OATSystems Announces Parker Hannifin as Latest Customer to Adopt ATA Spec 2000 Compliant Solution
March 14 2011 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Following on a November 2010 announcement of the availability of
its Air Transport Association (ATA) Spec 2000-compliant RFID Asset
Tracking Solution, OATSystems, a division of Checkpoint Systems,
Inc. (NYSE: CKP), today announced Parker Hannifin as the latest
customer to adopt the ATA Spec 2000 solution as a starting point
for its adoption of RFID.
Parker Hannifin is an $11-billion manufacturer, supplying motion
and control technologies and systems to leading commercial
aerospace OEMs and defense contractors. The company is tagging and
tracking component parts to be installed in Airbus A350 XWB
aircraft at the point of manufacture in accordance with ATA
Spec2000. OATSystems provided Parker Hannifin with the complete
solution (hardware, software, training and support) to generate a
unique birth record for each part, and to capture the part
manufacturing details and ongoing history on a high-memory RFID
tag, which will be attached to the part through its useful
life.
“We selected OATSystems because of the breadth and depth of its
experience in providing solutions for a number of leading aerospace
and defense manufacturers,” said Everett DeGraaf, technology team
leader, Parker Hannifin. “OAT stands out for its experience in
component tracking, work-in-process and part marking in A&D,
along with the integration expertise needed to enrich enterprise
systems with real-time data. We’re very confident in the OAT
solution’s ability to meet our needs both for ATA 2000 and in
streamlining our internal operations.”
“We are proud to welcome Parker Hannifin to our growing list of
customers that have turned to us for our ATA Spec 2000-compliant
solution as the starting point in their RFID adoption” said Prasad
Putta, general manager, OATSystems. “This is a time of rapid change
in the aerospace industry, leading to dramatic improvements in
operating efficiency, cost reduction and safety. We look forward to
working closely with Parker Hannifin and our other A&D
customers to help them deploy RFID solutions to gain visibility
into their assets, enhance traceability and streamline
operations.”
About OATSystems
OATSystems, Inc. is the recognized radio-frequency
identification (RFID) solution leader with software that empowers
businesses to achieve competitive advantage and ROI from RFID
enabled applications. As a pioneer in developing RFID technology,
OATSystems has been setting the standards in RFID for over half a
decade and is responsible for industry firsts that include the
largest scale and largest scope of deployments, as well as the most
innovative approaches to providing enterprise-wide RFID solutions.
OATSystems’ multinational client base consists of over 100
customers in retail, consumer packaged goods, consumer electronics,
manufacturing, life sciences, aerospace and defense. A division of
Checkpoint Systems, Inc., OATSystems is located in Waltham, MA, and
has a development office in Bangalore, India and various direct
sales offices and resellers around the globe. To learn more, visit
www.oatsystems.com and www.checkpointsystems.com.
About Checkpoint Systems, Inc.
Checkpoint Systems is a global leader in shrink management,
merchandise visibility and apparel labeling solutions. Checkpoint
enables retailers and their suppliers to reduce shrink, improve
shelf availability and leverage real-time data to achieve
operational excellence. Checkpoint solutions are built upon 40
years of RF technology expertise, diverse shrink management
offerings, a broad portfolio of apparel labeling solutions,
market-leading RFID applications, innovative high-theft solutions
and its Web-based Check-Net data management platform. As a result,
Checkpoint customers enjoy increased sales and profits by improving
supply-chain efficiencies, by facilitating on-demand label printing
and by providing a secure open-merchandising environment enhancing
the consumer’s shopping experience. Listed on the NYSE (NYSE: CKP),
Checkpoint operates in every major geographic market and employs
5,600 people worldwide. For more information, visit
www.checkpointsystems.com.
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