Applications engineering is the discipline, art, skill and professional service of applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social and practical knowledge to design and build RFID/RTLS data structures, readers, transponders, air interface, network backbones, head end systems and processes that provide significant ROI to the RFID/RTLS stakeholders in the form of automation, cost reduction and enhanced efficiency.

ARS has a deep knowledge of applications engineering and delivers work products such as:

• User tagging guides – provides recommendations on optimum tag placement as well as the perfect tag choice to give desired visibility.
• Customization of the wireless read zone coverage contour – provides a read zone optimized for operation within the desired work flow.
• Optimization of the RFID infrastructure for speed and capacity to handle from one to 1,000,000 tagged items.
• Interface and integration of RFID inputs and outputs to third party auxiliary devices – this allows an RFID reader to turn a light, or other device, on and off as a result of a particular tag read thereby providing an increased level of automation.
• Embedded RFID – this provides seamless integration of the desired RFID features of a tag or reader into the product.