Your Welcome Guide. RIDIAS RFID and Intelligent Analytic Solutions. Discover the power of RFID and Artificial Intelligence WELCOME TO RIDIAS

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1 RIDIAS RFID and Intelligent Analytic Solutions WELCOME TO RIDIAS GETTING STARTED CONTROL PANEL RFID DRONE ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE MOBILE APP Your Welcome Guide Discover the power of RFID and Artificial Intelligence

2 2 WELCOME TO RIDIAS Thank you for choosing Ridias for your RFID and Artificial Intelligence needs. Our promise to you is fast, easy and inexpensive RFID end-to-end solutions with the shorted time to value on the market backed by artificial intelligence. We are on a quest to make RFID a universal technology and we are glad to have you on board. Ridias Inc. All rights reserved.

3 GETTING STARTED If you are reading this document, then it is very likely that you have already signed up for a Ridias account. Please log into your account to get started. If you do not have an account, please go to to signup for an account today. 1. Check your for important information regarding your account after you sign up. 2. Sign into your account, click on the drop down on the upper right corner of your screen and select Control Panel to open your Control Panel. The Control Panel is where you get access to all Ridias services associated with your account. 3. Order your hardware and RFID tags a. Click on the Order Hardware/Tags link on your control panel i. Fill the questionnaire to help us recommend the appropriate hardware for you. Please do your best to answer all questions to expedite the process. b. If our recommendation includes RFID in a box solution, you can proceed to order immediately. i. If you order an RFID in a box package, you can get going as soon as your package arrives. c. If our recommendation includes RFID fixed reader solution, our RFID setup specialist will call you to setup an installation appointment. i. Your specialist will first review the answers from the questionnaire with you to help plan your installation. ii. Your specialist will visit your site(s) to confirm the specifications. iii. Your hardware and all accessories are then ordered and prepared for installation. iv. The installation appointment is then confirmed for final installation. 3

4 4 CONTROL PANEL You can get to the Control Panel from the drop down on the top right corner of the menu on the home page after you sign into your account. The Control Panel gives you complete access to all functions that you have purchased. You can upgrade your account or add on more services at anytime from the Control Panel. The following are the functions you ll find on your Control Panel, please familiarize yourself with all functions. For more information on any functionality, please go to the help page. Below are detailed instructions on how to use all functions on your Control Panel. 1. Inventory/Asset Management: The following are the functions under Inventory /Asset management. a. Products: This is where you manage all data associated with your products. i. Add Product: You populate your account with products you need to tag with RFID from here. There are several methods to add your products. 1. Apps: Ridias is integrated with third party ERP/POS applications to expedite your product update. Select the App you use for your business and follow the instructions to synchronize your Ridias account with your ERP/POS system. 2. Upload File: If your ERP/POS system is not available in Ridias, you can download your products into an xls file and upload into your Ridias product database using this feature. 3. Scan Barcode: Ridias is connected to external product databases with popular products sold in many stores. You use this feature by scanning the barcode of your product. Ridias will find the product and populate the product information for you. You can make edits and save to your database. 4. Manual Entry: Assuming your ERP/POS is not available on Ridias and your product barcode is also not found in our databases, you can manually enter the product information using this feature. ii. Product Listing: This is the listing of all products you upload into your Ridias database. This database becomes records of products you sell and does not control what you have in inventory. iii. Inventory Listing: This database shows the products that have quantity more than 0. The quantity is controlled by RFID. Any item that is tagged and sent to the database through an RFID reader will show in your inventory listing. This

