Patni helped its client implement a high-tech “Animal Traceability” System, to help it meet new European and US government regulations and expand its leadership in the South American market.
Using its proprietary ROI tool for RFID deployments, Patni helped the client gain a realistic understanding of the investments that would be needed to successfully deploy RFID.
Radio Frequency IDentificaton (RFID) technology is not new if we recollect that we used this technology to identify friendly aircraft during World War II. However, with the falling prices of passive tags, RFID has thus become attractive.
While the advantages of smartcard-based contactless ticketing are by now well understood, the deployment of such solutions in mass transit applications has been held back by the relatively high cost of the RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) chips required.
