For a logistics chain to function smoothly, objects must be available at the right place and on time – and automatic identification provides the first essential step. This is why Silverstroke AG developed Tagpilot®, software that serves as a key data evaluation interface, regardless of whether the data have been recorded using GPS, barcodes, RFID or other Auto-ID technologies. No matter what the industry, Tagpilot bridges the gap between the virtual world of the ERP system and the real world of the warehouse or the shop floor, for example. Tagpilot does this by capturing data from any number of heterogeneous Auto-ID sources, placing them in the right context, making them available for use in the appropriate process and providing persistent storage of the data in the designated databases. In addition, Tagpilot transfers information to ERP systems and makes it available to users.

• webbased user-interface
• clusterable
• individual modules and the entire server are scalable
• platform independent
• browser independent (subject to release compatibility)
• database independent (subject to release compatibility)
• interfaces so that customers or partners can expand the system
• suitable for virtual servers
•  multi-client capability (several applications with separate contents on one system)

• device management
• middleware
• portal application

About device management:

• plug-ins are used to integrate a broad spectrum of Auto-ID data sources
• supports GPS tracking systems
• many plug-ins available for common Auto-ID hardware
• ALE interface
• supports EPC Gen2 compatible tags
• integration of MDE devices in Tagpilot data capture, including application logic on the MDE device itself
• integration of Java-enabled mobile telephones in Tagpilot data capture, including application logic on the telephone itself
• open concept for the creation of plug-ins in Java

About middleware:

• workflow-based processing of Auto-ID events
• web-based, graphic drag-and-drop workflow editor for creating workflows in UML format
• integration of back-end systems with multiple pre-built adapters 
• open concept for the creation of workflow building blocks in Java 
• automatic recording of user-defined indicators in the KPI module for recording lead times and idle times
• definition of rules for monitoring the sequence of object movements using the Tagpilot rule engine
• definition of geofences and monitoring of the GPS position of the objects
• object model allows separate tag and object data, use of multiple tags per object  and use of reusable tags
• object model supports objects that are assigned to other objects (e.g. containers on palettes, drivers in vehicles, palettes on trucks)
• object types already recognized in the system include containers, vehicles, assets, contacts/persons, GPS boxes, compound objects and underlying objects

About portal applications:

• browser-based user interface for the visualization of object position within a   certain area or in terms of coordinates
• system configuration
• administration of users, groups and authorizations with extremely refined definition of user rights, including connection to existing LDAP systems
• preparation, visualization and evaluation of indicators from the KPI module
• alerting components with the following functions
•  formation of alert groups
• definition of multi-level alert sequences
• mandatory confirmation for alerts received
• alerts can be sent by e-mail, text message, Tagpilot user interface or existing back-end systems via SNMP
• alerts can be triggered by hardware and/or communication problems; overstocked or understocked objects; or by violation of the rules defined in the rule engine, of the threshold values defined in the KPI module or of geofences
• simulation tool to simulate object movements
• system monitoring and analysis options