At two of the retailer’s busiest Tokyo stores, item-level tagging and RFID-enabled payment cards enabled the merchant to double the number of customers it could serve per hour.
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Microsoft COO Kevin Turner to Deliver Keynote Address at EPC Connection
EPCglobal North America and RFID Journal announced today that Turner will speak at the conference and exhibition, to be held in Chicago on Oct. 2-4.
Return on Innovation
Return on investment is not the only way to calculate the value of RFID.
RFID Ensures Surgeons Have No Bones to Pick with Supplier
Artificial knee joints and other replacement orthopedic products come in kits that contain dozens of components, many of which go unused during the surgery. Orthopedic manufacturer Zimmer is using RFID to ensure the right components are included in kits, and that they are identified and sorted correctly when returned.
RFID Heats Up in Latin America
The time is right for Mexico, Central America and South America to embrace RFID, and companies are doing so to compete at home and abroad.
University of East Anglia’s Library Automates Circulation Tasks
The school uses RFID to check out, check in and sort books, freeing staff to provide more research help to library patrons.
Annin Puts ROI on Hold
Although its RFID system can do more than merely satisfy Wal-Mart’s requirements, the flag maker says wider use will have to wait. In the meantime, the company has learned some valuable lessons.
Telepathx Develops Accident-Detecting System Linked to Auto Airbags
The company’s Enterprise Call Box is designed to automatically notify transportation departments and emergency responders.
Hospital Manages Thousands of Patient Files with RFID
Capital Health System, an acute-care and teaching hospital located in Trenton, New Jersey, today announced its implementation of a patient record management solution from Infolinx Systems Solutions based on Gen2 RFID tags and readers from hardware manufacturer Intermec.
A Healthy ROI
Hospitals and other medical facilities that are adopting RFID to track assets, patients and information are improving patient safety and services—and saving money.
RFID Acquires a Latin Beat
RFID is making inroads into new geographical locations and a variety of industries.
Georgia Tech Researchers Test RFID’s Effects on Implanted Medical Devices
The results will be used to reduce the potential for RFID signals to cause pacemakers and other equipment to malfunction.