FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 9, 2006
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System Planning Corporation Supply Chain Expert Recaps Latest RFID Industry Trends
Arlington, Va. (Feb. 9) – The Vice President, Business Development for System Planning Corporation’s GlobalTrak™ intermodal cargo tracking and security system, Mr. Joe McKinney, recaps RFID Industry trends in yesterday’s edition of a leading industry newsletter, RFID Update.
McKinney’s column examines recent developments that are affecting the global business community:
- RFID is starting to allow businesses to get a glimpse of the "flow economy." In the flow economy, product, cash, and information are all constantly flowing through the network. No longer are businesses satisfied to have product sitting around in piles "just in case," or to have trucks and other partners waiting idly for check-in, appointments, verification, or the right signature.
- There is an increasing realization that forecasting accuracy has been exhausted, and that unavoidable "market uncertainty" has been bounded as much as possible. The new area of cost to attack, the area where uncertainty is absolutely manageable to almost zero impact, is "structural uncertainty." Structural uncertainty is when a company does not share or transmit supply chain data to its business partners, forcing them to accommodate their own lack of information by holding excess inventory, for example.
- Companies are increasingly willing to "go public" with their participation in RFID efforts.
A recognized leader in intermodal cargo security and tracking, System Planning Corporation has extensive experience in studying, evaluating and developing a range of integrated supply chain security solutions. Using off-the-shelf technology, SPC is helping enhance the nation's transportation and border security with GlobalTrak™, its newest global intermodal container security and tracking system that also delivers 100 percent supply chain visibility.
For additional information about GlobalTrak™, contact Ms. Linda Easley, leasley@sysplan.com (703-351-8245) or Joe McKinney, jmckinney@sysplan.com (703-351-8284).
View the complete text of 
Joe McKinney’s RFID Update column (112k pdf).
To learn more about GlobalTrak® visit
www.globaltrak.com
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