Case Study1:

DFRL is one of India's leading research and development organization in the area of food, science and technology and is part of Indian Defense Ministry. It has a well equipped library for its students and researchers with over 20,000 books and periodicals.

Business Challenge:

• Time consuming stock taking process often requiring huge reconciliation efforts.
• Book issue and return to and from patrons was a manual paper based process which took considerable time leading to long queues.
• Lack of visibility to book availability and their location as inventory taking was not done on a regular basis.

Orizin Solution/Methodology:
HF based RFID solution was implemented.

• All 20,000 books were tagged using HF labels
• Desktop readers were installed for easy book issue and return. The readers also read patron cards for seamless transaction.
• Hand held reader was provided for efficient on shelf stock taking process.
• Integration of RFID infrastructure with a third party (NewGenLib) library application was done.

Benefits reaped by DFRL after the successful implementation of Orizin RFID solution:

• Accurate and easy information availability pertaining to book availability as well as current location.
• Productivity benefits were reaped due to process automation.
• Greater patron satisfaction thereby increasing the overall effectiveness of the library.

Case Study2:

Kerala State Central Library is one of South India's biggest public library having over 3,00,000 books. It has books spread across 10 different sections. The entire library is spread across huge campus with several reading rooms, internet center and digital library.

Business Challenge:

• Since it is a public library unauthorized movement of books outside the library by non members had to be prevented.
• Tedious inventory taking process.
• Book issue and return to and from patrons was a manual paper based process which took considerable time leading to long queues.
• Lack of visibility to book availability and their location as inventory taking was not done on a regular basis.

Orizin Solution/Methodology:
UHF based RFID Solution was successfully implemented by Orizin.

• All 3,00,000 books were tagged using UHF technology
• Desktop readers were installed for easy book issue and return. The readers also read patron cards for seamless transaction.
• Hand held reader for efficient on shelf stock taking of tagged books was provided.
• Gate antennas were installed for book safety.
• Self service kiosks and drop box for members to do transactions on their own was provided.
• Integration of RFID infrastructure with a third party (Libsys) library application was done.

Benefits reaped by Kerala
State Central Library after the successful implementation of Orizin RFID solution:

• Accurate and easy information flow now became possible pertaining to book availability as well as current location.
• Productivity benefits were reaped due to process automation.
• Greater patron satisfaction thereby increasing the overall effectiveness of the library.
• Greater security of books attained.

Case Study 3:

Kerala Children's Library is one of South India's biggest public library having over 30,000 books. It has books spread across 10 different sections. The entire library is spread across huge campus with several reading rooms, internet center and digital library.

Business Challenge:

• Since it is a public library unauthorized movement of books outside the library by non members had to be prevented.
• Tedious inventory taking process.
• Book issue and return to and from patrons was a manual paper based process which took considerable time leading to long queues.
• Lack of visibility to book availability and their location as inventory taking was not done on a regular basis.

Orizin Solution/Methodology:
UHF based RFID solution was implemented by Orizin.

• All 30,000 books were tagged using HF tags
• Desktop readers were installed for easy book issue and return. The readers also read patron cards for seamless transaction.
• Hand held reader for efficient on shelf stock taking of tagged books was provided.
• Gate antennas were installed for book safety.
• Self service kiosks and drop box for members to do transactions on their own was provided.
• Integration of RFID infrastructure with a third party (Libsys) library application was done.

Benefits reaped by Kerala
Children's Library after the successful implementation of Orizin RFID solution:

• Accurate and easy information flow now became possible pertaining to book availability as well as current location.
• Productivity benefits were reaped due to process automation.
• Greater patron satisfaction thereby increasing the overall effectiveness of the library.
• Greater security of books attained.
• Book availability was uploaded on internet for online transactions.

Case Study 4:

SRM University is ISO 9001:2000 certified Deemed University in South India, accredited by NAAC with Grade B+'s. Library has books over 10 different sections. It has several reading rooms, internet center and digital library.

Business Challenge:

• Unauthorized movement of books outside the library by non members had to be prevented.
• Patron identification required.
• Tedious inventory taking process.
• Book issue and return to and from patrons was a manual paper based process which took considerable time leading to long queues.
• Lack of visibility to book availability and their location as inventory taking was not done on a regular basis.

Orizin Solution/Methodology:
HF based RFID solution implemented.

• 40,000 books were tagged in the first phase and 30,000 are supposed to be tagged in phase-2
• Desktop readers were installed for easy book issue and return. The readers also read patron cards for seamless transaction.
• Gate antennas were installed for unauthorized book exit.
• Integration of RFID infrastructure with the in-house library management software was done.

Benefits reaped by SRM University after the successful implementation of Orizin RFID solution:

• Accurate and easy information flow now became possible pertaining to book availability as well as current location.
• Productivity benefits were reaped due to process automation.
• Greater patron satisfaction thereby increasing the overall effectiveness of the library.
• Greater security of books attained.
• Time saved for issue and return of books during peak hours.
• Same patron cards can be used as smart cards for campus applications.

Case Study 5:

JustBooks, Bangalore is a private library started by a group of professionals with a noble aim of inculcating reading habits among public in the nearby locality. The library owner intends to scale up operations with books across categories in due course.

Business Challenge:

• Movement of books outside the library by members or non members had to be prevented.
• Patron identification required.
• Tedious inventory taking process.

