first real-time item-level inventory tracking system available on the market today for specialty retailers! AbsoluteSKY's software and hardware solution set allows retailers to solve existing inventory problems in the store that have prevailed since the dawn of retailing. The range of attractive features and benefits include the ability to increase inventory turns, virtually eliminate missed sales and gain extensive real-time control over loss prevention. The retailer for once can have complete control and visibility overstore inventory!

AbsoluteSKY: Wal-Mart Experience Good News for RFID Vendors!

The full potential of RFID technology has only just started to be realized --
perhaps some of the greatest applications and unique solutions based on RFID have yet to come to market. In the field of Retail, AbsoluteSKY has taken the evolution if RFID to a whole new level - individual RFID tagging of merchandise now!

Radio Frequency cy IDentification (RFID) is a wireless data collection technology that uses small electronic tags to store data which can be read remotely by a reader.

The tags contain minitiarized electronic circuitry and antennae coils to enable them to communicate via radio frequencies with RFID readers. The readers collect data from the tags and provide it to computer platforms where it can be processed into useful information for a variety of purposes. Because of their small size and ability to store and report data, RFID tags can be attached to a wide range of physical assets, creating a dynamic link between people, objects and processes. RFID is increasingly becoming a familiar part of our lives, both at work and at home.

Generally, an RFID solution set comprises the following key elements:

Hardware, which includes tags, readers, writers, servers, controllers and cabling.

Software and interfaces for integration to back-end and legacy applications.

Consider these factors when evaluating AbsoluteSKY

Why use RFID?
The case for implementing RFID technology is compelling: RFID tags store more information than magnetic strips or bar codes, which must be brought close to a scanner for reading, and the data stored on the tags can be easily and automatically exchanged at a distance both indoors and outdoors, even through obscuration such as rain and snow. In fact, RFID data can be read through the human body, clothing and non-metallic materials.

With these advantages, RFID systems are finding applications just about anywhere, from clothing tags to amusement parks to pet and livestock tags to waste management -- anywhere that a unique identification system is needed.

RFID Evolution or Revolution?
RFID technology has been around for decades… so why is the technology getting so much attention now? It’s because RFID and its adjacent technologies have progressively converged to the point that RFID is now seen by industry specialists as leading the next major stage in the evolution of information technology itself!

In the past, each stage has brought disruption and change, but RFID uniquely builds upon what came before it. RFID technology has become cheaper, faster and more capable in terms of storing and transferring data, but RFID-based solutions can now draw upon the Internet as a means to share the data. It can interface with state-of-the-art enterprise systems to manage the data and turn it into information that can be acted upon. In turn, it can trigger enterprise resource planning software and enterprise applications to run organizations in an entirely new and dramatically more efficient way.

While evolutionary in its development, RFID now promises to revolutionize the world's supply chain, for example replacing the ubiquitous bar code on product packaging. It will change the way suppliers and customers interact, allowing both to, among other things, know at any given moment where shipped goods are located, tracking them through every stage of manufacturing and transport, and to the point of sale itself.

The Upside of RFID
In business environments, interest in RFID technology is driven by the need for companies to achieve greater speed and visibility into their supply chains, with the goal of increasing their operational efficiency and levels of customer satisfaction.

An RFID-enabled supply chain operation ensures that goods can be delivered to the place and at the time consumers are ready to purchase –creating tremendous upside in terms of lower inventory levels, reduced labor costs, improved markdowns, loss prevention and increased sales - the bottom line: increased profitability and happier customers.

Proven Leadership
John Frabasile – President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Frabasile has over 25 years of extensive software and technology experience in the retail market. His background includes product development, product sales and systems implementation as well as overall management of progressive companies.

He was founder of Mitech Computer Systems in Montreal and managed the Company since its inception in 1983. Later on, he held senior executive positions with several international software solution providers for the retail industry. Throughout this period, Mr. Frabasile was involved in numerous large software contracts and worked with leading international integrators and resellers to develop global retail markets. In 2003, Mr. Frabasile combined his retail and software expertise with evolving RFID technologies and founded JavaPRO Solutions who's assets were acquired by AbsoluteSKY, Inc. in November 2005