5 5 process is the only way to change item quantity in your database, except the Super Admin account, who can also update quantity in inventory. If you are using RFID to sell, all items scanned at a reader that is assigned to Sales will deduct form your inventory and save in your sales account. These items can then be synchronized with your accounting system to update your sales data and update your inventory. iv. Inventory Monitor: Whenever you take inventory, either with a mobile handheld reader or a fixed reader that takes inventory 24x7 in real-time, all items are shown on a chart called Inventory Monitor. This chart keeps track of the quantity of the item and the location where the inventory is taken. The total quantity of items on all the charts is the same as the total quantity of items you have in inventory or sold. This gives you a visual overview of where every item you have in your store is located all the times. Each item you have in inventory has it own chart. b. Assets: This is where you manage all data associated with your assets. i. Add Asset: You populate your account with asses you need to tag with RFID from here. There are several methods to add your assets. 1. Apps: Ridias is integrated with third party ERP/POS applications to expedite your product update. Select the App you use for your business and follow the instructions to synchronize your Ridias account with your ERP/POS system. 2. Upload File: If your ERP/POS system is not available in Ridias, you can download your assets into an xls file and upload into your Ridias asset database using this feature. 3. Manual Entry: You can manually enter the asset information using this feature. ii. Asset Listing: This database shows the assets that have been uploaded to your asset database. The quantity is controlled by RFID. Any item that is tagged and sent to the database through an RFID reader will show in your Asset Listing. This process is the only way asset quantity can be changed. iii. Asset Monitor: Whenever you take inventory, either with a mobile handheld reader or a fixed reader that takes inventory 24x7 in real-time, all assets are shown on a chart called Asset Monitor, which keeps track of all your assets by location. This gives you a visual overview of where every asset you have is located all the times. Each asset you have in your database has it own chart. c. RFID Setup: The setup of all RFID readers is done from here. Ridias will setup all readers before you receive them so you do not need to do any RFID setup. You however have complete access to the RFID setup, which gives you the option to add your own RFID readers as you chose. Note that only readers approved by Ridias through our rigorous reliability testing can be added. The system will not accept any other reader not on the Ridias approved list. Currently only TSL handheld readers and Impinj fixed readers are approved for use on Ridias. This can change anytime so please check with support@ridias.net for latest approval list.

6 d. Shipping: This is for managing shipping using RFID. This feature is currently under development and will be available mid Contact for information on potential shipping features. e. Help: You can find answers to most questions here including videos that explain how to use certain features. 2. Admin & Authorizations: This is where you can find administration functions for your account a. Account Information: You can find your account ID, business locations and location IDs from here. b. Account Renewal: You can manage your accounts from here. This includes, renewing your account incase you allow your account to expire. You can upgrade/downgrade your account from here and also add/remove services. c. Billing Central: Billing is completely electronic so no paper bills will be mailed to you. You can access all your invoices and payment histories from here. d. Change Password: We recommend that you change your password frequently for added security to your account. You can change your password from here. e. Authorize Account Users: You can setup accounts for your employees who need to use the Ridias system. All such accounts can be setup from here. When an employees signs in, they will have access and see information based on the level of authorization you assigned to them. i. General Account Users: These can only see information but cannot make any changes. ii. Admin Account User: These can be store managers who need to manage the information from their locations. These users have edit access and can make changes to the account. For security reasons, any information that is deleted will be archived so that it can be recovered incase the deletion was not authorized or was a mistake. f. Product Attribute Settings: You can choose from 2 types of data templates to use for adding products to your account. i. Fixed Template: This is a standard retail template, which includes common fields names used in most retail establishments. You can download a sample to use for uploading your products. You cannot add or remove any item from this template. You however do not need to fill in all information except for Product Name and UPC that are mandatory fields. ii. Dynamic Template: If you feel that the products you need to track are not standard and do not fit the fixed retail template, you can choose the dynamic template system. This allows you to add any information you want to add to your product database. The Product Name and UPC are still mandatory. You can download a sample template to use. If you choose the Dynamic Template system, you will see Add Dynamic Attributes on your control panel. You must define the attributes you want from here. The following attributes have already been added Product Name, Product Image, Product UPC, and Product Quantity. You just have to add anything else you need. 6