Orizin Solution/Methodology:
UHF based RFID solution was successfully implemented.

• 12,000 books were tagged in the first phase and 5000 in phase 2.
• Desktop readers were installed for easy book issue and return. The readers also read patron cards for seamless transaction.
• Gate antennas were installed for unauthorized book exit.
• Self service kiosks installed.
• Integration of RFID infrastructure with library was done.

Benefits reaped by Justbooks, Bangalore after the successful implementation of Orizin RFID solution:

• Accurate and easy information flow now became possible pertaining to book availability as well as current location.
• Productivity benefits were reaped due to process automation.
• Greater patron satisfaction thereby increasing the overall effectiveness of the library.
• Greater security of books attained.
• Kiosk doubles up as information counter about various books in the library.

Case Study 6:

Sakhi Enterprises, Bangalore is a high fashion clothes boutique for women. The boutique focuses on the needs of contemporary Indian women, catering to needs of women of all ages. On an average boutique carries around 2000 apparels and dress materials at any time.

Business Challenge:

• To ensure a smoother billing process for customers with minimum or no queues.
• Tedious stock taking process involving manual labor and reconciliations.
• To eliminate shrinkage and theft.

Orizin Solution/ Methodology:
UHF based RFID solution was successfully implemented.

• All articles were tagged with RFID labels.
• Desktop readers were installed for point of sales (POS) billing.
• Hand held reader for efficient on shelf stock taking of tagged apparels was provided.
• Gate antennas were installed at exit points to ensure safety of goods.
• Developed and implemented a retail application that helps the store in billing and inventory management.
• Orizin also developed front end application and integrated it with Tally which is the store's backend finance system.

Benefits reaped by Sakhi Enterprises after the successful implementation of Orizin RFID solution:

• Faster billing as multiple items can be read together thus cutting queues.
• Faster and regular inventory taking to ensure visibility of accurate information. This helped them in ordering and managing out of stock situations.
• Robust security system for items in the store.

Case Study 7:

Goldstar Jewelry is one of India's leading gold and diamond jewelry manufacturer and retailer. It has 5 diamond cutting and polishing facilities and 6 jewelry manufacturing facilities across India and nine distribution centers across the globe. This ISO 9001 certified company boasts of jewelry production capacity of over 1 million pieces annually.

Business Challenge:

• To ensure quicker inventory taking of individual jewelry item during work in progress at the manufacturing facilities.
• The inventory taking process should give significant productivity benefits in terms of stock taking cycle time.

Orizin Solution/Methodology:
UHF based RFID solution was implemented at one of the client' manufacturing facilities.

• Individual jewelry items were tagged. These items are typically placed inside a tray/box as they move along various processes.
• A customized box shaped reader was designed for easy reading of all items in the tray.
• For stock taking, trays carrying tagged jewels inside them were placed on the reader. This ensured that the jewels were read faster as compared to hand held readers.
• The customized reader was provided with a USB/Ethernet interface for data transfer.

Benefits reaped by Goldstar Jewelry after the successful implementation of Orizin RFID solution:

• Faster and efficient stock taking process giving significant productivity benefits to customers.
• Customizing the reader was the key to solving the client's business problem.

Case Study 8:

Client is a SEI CMM Level 5 certified embedded communications Solutions Company that helps businesses across the communication value chain accelerate product development life cycles. Client offers unique combination of R&D consultancy, wireless software products and software services. It has over 3500 employees with offices across the globe.

Business Challenge:

• To track the location of various enterprise assets was a major challenge as they are moved across bays/floors/offices.
• Another acute problem was that many of the items are custom bonded and are subject to surprise audits.
• A typical asset list was that of lab equipments, servers, laptops, projectors,modems etc.

Orizin Solution/Methodology:
UHF based RFID solution was implemented at one of client's offices in Bangalore.

• Individual assets were tagged to track the movement of assets across labs.
• Readers located at entrance/exit provide location information.
• Hand held reader was provided for faster and accurate stock taking process.
• We developed an asset management application that helps customer visibility to asset information.

Benefits reaped by the client after the successful implementation of Orizin RFID solution:

• Ability to track items within or across facilities was attained.
• Faster response to surprise custom audits reduced financial risk involved.

Case Study 9:

Orizin provided Laptop tracking solution to one of India's best known company in the area of engineering and construction. It has over USD 7 billion in revenues with over 29000 people across locations in India and abroad. Currently we have implemented our solution in one of it's offices in Mumbai which is into control and automation products.

Business Challenge:

• Difficult to track since employees carry laptops in and out of building on a daily basis.
• To ensure that the right person carries the right laptop.
• Current system involves manual tracking which is cumbersome for administration staff as well as employees.

Orizin Solution/Methodology:
Active based RFID solution was implemented at Mumbai office covering over 200 laptops.

• Individual assets were tagged to track the movements both in and out of campus.
• Readers installed at entrance/exit identify the asset and relays the information to the security guard on duty.
• A nearby screen flashes the employee photo based on the tag read from the laptop. This enables the guard to verify that the right person carries the right laptop.

Benefits reaped by the client after the successful implementation of Orizin RFID solution:

• Assets are tracked on a regular basis.
• Faster verification using RFID as compared to manual process.
• Asset and data protection attained.