RedTail Solutions Partners With Franwell To Deliver RFID Solutions

RedTail Solutions today announced that is has signed a partnership agreement with Franwell, Inc. to jointly market and sell combined trading solutions for RFID, EDI and global data synchronization (GDS). Under this agreement, Franwell's rfid> Genesis™ solution for internal RFID integration will be bundled with RedTail Transaction Manager (RTTM™) for EDI order management and data synchronization. This combined solution will allow suppliers to satisfy several retailer trading requirements while gaining better control and visibility over their inventory and electronic transactions. Both companies will team to actively market and sell this combined solution to new and existing manufacturing and retail customers.

"This combined solution fully leverages global standards for electronic trading and supply chain management," said Patricia Meisner of RedTail Solutions. "By combining Franwell's rfid> Genesis solution with our RTTM platform, RedTail Solutions is able to offer supply chain visibility in a complete package to its customers."

Both companies will also be working together on several joint development projects that will tightly couple their products to create one seamless business process leveraging EDI, RFID and GDS. This solution will directly link electronic purchase orders and advance ship notices to shipments that will be tagged and tracked with RFID tags. Reporting and analysis tools will also be developed to provide a dashboard view of all RFID, GDS and EDI activities.

"GDS and RFID are critical components of an EDI-enabled business process. By leveraging RedTail's Software as a Service platform for EDI with GDS, our rfid> Genesis solution can now integrate more fully with EDI transactions and can be based on synchronized data from the GDSN," said Jeff Wells, CEO of Franwell.

About RedTail Solutions, Inc.
RedTail Solutions, Inc. is a privately held company, located in Westborough, MA. It enables suppliers to compete at the highest level in today's supply chain by providing a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform for b2b collaboration. This advanced platform provides a suite of hosted services via the internet that can integrate seamlessly with middle-market systems like Microsoft Great Plains® to enterprise back office systems such as SAP®. Through this hosted and integrated platform, suppliers can connect and trade through a single solution with their key customers as well as third-party logistics providers in warehousing and transportation. There are more than 300,000 suppliers that participate in the global supply chain today that can gain immediate benefits by using RedTail's fully integrated and automated electronic collaboration through a single interface, helping them to eliminate transaction errors, reduce penalties for non-compliance and ultimately to streamline business processes. For more information, visit www.redtailsolutions.com.

About Franwell, Inc. (www.franwell.com)
Franwell is a leader in the research, development, and implementation of RFID technology that targets supply chain operations with special emphasis on the perishable foods and pharmaceuticals industries. Franwell engineers have more than 20 years experience providing software solutions for a variety of suppliers, with more than twelve years focused on the use of RFID for the purpose of providing real-time inventory visibility. Franwell expertise extends beyond research and development to the practical engineering of radio frequency applications for diverse business requirements. Our RFID systems demonstrate our commitment to provide the best available resources to help businesses reduce supply chain costs today.