Improving Building Data Collection In Grafton Massachusetts

Our project is primarily concerned with identifying ways in which tracking of affordable housing can be simplified, streamlined, or otherwise improved in Grafton. Through analyzing affordable housing among other data flows within the town, we have identified potential extensions of the centralized municipal information model. Storm water management and utility consumption data were targeted as logical components of a more consolidated municipal data management system. Ultimately we hope to show the benefits of a more integrated data system, and help the town make the preliminary steps necessary to achieve these benefits.

WAVETREND TECHNOLOGIES: MARKETING ANALYSIS

Our project team performed a market analysis for Wavetrend Technologies, Inc. Wavetrend is a world leader in the deployment of comprehensive track-and-trace solutions providing real-time visibility of assets, people and modes of transportation. This project recommended implementation of RFID technology in the aviation and healthcare industries because of profit potential and the technology's advantages. These recommendations were supported by a great deal of market research gathered from a variety of primary and secondary sources. Our key primary source was a survey distributed to a number of Wavetrend's customers while our secondary sources consisted of various RFID technology periodicals, several academic publications in the WPI database, Yahoo! Finance, and ABI Research