May, 2008
ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST INDEPENDENT AUTOMOTIVE TRANSMISSION MANUFACTURERS DEPLOYS WHERENET MATERIAL FLOW SYSTEM TO AUTOMATE PARTS REPLENISHMENT AT TWO-MILLION SQUARE FOOT ASSEMBLY PLANT
2007 Press Releases
November, 2007
WHERENET ADDS MORE DISTRIBUTION/LOGISTICS CUSTOMERS; WHERESOFT YARD
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM NOW MANAGES MORE THAN 350,000 TEU CONTAINERS ANNUALLY
FOR LARGE CROSSDOCK FACILITIES
August, 2007
WHERENET EXPANDS YARD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FEATURES; USER-DEFINED RULES ENABLE CUSTOMERS TO AUTOMATE PROCESSES AND INCREASE THROUGHPUT FOR MEDIUM-TO-LARGE YARDS
July, 2007
WHERENET CUSTOMER ENDORSEMENTS LEAD TO MORE INDUSTRY AWARDS FROM NATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN PUBLICATIONS
June, 2007
WHERENET EXPANDS MARINE TERMINAL SOLUTION; COMBINED ACTIVE RFID/GPS REAL-TIME LOCATING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY PROVIDES DEPLOYMENT FLEXIBILITY
May, 2007
WHERENET INTRODUCES MULTIMODE ACTIVE RFID REAL-TIME LOCATING SYSTEM TAG; COMBINED ISO AND WI-FI CAPABILITY PROVIDES OPTIMUM WIRELESS VISIBILITY SOLUTION FOR ANY ENTERPRISE
April, 2007
WHERENET SUPPORTS NEW ISO ACTIVE RFID REAL-TIME LOCATING SYSTEM STANDARD
March, 2007
WHERENET ACTIVE RFID TECHNOLOGY SELECTED TO IMPROVE SECURITY AND OPTIMIZE GATE OPERATIONS AT PORT OF OAKLAND
January, 2007
WHERENET ESTABLISHES ASIA-PACIFIC HEADQUARTERS IN SHANGHAI TO SUPPORT GROWING CHINA CUSTOMER BASE
2006 Press Releases
November 28, 2006
NISSAN SELECTS WHERENETS LOCATABLE, ACTIVE RFID SYSTEM TO AUTOMATE INBOUND SUPPLY CHAIN AND OUTBOUND DELIVERY CHAIN
October 23, 2006
WHERENETS LOCATABLE ACTIVE RFID SYSTEM HELPS THIRD-PARTY LOGISTICS PROVIDER CUT COSTS BY AUTOMATING WORKFLOW
September 27, 2006
TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT EXPANDS USE OF WHERENET ACTIVE RFID REAL-TIME LOCATING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY
July 25, 2006
WHERENET CUSTOMER SUCCESS RESULTS IN NATIONAL RECOGNITION BY LEADING SUPPLY CHAIN PUBLICATIONS
May 31, 2006
WHERENET ACTIVE RFID SYSTEM AUTOMATES INBOUND SUPPLY CHAIN AND IMPROVES LOGISTICS FOR FORD OF CANADA
April 18, 2006 WHERENETS ACTIVE RFID MARINE TERMINAL SOLUTION HELPS APL REALIZE PRODUCTIVITY GAINS AT ONE OF THE LARGEST CONTAINER TERMINALS IN NORTH AMERICA
March 7, 2006 WHERENET EXPANDS EUROPEAN PRESENCE; STRONG DEMAND FOR ACTIVE RFID SOLUTIONS FUELS MOMENTUM
January 26, 2006
WHERENET ANNOUNCES QUICK-START PROGRAM FOR AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; TIER ONE SUPPLIERS CAN NOW DEPLOY LOW-COST, FLEXIBLE SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT LEAN PROCESSES IN JUST TWO WEEKS
January 12, 2006
WHERENET ACTIVE RFID TECHNOLOGY CHOSEN TO ENHANCE SECURITY AT MAJOR CALIFORNIA PORTS
2005 Press Releases
December 6, 2005
WHERENET ADDS TO SUITE OF VISIBLE FACTORY FLOOR SOLUTIONS; AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURERS TO IMPLEMENT INDUSTRY-FIRST, AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR MANAGING NON-CONFORMING MATERIALS
November 2,
2005 WHERENET EXPANDS ACTIVE RFID AUTOMOTIVE ECOSYSTEM TO INCLUDE OPTIMIZATION OF JUST-IN-TIME PARTS DELIVERIES FROM
