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Asset Tracking

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

Asset Tracking News

Vancouver Hotel Tracks an Olympic Quantity of Washable Items
The Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel is using soft rubber RFID tags to manage sheets, uniforms and other laundered assets, reducing labor tracking inventory, lost items and the need for safety stock.

Israeli Auto Importer Puts RFID Into Operation
Colmobil is attaching an EPC Gen 2 RFID tag to the windshield of each of the 25,000 to 35,000 cars it imports annually, to expedite the processing of those vehicles.

Bologna Researchers Develop Motion-Measuring System for Seniors, Athletes
The system records changes in a wearer's body posture, and can send that data wirelessly to a PDA or PC, to alert caregivers of elderly patients prone to falling, or help trainers analyze athletic performance.

Organic Clothing Retailer Makes Shopping Personal
Clothing for a Better Earth is using an RFID-enabled iPod and EPC Gen 2 tags to link customers with products they might like, as well as track shoppers and goods throughout its store.

Sun Microsystems Piloting RFID Tagging for Financial Customers
The company's goal is to help financial institutions better account for IT equipment in their data centers.

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Asset Tracking Featured Articles

RFID Journal LIVE! Europe 2009 Report

At RFID Journal's fifth annual European conference and exhibition, held near Frankfurt, Germany, 250 attendees learned from innovative companies using radio frequency identification to improve their manufacturing, supply chain and retail operations. View the presentations from the event.
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Asset Tracking Editor's Notes

Managing Everything That Moves

Companies should build an RFID infrastructure enabling them to manage everything that is mobile and not connected to the Internet, as well as all that is fixed and connected online.
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Asset Tracking Case Studies

An RFID Roadmap for Small and Midsize Contract Manufacturers

Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing, which makes aerospace components, deployed a work-in-process application to track orders for Boeing.
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Asset Tracking Vendor Profiles

MTU Examines RFID to Keep Its Production Line Rolling

The German manufacturer simulated an RFID-enabled kanban system to keep parts in stock and to introduce the technology to employees.
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