2019 CV Business Innovator Awards

8 Corporate Vision - Business Innovator Awards 2019 , Omni-ID With the increased usage in both consumer and industrial mobile devices along with the insatiable appetite for data by consumers and businesses alike, data centres and end user organizations are becoming larger, more complex and widely distributed across multiple sites and geographic locations. With this growth, the level of difficulty and expense of tracking and managing IT assets also increases dramatically. As such, companies need to incorporate automated solutions into their processes for their own efficiency and effectiveness. Among the solutions available on the market currently, RFID is one of the most reliable and lowest cost of the IoT solutions, enabling a network of connected machines, devices, objects and applications. This connected network provides users with the data and analytics that help them to make critical business decisions faster and more efficiently. Leading the market in the provision of RFID solutions is Omni-ID, a manufacturer & supplier of award-winning, patented technologies that excel in solving tracking and identification challenges with unprecedented accuracy in the Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Oil & Gas, Energy, IT Asset Management and Tool & Rental Equipment industries. As an example, Omni-ID worked with a leading fortune 100 tech company looking for a more automated method to both receive goods and track inventory into their data centre. With many campuses and many data halls in each location, tracking with RFID was clearly the most cost-effective IoT solution to meet their Best RFID Tagging Solutions Provider 2019 & Leading Experts in IT & Data Centre Asset Tracking 2019: Jun19213 As a global leader in designing, manufacturing and supplying high-performance RFID tags, Omni-ID delivers the hardware and expertise to drive clients across the corporate landscape to success. We profile this unique company and explore how it came to win not one but two of this year’s coveted Business Innovator Awards. In today’s fast-paced, technology- led business market, now, more than ever, companies need to use digital solutions to ensure their compliance and keep them ahead of their competitors. Despite the developments in the market, many organizations are still conducting manual inventory counts to meet their compliance and service obligations. From the length of time it takes to conduct a manual inventory, to the labour involved and cost associated with the lack of accuracy in the final output – taking a manual inventory is not ideal for most organizations. requirements to tackle that challenge. Omni-ID joined forces with one of their technology partners to develop the solution. By automating the inventory using a combination of tags and labels, labour was reduced from 2 people working 2 weeks to 2 people working 4 hours. In addition, accuracy improved from 46% to 99.8%. The result was a solution that included major efficiencies and operational improvements that exceeded the expected goals of the program. One of Omni-ID’s keys to success lies in its ability to challenge the boundaries of what’s possible by designing customized products that meet all expectations for the highest quality. Their team of RF Engineers work directly with their partners and end users to design solutions that achieve business goals simply and cost-effectively. One of their latest projects is a successful integration of a new custom tag for Container Centralen (CC) to manage a pool of trolleys used for the transportation of plants in the European horticulture industry tagging over 4 million trolleys across 40 countries. The tag has allowed the CC customer to minimize counterfeiting and enable customers to optimize logistical and track-and-trace processes. Omni-ID has developed many custom RFID solutions for companies around the globe in some of the most challenging environmental conditions. If you think it can’t be done, just challenge Omni-ID! “At Omni-ID our mission is to continue to provide outstanding hardware to drive the IoT revolution for large organizations throughout the world!” Tony Kington, PhD, President & CEO