Why Passive RFID Is Falling Behind Active RTLS Asset Tracking
For the better part of two decades, supply chain directors and facility managers viewed passive tracking as the ultimate solution to inventory blindness and switching from manually scanning barcodes to passive RFID technology felt like a huge step forward. Suddenly,...
AsReader Expands RFID Basket-Reading Solutions into North America
Key Takeaways AsReader is bringing its RFID basket-reading system to the North American market, allowing retailers to identify multiple items in a basket at once during checkout. The company says its newly allowed U.S. patent strengthens protection for the technology...
Avery Dennison’s ReadyDPP Offered with Eye Towards EU Compliance for Apparel
Key Takeaways ReadyDPP combines labels, digital ID technology, software, and support to help apparel brands prepare for Digital Product Passport requirements. The launch reflects growing urgency around EU compliance and the broader business value of item-level product...
Teklynx Releases New Enhancements to Improve RFID Labeling
Key Takeaways Teklynx has updated its CODESOFT software with GS1’s new “++” encoding schemes, letting users encode Web URLs directly into EPC memory while boosting RAIN RFID encoding reliability and label printing performance. Developed with...
The Government Wants to Vet AI Before It Ships. Good.
If you work in enterprise technology, supply chain, or anywhere near the systems that actually run operations day to day, the conversation in Washington about artificial intelligence (AI) oversight is probably not something you have been following closely. That is...
Trimco Group Partners with Retraced and Zappar
Key Takeaways Trimco Group has partnered with Retraced to integrate smart labeling and upstream supply chain traceability, enabling brands to meet Digital Product Passport (DPP) and ESPR regulations. The partnership with Zappar brings accessible QR codes to the...
UID, AEG ID Combine to Expand Industrial RFID Solutions
Key Takeaways UID has completed its acquisition of AEG ID, including its headquarters in Ulm, Germany, and Czech manufacturing operations, creating a unified platform to bring RFID innovations to both Europe and North America. The combined company pairs UID’s...
The Convergence of RFID and Access Control in Modern Facilities
With origins dating back to the Second World War, RFID technology has proven to be a reliable means of identifying and tracking virtually anything, a use that has made it prolific across workplaces, college campuses and warehouses. Though cyber-physical convergence...