NCR tests own RFID platform

08.02.2006
NCR will launch help build programs designed to process the enormous amounts of data associated with radio frequency identification (RFID).

Called the NCR Velocity Portal, the new suite was formally launched at the recent National Retail Federation Convention and Expo in New York.

The NCR Velocity Portal supports a variety of input/output technologies, including real-time wireless, batch systems, programmable logic controllers and personal digital assistants, NCR says. The platform provides integrated security and user authentication, multilingual support based on user login, and the ability to connect to a very large number of data sources.

The vendor will be "eating its own dog food" by progressively applying (RFID) tags to its products and implementing RFID-based solutions starting in the first quarter of this year to improve its supply chain management and asset tracking processes.

NCR will work with its suppliers to implement the tagging initiative.

"NCR is deploying RFID throughout its own supply chain to help realize the operational efficiencies our RFID solutions are delivering to our clients across multiple industries," says NCR global RFID solutions vice-president John Greaves.