Inventory/Warehouse Management NEWS
Container Centralen Adds Active Tags to U.S. Carts
The horticultural logistics company is installing 150 RFID readers at nurseries, greenhouses and fields, as well as at its depots, to track the whereabouts of 250,000 metal carts.
Logwin Rolls Ahead With RFID
The logistics provider attaches EPC Gen 2 passive tags to the wheels it assembles and ships to its automotive customers.
Linentracker Automates Management of Towels, Sheets
A hotel has attached rubberized RFID tags to 20,000 items, enabling it to know if storage closets are adequately stocked, and to improve laundering and replenishment processes.
GS1 Taiwan Pushes for EPCglobal E-seal Standard
A review of user requirements for the proposed standard for passive e-seals—containing EPC Gen 2 RFID tags—is expected to begin soon.
Metro Details Some of Its RFID Successes
Speaking at RFID Journal LIVE! Europe 2009, Gerd Wolfram, head of the retailer's CIO office, provided metrics on how EPC RFID technology is improving its operations.
GS1 Releases Guidelines for RFID-based Electronic Article Surveillance
An RFID-based EAS system is already being tested by German retailer Metro Group, using Checkpoint technology to manage inventory, and to deter and track theft.
Conair Uses Its Own RFID Solutions to Expedite Shipments
The U.S. supplier of personal-grooming and kitchen appliances plans to have all of its factories apply EPC Gen 2 tags to individual products by the end of 2010, and is launching a new RFID-based cargo seal.
Osram Sylvania Lightens Its Workload
The lightbulb maker uses I.D. Systems' RFID solution to automatically replenish the supply of materials on assembly lines, as well as track the activities of its forklifts.
California Polytechnic Studies E. coli and Bagged Greens
Researchers will use RFID sensor tags to measure the real-time temperature and humidity levels of lettuce and spinach during shipment from packer to retailer, then replicate those conditions in a lab.
RFID Helps Women Dress for Success
A Pennsylvania nonprofit organization has begun applying EPC Gen 2 RFID tags to apparel and accessories, in order to improve its ability to provide business suits to job-seeking women.
Chennai Container Yard Finds RFID Sharply Boosts Productivity
A.S. Shipping Agencies applies reusable EPC Gen 2 passive tags to shipping containers, enabling the firm to track the location of freight throughout its 60-acre yard.
ClimateMinder Monitors Conditions at Farms, Greenhouses, Warehouses
The wireless sensor system, already in use in Turkey, is being introduced in the United States, where a strawberry grower will soon deploy it to monitor temperature and fertilizer levels.
Penske Logistics to Use RFID to Manage Yard Workflow
At a manufacturing facility in Texas, the company is deploying a system provided by Fluensee to track the locations of trailers filled with material, and to expedite the unloading of their contents.
Scandinavian Dentists Use RFID to Reorder Supplies
Plandent, a Finnish dental-supply company, is instituting a system that simplifies the way it receives and tracks orders from its customers, and also helps it reduce errors and out-of-stocks.
Omni-ID Launches New High-Performance UHF Gen 2 Tags
According to the company, the new tags offer increased durability and read range—up to 35 meters.
Rewe Deploying Long-Range Real-Time Location RFID System
At its DC in Buttenheim, Germany, the retailer is deploying Mojix's STAR technology to help reduce the loss of pallets and other returnable transport items, as well as automate their management.
Implanet Tracks Implantables
The French maker of prosthetic implants, as well as the hospitals it serves, has been using its Beep N Track system to track product shipment and usage. The company is now marketing the system to other medical device manufacturers.
EPC Tags Help COVAP Get a Leg Up on Ham Production
The cooperative is tracking ham from the slaughterhouse throughout its various preparation and curing steps.
Bloomingdale's Tests Item-Level RFID
A 13-week project, which involved using EPC Gen 2 passive RFID tags to monitor the inventory levels of denim jeans, improved accuracy by 27 percent, while reducing labor costs.
Coscon's Customers Use Tags to Monitor Cargo
Unlike a conventional RFID system, the tags utilize the global cellular network to transmit a container's ID number and location, as well as the cargo's environmental condition and status.
