Motorola and Y3 to develop RFID solutions for YCH

Singapore - Motorola and Y3 Technologies will collaborate to develop RFID-enabled supply chain solutions for Singapore-based supply chain management solutions provider YCH.

The agreement will see the companies leveraging on each other's strengths - Motorola's in developing innovative RFID technologies and products, and Y3's experience in designing and implementing advanced supply chain solutions and applications.

The companies said the business benefits for customers in the region may include enhanced data accuracy and higher productivity with up to 30% savings in manpower and reductions in stock take leadtimes and material handling of around 40%.

John Cunningham, director of enterprise wireless and RFID for Motorola in Asia Pacific said: "The successful implementation of an RFID project of this scale requires a deep understanding of customer processes in addition to strategic knowledge in application development and RFID design and implementation. The partnership between Y3 Technologies and Motorola addresses all of these elements and we hope that this will spur on even greater adoption of RFID in this industry."

The Motorola-Y3 partnership began in 2004 when Y3 was looking for best-in-class RFID equipment to drive its RFID solutions. Under this agreement, Y3 will become a Motorola Premier Business Partner.

"Our strategic partnership with Motorola helps to ensure that we have the latest and most advanced RFID tools and infrastructure in place to achieve this excellent level of RFID implementation for the logistics and SCM industry," said James Loo Wai Kheong, COO of Y3 Technologies.

Dr Robert Yap, chairman and CEO of the YCH group said many of its large customers today understand that RFID is crucial to drive true real-time tracking and visibility.

"RFID is an enabling technology for the logistics industry - only with RFID is true integration of the physical flow and information possible," he said.