TNT LOGISTICS TO VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS
October 12, 2005
WHERENET DEMONSTRATES SECURE ELECTRONIC SEAL CAPABILITY FOR 2.4-GHZ NETWORK, BOLSTERS GLOBAL PORT SECURITY SOLUTIONS
September 20, 2005 WHERENET’S LOCATABLE ACTIVE RFID TECHNOLOGY APPROVED
AS A GLOBAL STANDARD BY LEADING LUXURY AUTOMAKER
September 7, 2005 WHERENET DEPLOYS WORLD’S LARGEST ACTIVE RFID REAL-TIME LOCATING SYSTEM TO PRECISELY TRACK 40,000 VEHICLES AT BROEKMAN GROUP’S AUTOMOTIVE LOGISTICS TERMINAL AT THE PORT OF ROTTERDAM
August 2 , 2005 GULF STATES TOYOTA INNOVATES WITH ACTIVE RFID, REAL-TIME LOCATING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY
July 28 , 2005 WHERENET FORMS SECURITY GROUP WITHIN ITS RAPIDLY GROWING TRANSPORTATION, DISTRIBUTION, AND LOGISTICS BUSINESS TO
ADDRESS NATIONAL MARITIME AND PORT SECURITY NEEDS
July 19 , 2005 WHERENET SALUTED AS A HOT COMPANY BY START MAGAZINE FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR
June 29, 2005
NYK LOGISTICS EXPANDS USE OF WHERENET ACTIVE RFID SYSTEM; INSTALLATION IN NEW
HIGH-VOLUME, TRANSLOAD FACILITY WILL OPTIMIZE SHIPMENTS FOR TARGET STORES
April
29, 2005
WHERENET DEMONSTRATES
SUPPORT OF MICROSOFT’S PEAK PERFORMANCE
INITIATIVE AT THE GLOBAL AUTOMOTIVE SUMMIT
April 5, 2005
WHERENET UNVEILS WIRELESS TRACKING SYSTEM TO REDUCE LOGJAMS AT MARINE TERMINALS; AUTOMATED PROCESSING PROVIDES ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR HOMELAND SECURITY
January
11, 2005
WHERENET FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND WIRELESS TRACKING SYSTEM CUTS COSTS AND ENHANCES EFFICIENCY
AT U.S. ARMY PENNSYLVANIA DEPOT
2004 Press Releases
November 30, 2004
WHERENET AND CISCO SIGN SOLUTIONS TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATOR AGREEMENT
October 26, 2004
WHERENET TECHNOLOGY RECOGNIZED FOR PROVIDING SUPPLY CHAIN INNOVATION AND SUCCESS BY FOUR LEADING PUBLICATIONS
August
5, 2004
WHERENET AUTOMATES VEHICLE TRACKING AND MANAGEMENT
FOR AUTOMOTIVE OEM’S; ACTIVE RFID TECHNOLOGY
EXPEDITES DEALER SHIPMENTS, CUTS COSTS, AND IMPROVES
CUSTOMER SERVICE
June
29, 2004
WHERENET REAL-TIME LOCATING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY
ENABLES KEY WIRELESS APPLICATIONS IN FORD’S
NEW ASSEMBLY FACTORY
May
26, 2004
WHERENET CUSTOMER NYK LOGISTICS HONORED BY TARGET
STORES AND COMPUTERWORLD MAGAZINE FOR BEST PRACTICES
March
26, 2004
WHERENET ADDS TCHIBO; INTERNATIONAL RETAILER USES
WIRELESS LOCATION AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
TO CUT COSTS AND INCREASE EFFICIENCY AT EUROPE
LARGEST LOGISTICS HUB
March
9, 2004
HUMMER FACTORY IMPLEMENTS WHERENET’S WIRELESS
SOLUTIONS TO ENHANCE ASSEMBLY LINE OPERATIONS
AND EXPEDITE PRODUCTION
February
11, 2004
WHERENET INTRODUCES FULLY AUTOMATED WIRELESS PARTS-REPLENISHMENT
SOLUTION FOR AUTOMOTIVE ASSEMBLY LINES
2003 Press Releases
November
18, 2003
WHERENET WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYED AT BMW TO
STREAMLINE FACTORY OPERATIONS
November
18, 2003
WHERENET EXPANDS AUTOMOTIVE SOLUTIONS; LOW-COST,
FLEXIBLE, WIRELESS MESSAGING APPLICATIONS ENHANCE
PROCESS CONTROL AND WORKFLOW, AND AUTOMATE MACHINE
ALERTS
October
21, 2003
