SmartMethod is Patni’s comprehensive portfolio of modular services for RFID adoption. This modular approach ensures that clients can quickly identify and quantify potential benefits from RFID adoption before making significant investments. It also helps to continuously refine or fine-tune the RFID solution framework for optimum Total Cost of Ownership.

Patni’s Modeled-to-Measure^TM approach ensures optimal value at every stage.

SmartMethod: Patni RFID Adoption Methodology
The SmartMethod services include:

SmartVISION^® Telescope
The first step in Patni's RFID adoption methodology implementation, Telescope, helps set deployment expectations and identify areas and processes that can benefit from RFID adoption. The key activities in this phase include:

• Analyzing existing business processes
• Identifying RFID application areas
• Creating RFID business case with ROI.

SmartVISION^® Microscope
The next step in Patni's RFID adoption methodology, Microscope helps clients assess the readiness level of its organizational business processes, product characteristics and IT infrastructure to create an RFID implementation roadmap. Key activities in this phase include:

• Assessing product, process, and IT infrastructure readiness
• Developing “To-Be” process flow
• Identifying pilot sites.

SmartVISION^® Sextant
The Sextant phase helps clients plan and deploy a successful pilot. Our process ensures that all the factors impacting RFID implementation are considered, tested and validated. The key activities in this phase include:

• Finalizing project scope and coverage
• Developing applications and integrations
• Conducting the pilot.

SmartVISION^® Laser
The final phase in the RFID adoption methodology, Laser, rolls out RFID implementations across the enterprise to identified locations, processes, product lines and customers. The key activities in this phase are:

• Installation and configuration
• Integration with enterprise applications
• Training.