Significant progress has been achieved in the development and application of RFID, RTLS, GPS, and other technologies that provide “visibility” for asset tracking, supply chain inefficiencies, physical security, product authenticity, etc.  With these emerging technologies, we are at the cusp of a world that allows us the freedom to know the exact location and state of many essential elements of our business and personal life. How will this come about and what will it look like?

2. Jeff Irland October, 2006 Director, Global Commercial Industries Global Visible Commerce Is Visibility the Next Big Thing?

3. Auto-ID Technologies Automatic identification encompasses a wide range of technologies which have as their purpose the automation of the data entry process. These technologies include: Wireless Auto-ID

5. Is Visibility the Next Big Thing? The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman For Audio Discussion: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4600258 "Visibility into the movement of goods is vital to our customers' success … Our technology integration efforts are focused on enabling our customers to know, with a simple mouse click, if their shipment left Europe on a plane, or on a ship crossing the Pacific and when it was delivered by truck in Tianjin." Dave Barnes, UPS's CIO, Sept 6 th , 2006 at the fourth annual UPS Technology Summit "Enterprises who are proactive and develop a Global Supply Visibility and Performance Program have had fewer disruptions, reduce inventory and have increased quality over companies that do not have such a program,“ Sudy Bharadwaj, Sept 5 th , Vice President of Aberdeen Group.

7. A Typical Visibility Solution Enterprise Applications Enterprise systems for coordinated decision making Local Site Coordination Distribution Center Warehouse Manufacturer Store Web Browser Alerts Enterprise Software Other Enterprises Reader Zones Tagged Assets Carton Pallet Container Pallet Container Carton Pallet Container Pallet Item Pallet Item

8. A Typical Visibility Solution …. and the Embedded Networks Enterprise Applications Enterprise systems for coordinated decision making Local Site Coordination Distribution Center Warehouse Manufacturer Store Web Browser Alerts Enterprise Software Other Enterprises Reader Zones Tagged Assets Carton Pallet Container Pallet Container Carton Pallet Container Pallet Item Pallet Item

9. A Typical Visibility Solution …. and the Embedded Networks Enterprise Applications Enterprise systems for coordinated decision making Local Site Coordination Distribution Center Warehouse Manufacturer Store Web Browser Alerts Enterprise Software Other Enterprises Reader Zones Tagged Assets Carton Pallet Container Pallet Container Carton Pallet Container Pallet Item Pallet Item Extensive RF network that could be shared across multiple enterprises

11. Emerging Visibility Providers

16. Evolutionary Path Mobile Handheld Readers Dedicated RFID Infrastructure Services Arrangement Shared RFID Infrastructure Services Arrangement Roaming Agreements Between Providers Wide Area Coverage Chock Point Coverage

19. Where is your stuff? Is your stuff OK?