WHERENET INTRODUCES WIRELESS LOCATION SOLUTION
FOR MARINE TERMINALS; COST-EFFECTIVE SYSTEM AUTOMATES
THE PROCESSING OF THOUSANDS OF CONTAINERS STACKED
IN YARDS
September
30, 2003
WHERENET TECHNOLOGY RECOGNIZED FOR ROI AND INNOVATION
BY THREE LEADING PUBLICATIONS
September
9, 2003
NYK LOGISTICS USES WHERENET WIRELESS LOCATION
TECHNOLOGY AND YARD MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE TO OPTIMIZE
OPERATIONS
August
6, 2003
WHERENET’S INDUSTRY-LEADING WIRELESS LOCATION
June
10, 2003
SURVEY EXPOSES SIGNIFICANT SUPPLY CHAIN INEFFICIENCIES;
70 PERCENT BLAME MANUAL PROCESSES FOR COSTLY ERRORS.
May
15, 2003
WHERENET NAMED ONE OF INBOUND LOGISTICS MAGAZINE’S
TOP 100 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROVIDERS FOR SECOND
STRAIGHT YEAR
March
4, 2003
Wherenet Partners With Siemens; OEM Agreement
Will Help Satisfy Growing Demand For Wireless
Location Solutions.
February
24, 2003
Wherenet and Symbol Technologies Expand Collaboration.
January
25, 2003
WhereNet Grows European Presence, Several New
Installations And Pilot Systems Set Stage For
More Customer Wins In 2003.
WHERENET DEMONSTRATES SECURE ELECTRONIC SEAL CAPABILITY FOR 2.4-GHZ NETWORK, BOLSTERS GLOBAL PORT SECURITY SOLUTIONS
Standards-Compliant e-Seal Technology Will Enable WhereNet Customers to Protect Against Loss, Tampering, and Theft of Containers at Ports and Logistics Facilities
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Oct. 12, 2005—WhereNet Corp., the leader of wireless solutions for tracking and managing enterprise assets, announced today that it has successfully completed tests of an electronic seal (e-Seal). The e-Seal solution is compliant with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) 371.1 real-time locating system (RTLS) standard, operating at 2.4-GHz. The e-Seals were developed with E.J. Brooks Company, the world leader in innovation, research, and manufacture of security seals to the transportation, retail, money-handling and utility industries. The WhereNet e-Seal solution relies on the company’s ANSI-compliant, active RFID, RTLS technology, which is already in use at ports and logistics facilities across the United States and Europe.
“While RFID/RTLS will remain crucial to location tracking in the supply chain, experienced RFID systems providers like WhereNet are well positioned to expand their offerings to address increasing global security concerns,” said Michael J. Liard, RFID Practice Director for Venture Development Corporation. “WhereNet’s solutions that track e-Seals from terminal to point of acceptance, coupled with its ability to leverage a widely accepted, longer range radio frequency like 2.4 GHz, positions WhereNet as an important RFID/RTLS player in meeting global maritime and port security needs.”
An e-Seal is a radio frequency device that transmits container information as it passes a reader device, and issues alerts and error conditions if the container has been tampered with or damaged. E-Seals serve both commercial and security interests by tracking commercial container shipments from their point of origin, while en route, and to their final destination and point of customs clearance.
