Submissions for the 2012 RFID Journal Awards show that more companies are deploying the technology on a large scale.
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Motorola Solutions to Be Cornerstone and Registration Sponsor of RFID Journal LIVE! 2012
In addition, Paul Steinberg, Motorola Solutions’ chief technology officer, will deliver a keynote address at RFID Journal’s 10th annual conference and exhibition, to be held on Apr. 3-5, in Orlando, Fla.
RFID Journal LIVE! 2012 to Feature Four Preconference Seminars, Five Workshops
The 10th annual conference and exhibition’s preconferences and workshops will focus on RFID’s use in various industries, including energy, IT health care, retail and apparel.
PAR-Level RTLS Solution Saves Costs at Oregon Hospital
Sacred Heart Medical Center at River Bend is using a real-time location system from Versus Technology to track the PAR levels of assets, enabling the facility to ensure that equipment is always on hand where needed.
Comcast Puts RFID in Data Centers to Track Assets
The solution, provided by Asset Vue, using hardware made by RCD Technology and Element ID, enables Comcast’s staff to conduct audits using RFID readers in mere hours rather than days, and to view the locations of servers on its database.
RFID News Roundup
AeroScout, McRoberts Security Technologies announce Wi-Fi-based infant-security solution; Holland 1916 intros Pipe Tracker tag for oil and gas operations; Murata, Beta Layout collaborate on kit for incorporating RFID chips on printed-circuit boards; SkyRFID releases RFID-based weapons-management solution; rfXcel unveils portal for tracing and authenticating pharmaceuticals; Canadian inland port readies new RFID cargo-security system; BeanAir intros integrated wireless sensor for light, temperature, humidity and dew point.
Brazilian Air Force Boosts Efficiency of Its Air Logistics Center
The organization is using EPC RFID tags to reduce the time required to load cargo, from an average of 3.5 days down to 3 hours, and has also increased productivity by 600 percent.
Impinj Seeks to Make Serializing Data Easy
The RFID chipmaker is launching Monza Self-Serialization, its chip-based EPC serialization method designed to make it easy for a supplier to encode tags with unique ID numbers, and to ensure that it never duplicates Electronic Product Codes.
RFID Takes Wing at Composite Aircraft Components Plant
A U.S. aircraft parts manufacturer has adopted a solution from Xerafy and OATSystems to track composite materials and molds exposed to extreme temperatures during storage and production.
Lessons Learned From ERP Can Help Drive RFID Adoption
Research studies and the history of enterprise resource planning systems show that RFID solutions vendors need to make their products not only easy to integrate, but also to use.
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.
RFID on Lookout for Wildfires in China
Qingyuan Forestry is piloting a fire-detection solution that includes ZigBee-based wireless sensors.