LCWaikiki, one of Turkey’s leading apparel retailer, has been using item-level RFID tracking in one of its stores for about three months and plans to install systems at 50 to 60 more locations within six months. The company credits the system for reducing inventory tracking time by 60 and 70 percent for certain processes.
The Bits to Energy Lab has developed a prototype system utilizing data collected via RFID to calculate an individual item’s carbon footprint and display it on an RFID-enabled mobile phone.
The Canadian retailer is using Ubisense’s real-time location system to speed the process of bringing the goods to customers, and of summoning sales help.
Because many companies are focusing on meeting customer mandates and achieving internal benefits, EPCglobal North America is adding the new track to its fifth annual event, being held Oct. 14-16 in Chicago, to help companies get up to speed quickly and cost-effectively.
The company’s iLocate technology enables companies to track assets in remote sites, by deploying multiple beacons that allow an RFID reader to communicate with battery-powered tags thousands of feet away.
Pre-filled syringes are being labeled with RFID tags and read by automatic injection machines to make sure patients about to have CT scans are injected with the correct solutions and to prevent use of expired product or reused syringes.
RTLS protects ER employees at Madrid’s 12 de Octubre Hospital; Lisbon transit operators order 25 million contactless tickets; California District Attorney’s office tracks files with RFID; RedPrairie integrates mobile asset-tracking software into warehouse management; SmarTrac unveils new smart card inlay, delivers cards for Cairo Metro; OTA Training opens office in Australia.
A test of RFID read rates for footwear and apparel items in simulated retail use-case environments found generally good performance but some large variations among tags and readers. Researchers at the RFID Research Center at the University of Arkansas concluded item-level tagging is feasible for the product category.
The German auto parts supplier is using passive UHF tags to improve inventory accuracy and just-in-time delivery, and is now considering expanding the system to achieve even greater visibility of parts containers.
In addition to investigating the physical effects of implanting RFID tags in aquatic animals, the project will develop an RFID-enabled system to monitor and improve broodstock on fish farms.
RFID solutions provider Fluensee acquired TrenStar’s asset management software. The deal expands Fluensee’s software-as-a-service offerings and gives the company additional customers, markets and distribution channels. TrenStar is effectively exiting the RFID industry and will focus on its airline container management business.
By acquiring TrenStar, the RFID asset-tracking software provider gains inroads into software-as-a-service, as well as the company’s RFID-enabled distribution service for beer kegs and other containers.