After a yearlong search for a seasoned leader, Acsis Inc., a maker of supply chain traceability and optimization systems, has appointed Gene Eubanks its new president and CEO.

Eubanks, a former SAP and Oracle executive who also lists Price Waterhouse, Sequencia, Netfish, and Manugistics among his corporate credentials, is tapping into his 20-plus years of experience in the supply chain, high-tech, consumer products, and chemicals industries, to map out a new direction for Acsis.

Acsis specializes in technology that integrates barcode and RFID data with enterprise and supply chain applications to deliver real-time visibility into production and product movements in the supply chain. Much of what the company does today is based on unique customer requirements. But Eubanks wants to turn the company’s customized solutions into packaged, turnkey products and broaden its partnerships beyond its main partner, SAP.

“I’m looking to transform much of what we have in terms of knowledge and services and codify it into a fortified product roadmap that we can take forward. And, with an open architecture, we can solve customer problems throughout the supply chain and across different business systems.,” Eubanks said in an interview with Managing Automation.

The first packaged products will hit the market in early 2010, Eubanks said. He declined to provide product details, but said the value will be in the company’s ability to more quickly deliver an off-the-shelf, configurable solution, rather than a customized design. “By productizing it, we are maximizing the benefits of all of our knowledge and packaging it in a way to enhance the customer experience … in order to get the benefits sooner.”

Eubanks replaces Adam Joseph, an interim CEO brought in by private equity firm Saints Capital, which bought Acsis from Safeguard Scientifics Inc. in 2008. Saints acquired Acsis after identifying an opportunity to serve companies looking for ways to track products from the factory to the store shelf.

According to ABI Research, the outlook for RFID technology purveyors remains strong, as 49% of 115 respondents to the company’s annual RFID end-user survey indicated that they expect their RFID budgets to increase in 2010.

In addition, as Ascis rolls out packaged offerings, there is room for partnerships with other ERP vendors as well as systems integrators that have developed a consulting practice around the supply chain, company officials said.