You-R OPEN RFID Middleware Supports SAP Integration
Technology experts at Graz, Austria-based RF-iT Solutions GmbH have succeeded in making a major advance in efforts to provide even more intensive support to companies implementing RFID-based business processes. In cooperation with EINS, a company dedicated to introducing integrated IT systems, a white paper has been prepared which summarizes the various options for integrating You-R OPEN, the world's leading RFID operating environment, with SAP systems. In terms of both size and experience, EINS is among the major companies in Austria involved in implementing SAP solutions, focusing activities on providing consulting services and on reengineering business processes for introducing SAP software systems.
Far-reaching benefits for system integrators
"Many companies considering the option of integrating RFID with their corporate IT infrastructure use processes based on SAP systems. Focusing on this fact, the white paper points out options for rapidly implementing RFID. The resulting enhanced options for connecting the You-R OPEN platform for system integrators to the architecture provided by SAP, Europe's largest software manufacturer, create a unique global market for us," RF-iT Solutions managing director Dominik Berger was pleased to announce. While integration in the past was achieved via add-on components, now an immediate link is viable. "You-R OPEN now covers the entire spectrum of requirements placed by SAP system integrators who are faced with the task of integrating auto ID devices with existing SAP systems and centrally managing these devices using You-R® OPEN Admin Suite," Berger went on to add. Standard SAP modules provide an object-oriented means of synchronous communication, while IDoc enables asynchronous communication between You-R OPEN and the SAP system for the purpose of exchanging master data. Standardized Internet protocols meanwhile support mutual information exchange between systems, independent of the particular language and technology used in each case.
Visible benefits arise for SAP integrators in the form of additional and enhanced options for integrating Auto ID/RFID technology with SAP through a wider selection of potential devices. "You-R OPEN provides a level of abstraction which results in immediate independence from individual device manufacturers, in this way allowing the particular RFID technology to be implemented that is best suited to the specific project," Berger explained. Proceeding from this joint basis and with an eye to specific project requirements, EINS as experts in implementation processes and RF-iT Solutions as experts on the possibilities and limitations of RFID technology identify the potential for optimization in the particular case. SAP customers with running systems now have the option of connecting RFID easily by way of available SAP interface technology.
About RF-iT Solutions GmbH
RF-iT Solutions GmbH, Graz, Austria, a firm active in the area of RFID software and services, was founded in 2005 through a management buy-out of the "RFID Software and Solutions" business division of Infineon AG. RF-iT Solutions is the market leader in the strategic segments of the fashion and the automotive industry. The company provides RFID middleware and technology consultancy, devising comprehensive communications solutions to link together business processes, RFID technology and IT. With a staff of 25, the company is focused on the marketing and continued development of You-R OPEN, a scalable Auto-ID software product and the world's leading RFID operating environment, which serves as a platform for system integrators, software manufacturers and operators. RF-iT Solutions provides system integrators with comprehensive technology consulting, serving them as a technical backbone, so that business processes that have been optimized in theory will also work when implemented in practice. In combination with the knowledge of industry experts, You-R OPEN enables partners to provide global RFID solutions quickly, with the necessary expertise, thus allowing them to focus on added value for their customers. The company operates the "RFID Solutions Excellence Center", for RFID testing tailored to customer needs, at the business site in Graz Austria. On the basis of the convincing features of You-R OPEN, including its functionalities and capacity for integration, the company was awarded the valued European Auto-ID Award in the category of RFID in 2006 as well as the IT Constantinus award and the German Innovation Award in 2007.
SOURCE: RF-iT Solutions GmbH