The system has enabled the Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute to reduce the number of items lost, and is improving safety by allowing patients to transmit requests for help to employees assigned to their ward.
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RFID Scores Well at TopGolf’s Newest Entertainment Complex
The driving range employs 200,000 golf balls containing passive EPC Gen 2 tags read at 548 points along the fairway, to help golfers view their scores in real time.
Identifying Items
Apparel suppliers need to decide how they will assign unique serial numbers.
Industrial Equipment Manufacturer Adopts RFID Solution
EBSE is attaching tags to materials and finished products to streamline the control of arrivals, departures, and maintenance of components for a project for SBM, a provider of offshore platforms and vessels to the oil and gas industry.
Swedish Fisheries Board Expected to Issue Fish-Traceability Framework in Mid-2012
The board’s recommendations will outline an RFID-based system for fulfilling EU regulations for tracking the seafood supply chain, beginning in 2013.
At Construction Sites, RFID Tracks Arrivals, Departures
ADR Software’s Workforce Monitor system uses EPC tags to identify workers, enabling general contractors to track who enters or leaves a site.
Smartrac Acquires UPM RFID, Becoming a UHF Tag Leader
With its acquisition of UPM RFID, as well as Neology and KSW Microtec, Smartrac has moved to the front of the market for passive UHF RFID tags and inlays.
RFID News Roundup
Cornell University School of Hotel Administration gives students RFID experience; Burger King orders hundreds of RFID-enabled Freestyle beverage dispensers; Cadi Scientific integrates its RFID system with Intelligent InSites’ software; Waldemar Winckel partners with UPM RFID to provide NFC tags through Touch2go netstore; Identification Systems Group and partners unveil smart-card printing and encoding solution; STMicroelectronics produces wafer employing fully contactless testing.
RFID Study Quantifies ROI for Apparel Suppliers
University of Arkansas researchers find that by using item-level RFID tags to audit shipments, a garment manufacturer could dramatically improve shipment accuracy, as well as confidence in that accuracy, thereby reducing the incidence of retailer chargebacks.
Medicarte Uses RFID and Biometrics to Reduce Counterfeiting
Passive HF tags identify expensive drugs dispensed to customers, ensuring that the empty packaging can not be reused by sellers of bogus pharmaceuticals.
The Year That Was
2011 saw some economic ups and downs, but many companies turned to RFID to track the locations of their products and assets—and to monitor their conditions.
Tampa Bay Lightning Strikes Gold With RFID
The hockey team says it has boosted sales by offering jerseys with embedded passive tags to season-pass holders, entitling them to discounts at its stadium’s concessions stands and stores.