The retailer says that by January, 500 more of its 3,900 stores will be using RFID technology to track goods entering their premises, bringing the total to 1,000.
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LA-Area Food Distributors Use Active Transponders to Track Trucks, Temperatures
StarTrak’s ReeferTrak Scout system, installed on refrigerated trucks, transmits temperature, location and other data to base stations up to 3 miles away.
RFID Markers Track Buried Cables at Atlanta Airport
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has buried more than 1,000 RFID-enabled marker balls to improve the process of locating and identifying the airport’s underground infrastructure.
Robust Demand for RFID from Heavy Manufacturers
Research firm Frost & Sullivan recently evaluated the RFID market in the North American aerospace, automotive, and industial manufacturing verticals. The firms pegs the collective market value at $71.3 million last year, and predicts that it will grow at a rate of 17.9% through 2012, when it reaches $225.7 million.
Avery Dennison Announces Licensing Program, Acquisition
The company is rolling out a technology-transfer program to enable label and packaging manufacturers to create RFID inlays by attaching RFID straps to antennas printed onto label or cardboard substrates.
Mitsubishi Electric Asia Switches On RFID
The Singapore-based manufacturer is using passive UHF tags to track the power inverters it makes, and plans to expand the system to manage its inventory of other products.
NYC-Area Nursing Homes to Get UWB RFID Systems
Real-time location systems provider Parco Wireless will deploy a new, less-costly line of ultra-wideband tags and readers for tracking patients and assets.
Protecting Consumer Privacy
An article in BusinessWeek about new video surveillance systems shows the focus should be on business practices, not technology.
RFID Reader Market Worth $1.18b in 2010
Venture Development Corporation yesterday released findings on last year’s market for RFID readers, which the firm pegs at $320 million. Over the next five years, VDC expects the market to grow at a compound annual growth rate of almost 30%, reaching $1.18 billion in 2010.
Pro-active RFID Policy Reaps Huge Benefits
Adopting a bold, pro-active stance on incorporating RFID into its supply chain has resulted in huge benefits for a US manufacturer of women’s apparel — including demonstrating RFID compliance to major customer Wal-Mart well ahead of the deadline for second wave suppliers. This article is a case study.
RFID Security Consortium Receives $1.1 Million NSF Grant
Comprised mostly of academics, the group hopes to develop ways to improve security measures for RFID systems, and to incorporate the study of RFID into engineering curricula.
Argentine Drivers Use Passive Tags to Pay Bridge Tolls
The newly deployed system replaces one that used costlier active RFID tags.