University of Southern California (USC) to deploy RFID systems to track 60,000 for furniture and appliance location and status. Previously, these inventory checks are usually carried out by temporary workers during the summer. USC Housing Office Special Projects Manager Leo R. Boese said, because the RFID system that Virginia Simply RFID technology companies to provide the school aware of the location of assets and reduce error rates. The school said, frequently moving furniture, they are often no longer be in this position. By using a handheld RFID reader, the staff aware of furniture moving time, frequency, and the predetermined position. Thus, the school also reduces the loss caused by excessive purchase of furniture. USC deploy RFID system optimization furniture furniture inventory management USC is a private school in Los Angeles. The school has 40,000 undergraduate and graduate students in reading, most people live in the dorms, suites and apartments. These places are equipped with chairs, tables and beds, equipped apartments in addition to other furniture, electrical appliances such as refrigerators. Previously, the school will go to the housing office staff in each room and in the beginning led furniture inventory records are missing or in need of repair furniture. Typically, the inventory will find a lot of lost furniture. In 2011, the school and the deployment of RFID systems co Simply RFID NoxVault, this system uses a built-in Avery Dennison AD-223 inlays passive UHF RFID tags, Convergence's CS101 handheld reader and resident at the University of virtual machines Simply RFID's NoxCore data management software. The summer of 2012, USC hired six temporary workers on all assets of the RFID tags attached to these assets and the data entered into the NoxCore the software. Boese said they marked a total of 63,943 chairs, sofas, refrigerators, bed frames assets. At the same time, the software gave each object is assigned a unit number. Since the fall of 2012, the school began to housing health and safety inspectors with CS101 reader. These inspectors per semester (usually holidays) will enter the room to check smoke detectors, home appliances and electrical plug state. Now, they also need to use an RFID reader to read the asset inventory information. The reader can read 90 tags per second within 20 feet wide. After entering the room, inspectors use a handheld device to select the room number, the reading room furniture and furniture inventory labels and compare. When items are missing or abnormal findings, employees can be marked in the software. Boese said, after the study period, the school found using RFID data and a method to filter out unnecessary information. Between the 2013-2014 school year, the school began to collect data to understand the life circumstances of the particular furniture. Boese said, so schools can purchase those long product life. Because of these life data, the school can also make purchases before the upcoming damaged furniture. Boese said, based on the inventory of labor-saving, the project is expected to return on investment within three years. Boese said, RFID technology is the most useful mobile asset management tools, and those are not so useful for tracking moving objects infrequently RFID technology. He added that the school will share the results of these projects to other schools. Public Safety Office is planning to deploy RFID technology monitoring equipment.