To combat theft or security breaches, American President Lines is using Cubic’s Container Tracking and Monitoring Solution to monitor overseas shipments to U.S. post exchanges.
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RFID News Roundup
SML Group launches RFID solutions for retail garment and item tracking; Cascade Engineering’s Xtreme RFID division launches on-metal UHF tag made with Avery Dennison inlay; Leo InnoTech, UPM RFID implement solution for apparel warehouse optimization in China; Sony Ericsson announces NFC-enabled Xperia smartphones, tags; LSCM R&D Center intros near-field UHF RFID reader chip; Hutchison Port Holdings unveils round-the-clock monitoring service for cargo, assets.
PigTracker Project Finds UHF Tags Effective for Swine
The Danish Agriculture & Food Council conducted a three-year pilot at five farms to learn how well EPC passive UHF tags performed for tracking pigs.
Cisco Tracks IT Assets Via RFID
The manufacturer of routers and switches that run the Internet is turning to radio frequency identification to know where its blade servers and other assets are located, in real time.
BCS National Championship Fans Use RFID to ‘Kinect’ to Social Networks
The Kinect-based game tests participants’ ability to throw, dodge and run like a pro football player, and utilizes radio frequency identification to share the results with friends on Facebook or Twitter.
Children’s Hospital Colorado to Expand Wireless Sensor System
The hospital reports that TempSys’ CheckPoint solution has already paid for itself “a couple of times over,” by reducing the amount of labor required to track temperatures within blood coolers and other units.
POAGS Uses RFID to Manage Ore Deliveries
Australia’s largest bulk and general stevedoring company is utilizing active tags and readers to identify ore-hauling trucks, and to direct their drivers to the appropriate hoppers.
B:MING Clothing Stores Try RFID
A solution from Fujitsu enables the Japanese retailer to track inventory from its distribution centers to its stores, and to increase efficiency at the point of sale by reading the tags of goods sold.
A New Approach to Pharmaceutical E-Pedigrees
EPCIS can support chain-of-custody verification—without a cumbersome data burden.
Apparel Retailers Get RFID
The VICS Item Level RFID Initiative’s recent meeting and dinner revealed that great progress is being made toward the technology’s adoption in retail apparel.
Ameya Logistics Uses RFID to Add Efficiency, Value to Its Freight Yard
The Indian company has installed a system that utilizes EPC Gen 2 tags and readers to capture and store data about the location of each container stored at its facility near Mumbai.
RFID Takes Root at Baas Plantenservice
The Dutch horticultural distributor has found a number of ways to benefit from EPC tags attached to trolleys for transporting plants.