ODIN uses RFID system to track assets and customers in new headquarters
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When visitors RFID service provider and system integrator ODIN Technologies are located in Ashburn’s new office headquarters and laboratory, they will notice an RFID reader at the gate. This is an integral part of ODIN’s asset and customer tracking RFID application system, said the chairman and CEO of ODIN.
Designed by ODIN, this system uses Intermec’s fixed readers and handsets, Motorola’s handsets, which can track assets and customers in a 11,000 square-foot building. The system also uses ODIN’s EasyMonitor software and InSync asset management and inventory software. The data is stored in ODIN’s SQL database.
An ODIN employee points to the EPC Gen 2 tag of the notebook in front of the entrance and exit RFID reader
ODIN Technologies opened a new site in December 2008 to provide its customers with passive RFID technology and system testing services. The laboratory simulates the actual application environment for customers seeking RFID solutions.
Sweeney said that the company’s self-designed and applied RFID system provides three functions: the company and its customers’ asset security, reducing the time for employees to manually count before, and proving that the ODIN system can work in a real environment.
In terms of security, many ODIN customers carry equipment that is usually more expensive and may be at risk of being stolen; or may threaten the safety of the public or the country, such as servers, cardiac catheters or weapons. “We often deal with devices that are sensitive to national security,” Sweeney said.
Another reason that prompted ODIN to adopt RFID systems is effective asset management. ODIN’s fiscal revenue in 2008 increased by 125% compared to 2007. With the development of the company, the number of assets is also increasing, which makes it more and more difficult to track assets, such as electronic devices stored in cabinets or assigned to employees , Or take inventory of all equipment in ODIN offices and laboratories. Previously, the company only took inventory once a year. With RFID, Sweeney said the company can take stocks every month or every quarter.
With this new solution, each employee wears an RFID ID badge containing a passive UHF EPC Gen2 chip. In the ODIN back-end database, InSync software is used to match the ID code of the chip with the employee’s name and photo. So far, ODIN has attached RFID tags to nearly 100 assets, including IP phones and laptops. Like the employee badge, the ID code of each EPC Gen 2 asset tag corresponds to the device description, serial number, picture, and the name of the authorized user in the back-end database.
When an employee carries the labeling equipment through one of the two gates of the factory (each gate is equipped with an IF61 Intermec reader), the reader reads the ID code of the tag and the employee’s badge data and transmits it to the InSync software by wire. If someone attempts to take the device out of the building without authorization, the software detects this action and records the time of the event so that employees can check it. According to Sweeney, in the next phase of the project, the system will notify security personnel via email and audible alarms.
In terms of inventory, employees can use Intermec or Motorola’s handheld readers to scan the device, locate each item, and capture its ID code to confirm its presence.
If customers bring their devices to the laboratory for testing, they can ask ODIN to stick RFID tags on these devices, and if one of the items leaves the venue, the system will trigger an alarm.
Sweeney said that many visitors would be happy to see the application of RFID technology in the building, and ODIN can show customers how RFID works. “Any company whose customers wish to adopt RFID technology should first ask the manufacturer: Have you ever used this solution?” He said.
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