Asset Tracking News

This section includes articles about how companies across many different industries are using RFID to track assets and improve asset utilization.

Nexess Integrates Multiple RFID Tool-Tracking Systems Into Single Offering

Designed for the nuclear, oil and gas, and aerospace industries, the unified solution consists of smart counters and cabinets and a mobile application, all managed on a single software platform.

Tags: Chemical, Aerospace, Asset Tracking

• Odette Cancer Centre Boosts Throughput Via RFID
• Nemak Tracks the Production of Engine-Block Molds
• Hospitals in Japan, China Seek to Save Lives Via Pocketsize Reader
• For Fleye, Capturing Action Videos Is No Obstacle
• RFID Reduces Oxygen-Generator Waste for Delta Air Lines
• GEA CowView Locates Cattle Via Active RFID
• Social Security Administration Tracks Data-Center Assets
• Bristol ID Announces Dual-Frequency and Asset-Tracking Tags
• Boeing, Hanmi Pharmaceutical, Impinj Among Winners of 2013 RFID Journal Awards

Asset Tracking Case Studies

Lufthansa Technik Automates Supply Management

The logistics services division turned to RFID to track time-sensitive materials and build a greener business.

Tags: Aerospace, Manufacturing, Logistics, Supply Chain, Asset Tracking, Environment

• Argentine Winery Harvests Crops With RFID
• Fortis Escorts Heart Institute Manages Outpatients Via RFID
• RFID Monitors Students' Beverages
• RFID Eases Border-Crossing Traffic

Asset Tracking Features

Benefits Fuel RFID Deployments

Oil and gas companies are adopting radio frequency identification technology to better manage assets and inventory, improve drilling and maintenance operations, and protect workers in dangerous environments. But industry experts say they're missing out on a powerful application.

Tags: Chemical, Asset Tracking, Operations, Inventory / Warehouse Management

• Car Makers Steer Toward RFID
• Game Changer?
• It's Time for CEOs to Take the Lead
• RFID Journal LIVE! Europe—UK Report

Asset Tracking Editor's Notes

Can Anyone in the Obama Administration Spell 'RFID'?

The president called for Congress to authorize $1 billion for ill-defined support for manufacturing, while ignoring the RFID revolution in its backyard.

Tags: Defense, Health Care, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, IT/Infrastructure, Asset Tracking, Inventory / Warehouse Management

• Predictions for RFID in 2013
• 2012: A Year of Progress
• About Honeywell's Purchase of Intermec
• RFID in Brazil

Asset Tracking Expert Views

Uniting IoT Networks

Integrating EPC and IPv6 wireless standards will enable the Internet of Things.

Tags: IT/Infrastructure, Asset Tracking, RFID Standards, EPC Technology

• An Important Value Case of RFID for Brazil's Oil and Gas Industry
• Wearable RFID Tags
• Managing Big (RFID) Data
• RFID's Land of Opportunity: the Middle East

Asset Tracking Best Practices

Eight Common Deployment Mistakes—And How to Avoid Them

Businesses deploying RFID systems keep making the same errors. Here's how to ensure you don't follow in their messy footsteps.

Tags: IT/Infrastructure, Asset Tracking, Innovation, Operations

• A Guide to RFID Apparel Retail Solutions
• 'Sketch' the User Experience to Ensure an RFID Project's Success
• 6 Ways to Get Your RFID Project Approved
• What You Need to Know About Tool Tracking

Asset Tracking How To Articles

How to Deploy a Health-Care Real-Time Location System

Strategic advice from four hospitals that are tagging and tracking assets—and achieving a return on their investment—can help you plan a successful solution.

Tags: Health Care, Pharmaceutical, IT/Infrastructure, Asset Tracking, Inventory / Warehouse Management

• How to Select a Real-Time Locating System
• How to Write a Request for Proposal
• How to Track IT Assets
• How to RFID-Enable Your Warehouse

Asset Tracking Videos

• IT Asset Tracking: Case Study - Social Security Administration Manages IT Assets
  One of the largest agencies in the U.S. federal government has deployed RFID in its data center. In this session, the leader of that project will explain why the agency decided to deploy RFID, how it ...
  Tags: Asset Tracking, IT/Infrastructure, LIVE 2013 Preconference
• IT Asset Tracking: The Business Case for Tracking IT Assets
  Many companies invest large amounts each year in IT assets. This session will explain the business benefits that can be achieved by using RFID technology to track assets within data centers and throug...
  Tags: Asset Tracking, IT/Infrastructure, LIVE 2013 Preconference

Asset Tracking White Papers

• Evaluation of Commercially Available UHF RFID Tag Technology for Animal Ear Tagging
  Published February 2013
  Grant Pugh, of the New Zealand RFID Pathfinder Group, outlines findings from research undertaken by his firm, conducted over a period of 12 months, that assessed 400 commercially available tags sourced from four manufacturers, in order to determine if passive UHF RFID ear tags on livestock meet or exceed the performance specifications established by NAIT for use on animals in New Zealand. (28 pages)
  Tags: Asset Tracking
• Industrial Track and Trace: Choosing the Technology that Measures Up to Your Application Demands
  Published November 2012
  Track-and-trace technologies are designed to quickly identify issues or inconsistencies early in production, to promote customer retention and boost cost savings on inventory, labor and replacement products. This white paper, from Turck, provides a detailed comparison between RFID and vision identification technologies, describing the individual operating principles, assessing performance capabilities and identifying application suitability. (5 pages)
  Tags: Asset Tracking