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METRO Group Deploys Reva Systems

Published: June 28, 2007

Reva's RFID network infrastructure provides a key component that enables Metro's RFID architecture to support current and future RFID initiatives.

Reva Systems, a provider of radio frequency identification (RFID) network infrastructure provider, recently announced that METRO Group, a retail company, is deploying Reva's Tag Acquisition Processor (TAP) products in a RFID rollout in Europe. Reva's RFID network infrastructure provides a key component that enables Metro's RFID architecture to support current and future RFID initiatives.

METRO Group’s process for evaluating innovative technologies is thorough, their requirements for standards-based performance are exacting, and their criteria are stringent for moving from RFID pilots to production. Reva's TAP products will be used to manage the distributed network of RFID installations, to produce accurate data from each site, and to provide rapid operator feedback. For the initial phase of the rollout, METRO Group is primarily using RFID to enhance its distribution and store receiving processes by using accurately located tag data for more efficient operations, better customer service and improved inventory management.

“Metro's decision to rollout RFID using Reva's products validates that standards-based RFID network infrastructure is critical to production-scale implementations,” said Tom Schuster, CEO of Reva Systems. “Reva's RFID network infrastructure is built for accuracy, scale, and ease of deployment. By delivering these capabilities, we enable METRO Group to reduce RFID operational and infrastructure costs while increasing service levels. This allows them to move forward with broad RFID implementations and to lay the foundation for future use cases.”