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RedPrairie and GlobeRanger Announce OEM Agreement to Drive Advanced RFID Data Management Solutions
WAUKESHA, Wis. --(Business Wire)-- April 23, 2004 -- Technology Partnership Extends RedPrairie's Existing RFID Data, Device, and Process Management Capabilities to Offer Customers Industry Leading Solutions
RedPrairie Corporation, a leader in global supply chain technology solutions that drive business transformation, and GlobeRanger, a leading provider of RFID Edgeware solutions, today announced an OEM Agreement. Under the Agreement, the partners have integrated their RFID solutions for advanced data collection, device and process management, enabling RedPrairie to expand its existing capabilities to provide customers the industry's most comprehensive RFID solutions.
Under the Agreement, RedPrairie has built data management applications on top of GlobeRanger's iMotion edgeware platform. This solution is tightly integrated to RedPrairie's DigitaLogistix(R) suite of RFID-enabled supply chain execution and optimization solutions.
Mike Dempsey, Industry Strategy Leader at RedPrairie says, "Our partnership with GlobeRanger allows us to expand our RFID product suite, giving customers an advanced solution for RFID, barcode and sensor data and device management. The integration was facilitated through DLx(R) Integrator, which is also used for integration to business applications and host systems. This creates a seamless package that is easy for customers to implement and maintain."
GlobeRanger's workflow functionality enables the management of fixed, mobile and wireless RF and RFID readers, providing a single unified source for edge data. They also provide sophisticated emulation and analytics capabilities that speed solutions development implementation.
John Koenigs, President and CEO of GlobeRanger states, "Our Alliance with RedPrairie is a natural fit. Both companies have advanced RFID solutions that we integrated to create a superior offering for RedPrairie and GlobeRanger customers."
RedPrairie Company Leader John Jazwiec comments, "Our visionary customers recognize RFID as a leading edge application to achieve the network-wide visibility and control they have wanted, but couldn't get until now. These advanced RFID data management solutions create competitive advantage and better responsiveness to customer needs. RedPrairie is pleased to partner with GlobeRanger to offer customers the best of the best in RFID technology."
RedPrairie is also partnering with GlobeRanger at CHEP's Innovation Demo Center in Orlando, Florida. CHEP is using RedPrairie's visibility tool, LENS(R), to demonstrate successful RFID tracking of inventory across the supply chain. In this demonstration, LENS provides real-time and historical visibility of CHEP pallets and associated products. It utilizes GlobeRanger's iMotion edgeware platform to process RFID data and interact with EPC Information Service to create summarized, end-to-end graphical views of customer supply chains.
About GlobeRanger.
GlobeRanger is the leading provider of RFID and mobility software solutions. Its innovative platform, iMotion, provides the critical software infrastructure that transforms real-time data, from the edge of the enterprise, into actionable information. iMotion serves as the foundation for GlobeRanger and its partners to rapidly develop, deploy, and manage RFID and mobile applications. Founded in 1999, GlobeRanger is headquartered in Richardson, Texas. GlobeRanger: www.globeranger.com
About RedPrairie Corporation.
RedPrairie is a leader in supply chain technology solutions that help customers transform their businesses. These global, end-to-end logistics solutions optimize operations across customers' extended supply networks, driving out costs, improving customer service and creating competitive advantage. RedPrairie's RFID-enabled suite of supply chain technology solutions provide the industry's leading transportation, productivity, and distribution management capabilities, enhanced with process management and optimization components for real-time visibility, event management, sourcing, quality control, supplier collaboration and performance management. RedPrairie provides industry-tailored solutions for many markets, including consumer goods, direct to consumer and traditional retail, food and beverage, high tech / electronics, third party logistics, industrial / wholesale, automotive and service parts, and pharmaceuticals. Customers include Hewlett-Packard, Sony, Thames Water, Procter & Gamble, Nestle, Panasonic, Georgia-Pacific, Eveready, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Unilever, Exel, GE, TNT Logistics, Amazon.com, and many others.
For additional information, call 1.877.733-7724, or access www.RedPrairie.com.
RedPrairie, DigitaLogistix and DLx are registered trademarks of RedPrairie Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies.
(C) 2004 RedPrairie Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
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