At its factory where vehicular heating and air-conditioning systems are made, employees press a button to alert management whenever parts need to be replenished, thereby preventing work stoppages and part overstocks.
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RFID Delivers Personal Service for Atlanta Car Dealer
Mercedes Benz of Buckhead is using MyDealerLot’s RFID-enabled Service Drive Concierge system to identify customers and their vehicles when they come in for maintenance or repairs.
Walgreens: RFID Promotions Tracking a “Game-Changer”
Walgreens is promoting the success of its RFID-enabled promotions tracking program. The drugstore chain and GOLIATH Solutions, which developed the RFID system, issued a joint press release in which Walgreens calls the system a “game-changer” for improving store operations and sales.
Personalized Business Consultations to Be Offered at RFID Journal LIVE! 2009
Attendees at RFID Journal’s seventh annual conference can receive a free 20-minute personal consultation.
RFID Detector Offers Low-Cost Troubleshooting Device
The device illuminates an LED upon sensing RFID transmission from a UHF reader, thereby offering a low-cost tool for installers and RFID reader owners.
What Do End Users Look For Most in an RFID Vendor?
Of all the things RFID companies can do to influence prospects and build a positive reputation, nothing is more powerful than promoting successful implementations. New research found that RFID users are most influenced by a vendor’s implementations at firms similar to their own.
Cost Control Is Now Key
With sales slowing, CEOs worldwide are focused on reducing costs across their operations. That’s bound to make them more open to using new technologies, including RFID.
U.K. Startup Debuts High-Performance Handheld EPC Gen 2 Readers
PeopleVox claims its new handheld EPC Gen 2 interrogators enable retailers to accurately read the tags of hundreds of closely packed garments in less than a minute.
RFID-Enabled Valves Promise to Maximize Oil Well Output
To control valves and other downhole tools, an operator drops passive RFID tags, encoded with instructions, into a well.
Not Bitter, Better. RFID Improves Lemon Distribution
A lemon grower in Argentina uses wireless mobile computers, RFID wristbands on workers, and tags on bins to accurately credit workers for the produce they pick and to track the produce during processing. The system currently is used to process 3,500 bins per day and is being expanded.
RFID News Roundup
Australian NFC trial indicates consumers like paying with mobile phones; Rfidium, Ramtron partner on RFID antenna inlays; Utah Transit Authority expands contactless payment deployment; Telenor, bus company run NFC-enabled mobile phone pilot in Norway; STid intros new UHF reader for vehicle identification; Lion & Rose restaurant and Chumash Casino adopt Capton’s Beverage Tracker system.
Impinj, Avery Dennison, Raflatac Surge in RFID Brand Rankings
Chip and inlay providers gained the most recognition in RFID Update’s research into industry brand leaders. Impinj, Avery Dennison and UPM Raflatac moved up the rankings more than any other firms, and inlay, tag and smart label providers made up nine of the 10 most-recognized RFID companies.