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 EXPANDS ACTIVE RFID AUTOMOTIVE ECOSYSTEM
TO INCLUDE OPTIMIZATION OF JUST-IN-TIME PARTS DELIVERIES FROM TNT LOGISTICS
TO VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS
WhereNet Solution for Material Sequencing Centers Automates Workflow,
Reduces Inventory, and Prevents Business Interruption in Time-Critical
Automotive Supply Chain
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Nov. 2, 2005—WhereNet Corp., the
leader of wireless solutions for tracking and managing enterprise assets,
announced today that TNT Logistics, a leading global provider of supply chain
services, will deploy the standards-based WhereNet® active RFID, real-time
locating system (RTLS) technology to optimize the process of just-in-time
parts sequencing to its automobile manufacturing customers. The WhereNet
solution will provide TNT Logistics with closed-loop supply chain visibility
as it coordinates 24x7 milk run deliveries from its material sequencing centers
to assembly lines at automotive manufacturing facilities.
WhereNet has deployed more than 100 RTLS installations at automotive factories
around the world. Installations at facilities like TNT Logistics represent
an expansion of the WhereNet ecosystem to include material sequencing centers
that receive parts from multiple automotive suppliers, and then build and
deliver sequenced shipments in accordance with the build schedule of the
vehicles being produced. TNT Logistics will go live with the WhereNet system
this month at its material sequencing center in Dearborn, Michigan, which
serves Ford Motor Company's Dearborn truck plant.
"At TNT Logistics, we expect to gain maximum efficiency in our operations
by relying on WhereNet's solution to provide complete visibility of all of
our racks - which are constantly moving back and forth between the assembly
line at the factory and our material sequencing center," said Terry McIntyre,
manager, solutions design technology services for TNT Logistics. "We are
excited to partner with WhereNet to 'connect the dots' across the automotive
supply chain. We are bullish about the business benefits of RTLS technology
for both OEMs and their suppliers, who can reap tremendous value from this
end-to-end supply chain solution."
At TNT Logistics material sequencing centers and automotive factories, the
WhereNet solution uses active RFID WhereTagT devices and a local infrastructure
of wireless WhereLANT locating access points to provide real-time location
and status information for thousands of racks (the holding units that contain
sequenced parts for building new vehicles), which are constantly moving back
and forth between the material sequencing center and the automotive manufacturing
facility.
The WhereNet RTLS architecture also includes WherePortT devices located
at dock doors at the material sequencing center; these devices trigger the
WhereTag to emit a signal when a forklift loads a rack full of parts on a
truck bound for the factory. Through this automatic data collection process,
the WhereNet system confirms that the load has been built, and validates
its ready-to-ship status; the system can even trigger an advanced shipping
notice so that the factory knows what material is en route.
WhereNet Drives Automation Across the Automotive Supply Chain
Amidst record new model introductions and increasingly complex outsourced
supply chains, automotive logistics providers like TNT Logistics are turning
to WhereNet's locatable, active RFID systems to connect people, processes
and parts and automate previously time-intensive, error-prone, manual tasks.
TNT Logistics expects to realize numerous benefits from the WhereNet technology,
including:
Improved asset utilization and rack availability as the WhereNet system
provides visibility and status information about every rack in the pool,
regardless of the rack’s location.
A drastically reduced risk of business interruption or parts shortages
at the assembly line.
Increased capacity through improved space utilization and throughput
at the material sequencing center.
Labor savings resulting from eliminating the time used to search for
racks — the WhereNet system graphically displays the location of
every tagged asset.
Improvements in lean manufacturing capability. The WhereNet system automatically
captures data revealing the flow of material throughout the inbound and
manufacturing life cycle that can be analyzed to implement more efficient
business processes and alleviate bottlenecks.
“The automotive supply chain is arguably the most complex of any industry,
and the complexity only increases as the major OEM’s of the world embrace
more flexible manufacturing processes,” said Gary Latham, director
of automotive industry solutions for WhereNet. “Through our locatable,
active RFID solutions, we enable partners across the entire automotive supply
chain to automate manual processes, reduce inventory, and increase throughput
in support of more flexible, lean manufacturing initiatives. Collectively,
our customers save millions of dollars annually as a direct result of our
technology positively impacting their business.”
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.
