Nerves of Steel
Manufacturers and suppliers that deploy RFID to track and manage steel slabs, pipes and other assets say the benefits are well worth the work.
Manufacturers and suppliers that deploy RFID to track and manage steel slabs, pipes and other assets say the benefits are well worth the work.
The success of any RFID project in any industry requires close collaboration between the operations and technology teams.
Many people think the choice is simple, but it’s quite complex—and that explains why adoption is taking longer to occur than many expected.
The Norwegian firm’s product comes at the same time that the company prepares the release of an NFC temperature label, and has signed a partnership with Xerox, which is planning to mass-produce contact memory labels using Thinfilm’s platform, and is researching an NFC version of the labels.
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