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Retailer Rolls Out RFID Across 1,000 Stores This Year
The Foschini Group has committed to deploying RFID technology across its brands throughout South Africa and beyond, beginning with its Markham menswear brand, in order to bring inventory accuracy above 95 percent.
RFID News Roundup
STMicroelectronics, Kudelski Group partner on IIoT security solution; Janam Technologies intros touch computer with RFID, NFC capabilities; Market Study Report predicts UHF RFID tag inlay market growth; Claroty enhances its industrial cybersecurity platform with IoT monitoring; BehrTech launches LPWAN for Industrial IoT network and device management; Sensera, Arrow Electronics sign global agreement to cooperate on IoT sensor solutions; Avnet offers free IoT security starter kits.
IoT Tracks Vending and Coffee Machines
Vendon is partnering with AT&T to provide Internet of Things-based access to data regarding machines that dispense snacks and drinks, thereby helping operators, machine owners and product brands know that goods are available at the appropriate temperature.
Exhibit Shop Sells Fashion, Cosmetics With RFID
Last month, ICC’s His & Hers launched its first unmanned store at Bitec’s Saha Group Fair, in Bangkok, using RFID technology to identify goods being purchased, as well as AI to link each purchase with a specific shopper via facial recognition.
British Airways Offers RFID Luggage Tag
The United Kingdom’s largest international airline has partnered with ViewTag to create a secure electronic bag tag.
Diversion Detection and Prevention in Hospitals
RFID can prevent health-care personnel from covertly accessing opioids—which could, in turn, stop them from becoming addicted.
Brazilian Retailer Manages Merchandise Movement
RFID allows the managers of Lojao do Bras to monitor merchandise movements and make quick business decisions.
RFID News Roundup
Smartrac, Compass Marketing partner on smart retail labeling ••• China Eastern Airlines adds RFID for tracking luggage at Shanghai airports ••• Swift Sensors joins Zebra’s PartnerConnect Program ••• iDTRONIC releases RFID solution for forklifts ••• MachNation publishes IoT device-management score-card ••• Element Materials Technology to provide Zigbee Alliance certification testing ••• Ericsson, Telia pilot dedicated cellular network for Internet of Things.
RFID Data Helps Power Schneider Electric’s Smart Factory
The company is inviting customers and partners to view its IoT solution that employs data from RFID, as well as augmented and virtual reality systems, to monitor the status of production and supplies, capture analytics regarding work-in-progress and boost efficiency.
Confra Lovers Invests in the Customer Experience
The Brazilian company, which operates as a pop-up store, has been using radio frequency identification to increase sales by providing a better experience to its visitors.
RFID Automates Witness Program for Narcotics Disposal
Intelliguard’s Waste Witness software and anesthesia station enable hospitals to capture an automatic record of when narcotics were used on a patient, by which health-care provider and, if a drug was discarded, who witnessed that event.