Retailers Cite RFID in Year-End Financial ReportsAmerican Apparel and Sears are two companies that have let shareholders know they are investing in radio frequency identification.
2012: A Year of ProgressEnd users rolled out new RFID applications and expanded existing deployments, the technology continued to improve, and there were some major acquisitions.
- Reducing Theft and Diversion of Electronic Devices
RFID can help in a variety of interesting ways.
- Making Robots That Can See
Will RFID or vision technologies be used to identify objects on an assembly line?
- What Could Be in Health Care
Many hospitals are using RFID for one application or another, but no one has yet put it all together.
- How RFID Is Transforming VA Hospital Operations
One of the largest rollouts of real-time location technology will help to improve care and reduce costs—and show other hospitals how a radio frequency identification deployment can be done right.
- Word Is Getting Out About RFID in Retail
Forbes, CNN, and many newspapers and business journals are covering deployments at Macy's and J.C. Penney, showing that the mainstream media finally understands the technology's value.
- Retailers Recognize the Problem—Not the Solution
A study conducted by Retail Systems Research indicates that retailers have in-store issues that RFID can solve, but they don't seem aware of what the technology can do.
- RFID and the Big Picture
A growing number of companies are considering radio frequency identification as a tool to enable fundamental changes to their organization.
- Getting Past Dr. No
There is always someone within an organization who tries to kill an RFID project before it starts. Here's how to deal with that person.
- The Electronics Industry Discovers RFID—At Last
It appears that manufacturers of electronic devices have finally realized that the technology can reduce production costs and enhance products.
- What Have We Learned About RFID?
While the past 10 years have seen ups and downs when it comes to the use of radio frequency identification, we now know a great deal about how and where the technology delivers value.
- Still Crazy After All These Years
Why I believe more passionately in radio frequency identification now than I did when I first launched RFID Journal, 10 years ago this week.
- Making RFID Easier
Simple solutions that can be deployed without any expertise would allow companies to track many items not currently being closely tracked—and this could lead to bigger deployments down the road.
- A New Resource for End Users
The re-launched RFID Connect Web site allows companies to search for products and solution providers that can help them solve real business issues.