WhereNet provides real-time monitoring and reporting capabilities by:
Reading e-Seals as containers are loaded or unloaded from ships, or received or delivered through gate complexes.
Continuously reporting an e-Seal’s status throughout the duration of the container’s stay at a logistics facility.
Locating an e-Seal within a logistics facility or in a specific lane as the container is entering or departing the site.
“Many technology vendors are offering piecemeal solutions — some focused on security, others focused on logistics — that leave companies with more questions than answers,” said John Rosen, director of product marketing for WhereNet. “WhereNet’s standards-compliant technology and proven track record reduce the risk in successfully implementing solutions that drive both productivity gains and enhanced security through a single, integrated 2.4-GHz wireless network.”
Single System, Multiple Benefits Because it requires only a single radio frequency antenna to receive the e-Seal signal, a basic WhereNet e-Seal solution is extremely cost-effective. Alternatively, the functionality can easily be added to a previously installed WhereNet infrastructure. To date, WhereNet has installed more than 500 receivers in marine terminals and logistics centers in Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Oakland, California; Seattle and Tacoma, Washington; and Anchorage, Alaska. The company is building a similar ecosystem of installations on the East Coast and recently completed an installation at the NYK Logistics Norfolk transload facility near the Port of Virginia. In addition, WhereNet continues to expand across Europe; last month, the company announced what will be the world’s largest active RFID installation, at the Port of Rotterdam in The Netherlands.
Future versions of the WhereNet e-Seal system will be able to receive signals from third-party technology providers. “WhereNet realizes that our customers require an open network that can support the implementation of many technologies. The systems we provide will continue to improve operational efficiency while meeting evolving and mandated security requirements,” said Mark Irvine, senior vice president of the transportation, distribution and logistics division for WhereNet.
e-Seals and RFID/RTLS Technology
The e-Seal solution relies on WhereNet’s proven active RFID, RTLS globally deployed technology. The hardware is fully complaint with ANSI standards and successfully works in the most demanding transportation and industrial environments. Operating in the globally allocated 2.4-GHz band, WhereNet has deployed tens of thousands of location sensors in more than 100 facilities worldwide.
WhereNet already provides a proven technology for constant, global, inter-modal tracking of containers from load to unload, with intrusion and radiation monitoring. By supporting e-Seals, the company has reaffirmed its commitment to meeting all of the wireless management needs of marine terminals and logistics centers.
About E.J. Brooks Company
Founded in 1873, E.J. Brooks Company, an ISO 9001-2000 registered company, is the world’s leading manufacturer of tamper indicating security seals, locking devices, and metering-related products through its Security Products Group. The company, based in Livingston, N.J., has 14 operating units, including locations in the USA, England, Mexico, China, Spain, Brazil, India and Singapore. Brooks has been involved in developing electronic seal technology for the past seven years. Visit Brooks and subsidiaries online at www.ejbrooks.com.
About WhereNet Corp.
A Zebra Technologies company, WhereNet is the first company to deliver a single wireless location and communication infrastructure that reliably and cost-effectively manages valuable mobile resources and delivers a complete return on investment within 6-12 months. Based on patented, standards-compliant technology resulting from a collective 100+ years of development, the WhereNet active RFID, real-time locating system solutions enable companies such as APL, BMW, Ford Motor Company, and NYK Logistics and facilities like Tobyhanna Army Depot to reduce inventory, lower operating costs, and improve operations. The company has received the Henry Ford Technology Award; was recognized for strong ROI by Computerworld; was ranked among the top 10 in the InfoWorld 100; and has been recognized as a wireless innovator by Forrester Research, Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies, Plant Engineering, and Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazines. WhereNet is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and has offices throughout the United States and Europe. For more information, visit the WhereNet Web site at www.wherenet.com, or call 408-845-8500 (in the U.S.) or +32 3 286 84 50 (in Europe).
WhereNet is a registered trademark and WhereTag is a trademark of WhereNet Corp. All other brands, products, or service names are or may be trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.
