RTLS provider Identec Solutions introduced a new tag that combines GPS and active UHF RFID technologies. Identec is promoting the tag for asset management, personnel tracking, container tracking and port applications.
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Canadian Grocery Pilot Finds ROI in RFID
By implementing RFID, retailers and suppliers should markedly reduce out-of-stocks and improve promotional execution, according to a seven-month project involving Loblaw and four of its suppliers.
Best Buy Eager to Use RFID to Eliminate Checkout Lines
The greatest obstacle to deployment, according to Best Buy CIO Bob Willett, is the current cost of tags and readers.
Pfefferkorn Spedition Uses RFID and Video to Track Shipments
At the German forwarder’s warehouse, workers employ bar-code scanners fitted with active RFID tags to record a package’s location and link it to specific surveillance images.
RFID Debuts as Hand-Washing Compliance Officer
To reduce the spread of infections, a new automated hand-sanitizing system uses RFID to monitor how well health-care workers wash their hands.
Airbus Taps ODIN, Signals Aerospace RFID Adoption
ODIN technologies yesterday announced that European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has selected it as the exclusive RFID hardware integration partner for an aggressive phase of deployment across its value chain. RFID Update spoke with ODIN’s Bret Kinsella about the Airbus program and what it means for the adoption of RFID broadly.
Airbus Hires ODIN Technologies for RFID Deployments
The systems integrator will help Airbus deploy the technology across its airplane-manufacturing operations.
RFID Journal Announces Speakers for Apparel Event
Dillard’s CIO Bill Holder heads a lineup of industry leaders at the only RFID event designed for apparel and footwear companies.
Manufacturers Propose Tools to Fight Counterfeiting
A group of manufacturers, trade groups and others are calling for tougher laws, increased government support and technology solutions—such as RFID—to fight counterfeit and pirated goods.
As Part of Lockheed, Savi Spreads RFID Around NATO
Active RFID solutions provider Savi Technology announced a new contract with NATO that could bolster the company’s market position among the 26 NATO nations as well as non-NATO countries that are part of the Partnership for Peace initiative. The company was also featured in a recent Forbes article, recapped herein.
The $42 Billion Problem
Shrinkage continues to plague retailers. RFID is no silver bullet, but it can be part of the solution.
WhereNet, Identec Solutions Offer GPS Tracking
GPS, both companies say, will enable end users to track assets even when the installed RFID technology is insufficient to provide the desired level of visibility.