ADT SUCCESSFULLY ACHIEVES GS1 EPCGLOBAL REACCREDITATION FOR ITS RFID PERFORMANCE TEST CENTER IN ECHT, THE NETHERLANDS
ADT Affirmed As the Only Retail Solutions Provider Focused On Using Consistent Global Standards to Drive Intelligence from the Sales Floor Back Into the Supply Chain
BOCA RATON, Fla. – January 11, 2010 – ADT Security Services announced today that it received the GS1 EPCglobal Certificate of Accreditation for its RFID Performance Test Center in Echt, The Netherlands, distinguishing ADT as the only retail solutions provider focused on consistent global standards to earn the recognition. By successfully completing the Accredited Test Center Program v2.0 laboratory audit process, ADT demonstrates its continued focus on maintaining high standards of processes and testing for its Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) solutions. This reaccreditation helps ensure ADT’s RFID solutions provide retailers with consistent performance compliance to meet the Electronic Product Code (EPC) standards.
EPCglobal Inc., a subsidiary of GS1, the not-for-profit standards organization, supports the worldwide adoption of the EPC standards to enable accurate, immediate and cost-effective visibility of information throughout the supply chain. As a founding member of GS1 EPCglobal Inc., ADT actively participates in its Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) Phase 2 Joint Requirement Group. The Group recently released the EAS Strategic Overview Guide and the Technical Implementation Guide for deployments of EPC-based RFID solutions.
“ADT is the only retail solutions provider focused on consistent standards for the retail sector that has earned this reaccreditation,” said Jeff Bean, vice president Retail Sales and Operations for ADT. “This is important because it gives our customers confidence that our item level intelligence portfolio will meet a standardized performance level. It also means our solutions can deliver intelligent data from the retail selling floor with consistent and predictable quality to help our customers optimize store operations.”
“Retailers are increasingly evaluating item-level EPC/RFID to enhance visibility across the supply chain through the in-store environment,” said Michael Liard, RFID practice director, ABI Research. “With EPC/RFID awareness and interest sharply rising, a growing number of retailers and apparel manufacturers are evaluating and deploying end-to-end total EPC/RFID solutions from experienced, certified vendors such as ADT
The GS1 EPCglobal Performance Test Center Accreditation Program was developed to assess and evaluate the capabilities of testing facilities around the globe. The Accreditation Mark signifies that ADT has successfully completed the GS1 EPCglobal Test Center Reassessment Audit and uses a standard set of test profiles to simulate real-world conditions. For ADT’s worldwide customers this means the company adheres to established specifications for performance testing and the audit process, meeting the exacting criteria that are compliant with GS1 EPCglobal standards.
“We want to make it easy for end users to ensure that their tagged shipments can be read before sending them through their global supply chains,” said Nicholas Fergusson, Director of Certification, EPCglobal Inc. “The GS1 EPCglobal Test Center Accreditation Program will help end users be assured that an accredited third party has established that these shipments adhere to the specifications,” he said.
About ADT Security Services
ADT Security Services, a Tyco International company, is the world’s largest provider of electronic security services to more than seven million commercial, government and residential customers worldwide. ADT's total security solutions include intrusion, fire protection, closed circuit television, access control, critical condition monitoring, electronic article surveillance, radio frequency identification (RFID) and integrated systems. ADT's Web site address is http://www.adt.com.
About the Sensormatic Retail Solutions Portfolio
The industry-leading Sensormatic Retail Solutions portfolio offers vital loss prevention and operational improvement technologies and solutions. Backed by more than 1,500 patents, the Sensormatic solutions portfolio is sold through ADT and authorized business partners around the world. From the front of the store through the entire retail supply chain, Sensormatic solutions help keep losses lower – and profits higher. Today, over 80 percent of world's top 200 retailers that use EAS rely on Sensormatic solutions, which include EAS, source-tagging, data analytics and in-store, item-level intelligence applications. Sensormatic forward-thinking solutions also include dual EAS-RFID technology that provides item-level security and visibility in an ever changing retail environment. For more information, please visit http://www.sensormatic.com.
About GS1 EPCglobal Standards:
GS1 EPCglobal standards are a set of integrated industry-driven standards which have been developed to meet user’s requirements enabling the identification of objects, data capture and sharing of information among partners throughout the supply chain. These standards are developed within the framework of EPCglobal Inc.
About EPCglobal Inc.
EPCglobal Inc. is a subsidiary of the global, not-for-profit standards organization GS1 and supports the global adoption of the Electronic Product Code (EPC) as industry-driven standards to enable accurate, immediate and cost-effective visibility of information throughout the supply chain. For more information about EPCglobal Inc., visit: www.epcglobalinc.org.
About GS1
GS1 is a neutral, not-for-profit organization dedicated to the design and implementation of global standards and solutions to improve the efficiency and visibility in supply chains. GS1 is driven by more than a million companies, which execute more than five billion transactions a day with the GS1 System of Standards. This makes it the most widely used supply chain standards system in the world. For more information about GS1, visit: www.gs1.org.
Contact:
Ann Lindstrom
ADT Security Services
(561) 988-3258
alindstrom@adt.com
Bob Clucas
Sensormatic Retail Solutions
(561) 912-6451
bclucas@tycoint.com |