7 7 g. Data Usage: This is where you can keep track of how much data you are using for all services. This helps you plan your budget for your account. 3. Analytics & Insights: a. Inventory Monitor: This is a chart that keeps track of all your products whenever you take inventory showing the location of the products and the total quantity in your store. There are separate charts for fixed readers that monitor products 24x7 and handheld readers that record product location when an inventory is taken. The total quantity on on both charts will always match the total quantity of products in your inventory. Whenever an inventory is taken, the inventory monitor will automatically update the location on the chart based on where the product was found. This helps you know where all products are located in your store all the time. b. Asset Monitor: The asset monitor works the same way as the inventory monitor except that, it keeps track of your assets that you upload into your asset database. c. Reports: Whenever you take inventory with your handheld reader, you can use the Product Display Check and Asset Inventory Check functions in the mobile App to generate reports showing items that were found and those there were missing during the inventory process. This check is based on the location where the inventory was taken. Reports are automatically saved here. If any item is subsequently found, a new report is generated and saved showing the status of the item as found with the location. d. RFID Analytics: As items move in your store or facility, data is stored on the movement of these items either through the fixed readers or handheld reader inventory taking. Ridias has developed a smart RFID analytics engine that takes all the RFID data and filters it down to clearly show the behavior of every product or asset. Analytics charts are available in 24hr, day, month or year views. These charts that tell you exactly how each product behaves once it enters your store until sold and taken out of the store by a customer provide powerful business insights. If you sell clothes, you can know which clothes go to the dressing room often compared to those that get sold most, items picked by customers but never gets to checkout and countless other invaluable insights. e. Predictive Analytics: Using the power of machine learning algorithms, the RFID analytics data is trained to provide predictive analytics that will help you out-think your competition. 4. Settings: You can update your profile from here, upload business logo, and add different business locations. You can also upgrade or downgrade your account services from here. 5. Apps: This gives you access to all ERP/POS systems that have been integrated with Ridias. You can manage synchronizing Ridias with your ERP/POS App from here. 6. Messages & Chat Center: This feature is under development. Once its ready, you will be able to communicate with your Ridias team from here. Send and receive messages from Ridias and chat with our support teams. 7. Help: You will find answers to most questions from here including videos on how to use Ridias features.

8 RFID DRONE Ridias makes it super easy to control your outdoor inventory by using RFD drones that can fly over wide areas and quickly take inventory. This technology can benefit car dealerships, car rentals, car auctions, car distribution centers, construction sites, oil & gas sites etc. General availability of the Ridias RFID drones will be in mid 2018 but pilot programs will be running at selected sites with outdoor inventory. This technology enables you to take inventory anytime under any weather conditions rain, heat or cold. Contact for more information if you are interested in joining our RFID drone pilots. 8

9 9 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE The Ridias platform uses proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) engines to create value for you the customer. Our AI engines can use your RFID data to provide you with insights that will help you out-think your competition. This invaluable service is only possible with Ridias platform where your data and AI engines reside on the same platform. You don t need any 3 rd party software for AI analytics so you have your insight instantly without spending more money. Try our predictive analytics during your free trial period or contact support@ridias.net for more information on our AI offerings.

10 MOBILE APP The Ridias platform uses a mobile app called Ridias_RFID that is available on the Apple store for free. You will need this mobile App for all handheld reader functions First, download Ridias_RFID from this itunes. 2. Pair your TSL handheld reader with your Apple device through Bluetooth from device settings. 3. Sign into your account and click Connect RFID Reader and select paired reader from list. The antenna icon will change to green with the message RFID Reader Connected. Your home screen is now activated and ready to use the handheld reader. 4. The home screen gives you access to all functions enabled in the mobile App including the following; a. Take Inventory: This opens the screen where you can take inventory and update the database including report generation. b. Find Items: This scren enables you to locate RFID tagged items. c. Write Tags: This is where you encode RFID tags for items you want to tag. d. Reader Settings: You see information about the reader and also select inventory location. e. Inventory Management System: This provides you with inventory management functions. f. Asset Management System: This provides you with asset management functions.

11 11 CONTACT US Ridias Inc. 555 Republic Dr. Suite 200 Plano, TX The content in this brochure is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into a contract. This document is provided for information purposes only, and the contents hereof are subject to change without notice. This document is not warranted to be error free, nor is it subject to any other warranties or conditions, whether expressed orally or implied in law, including implied warranties and conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. We specifically disclaim any liability with respect to this document, and no contractual obligations are formed either directly or indirectly by this document. This document may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose, without our prior written permission. Copyright 2018, Ridias Inc. All rights reserved.