An RFID-based EAS system is already being tested by German retailer Metro Group, using Checkpoint technology to manage inventory, and to deter and track theft.
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Lisbon Airport Ups Throughput With RFID Baggage System
The system is not backed up by bar-coding technology, making the airport among the first in the world to rely solely on RFID for tracking transfer bags.
Conair Uses Its Own RFID Solutions to Expedite Shipments
The U.S. supplier of personal-grooming and kitchen appliances plans to have all of its factories apply EPC Gen 2 tags to individual products by the end of 2010, and is launching a new RFID-based cargo seal.
Osram Sylvania Lightens Its Workload
The lightbulb maker uses I.D. Systems’ RFID solution to automatically replenish the supply of materials on assembly lines, as well as track the activities of its forklifts.
Aston Martin Speeds Cars Through Production
The automaker is using Ubisense RFID tags to track the locations of vehicles as they move through the final steps in the company’s manufacturing process, as well as to obtain business analytics regarding the time spent at each stage.
RFID Is Not a Dirty Word
Salespeople who avoid talking about RFID are hurting themselves now—and the industry in the long term.
Michigan Households Get RFID-enabled Rewards for Recycling
An RFID-based incentives system uses EPC Gen 2 tags attached to collection bins, in order to track participation and give out prizes and discounts.
California Polytechnic Studies E. coli and Bagged Greens
Researchers will use RFID sensor tags to measure the real-time temperature and humidity levels of lettuce and spinach during shipment from packer to retailer, then replicate those conditions in a lab.
RFID News Roundup
GS1 US launches initiative with food-service companies; Ramtron announces RF-enabled wireless memory; Microplex opens shop in the United Kingdom; RF Code announces integration module for IBM’s Tivoli Monitoring software; GEL Interactive launches RFID solution to track event attendees; Zebra updates RZ Series RFID printers.
A Conversation With NXP’s Tony Sabetti and Steve Owen
Two of the RFID chipmaker’s top executives talk about the RFID market, chip security and NFC phone applications.
RFID Helps Women Dress for Success
A Pennsylvania nonprofit organization has begun applying EPC Gen 2 RFID tags to apparel and accessories, in order to improve its ability to provide business suits to job-seeking women.
Employment Services Agency Identifies Personnel and Assets Unobtrusively
Two years after installing a security system that uses ID cards with EPC Gen 2 RFID tags, the company plans further expansion.