Filippa K is leveraging an RFID-based inventory-management solution from Nedap to enable fast and accurate omnichannel sales, while minimizing safety overstocks, thereby meeting its sustainability standards.
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Nine Benefits of the IoT in the Logistics and Transportation Industry
Fleet owners and other companies can use the Internet of Things to remotely manage vehicles and garner benefits related to telematics, cognition and advanced analytics.
STMicroelectronics Unveils IoT, Payment and Cybersecurity Offerings
The company’s latest products include STM32MP1 ecosystem extensions, as well as its STPay-Mobile platform and low-power STM32U5 microcontrollers.
RFID News Roundup
SATO announces new RFID printers; Sony intros cellular chipset for NB-IoT networks; uCIFI Alliance offers IoT data model for smart cities, utilities; CISC Semiconductor unveils NFC-based IoT wireless-charging platform; Avnet adds NXP MCU to computer for real-time applications; XO2Tech integrates RFID into sentient therapeutic chatbot; Industrial Internet Consortium publishes IIoT models white paper; Juniper Systems produces smart-card reader for security apps.
RFID Tracks Reusable Isolation Gowns for Hospitals, Care Facilities
Welspring and RFiD Discovery have released a solution to manage reusable PPEs provided to healthcare providers and laundries, enabling them to forgo disposable gown use and instead track the laundering, sanitizing and history of each garment via UHF RFID.
Acquisition Brings Mobile UHF Reading to HID Global
With its purchase of Technology Solutions Ltd. UK, HID’s Identification Technology unit will expand its offerings to include mobile reading devices that leverage UHF, HF or LF technologies for applications ranging from event ticketing to laundry services, retail, and oil and gas.
Study Predicts Annual RFID Growth Near 20 Percent for Healthcare
Coherent Market Insights’ 2020 report finds that COVID-19 has fueled the use of RFID for improving drug and device inventory management, as well as for medical devices, automated data collection and reducing time-consuming, error-prone tasks.
Four IoT Use Cases that Can Improve Our Environment
The Internet of Things facilitates advances in smart farming, environmental monitoring, gas detection and air quality monitoring.
STEM Training Offers Opportunities for Black Teens—and for the IoT
San Diego-based organization Black Tech Link has launched a program to help middle and high school students learn about the Internet of Things, smart cities, smart homes and other technologies.
Avnet Partnerships Foster Internet of Things Development
The company has teamed up with ON Semiconductor on an IoT development framework, added Infineon’s Cypress Semiconductor products to its offerings and, with Arizona State University, named Floe the winner of its IoT innovation competition.
RFID News Roundup
STMicroelectronics intros evaluation boards for smart grids, IoT; NFC company Panthronics, RFID firm AdvanIDe form partnership; OleumTech unveils IoT-based temperature transmitter; Digital Twin Consortium, FIWARE Foundation collaborate; Avnet offers hardware for embedded computing, edge IoT.
Auto-ID Company Creates Its Own System for Managing Its Assets
With its homegrown solution, QR code inventor DENSO deploys its own handheld RFID readers, along with Confidex UHF RFID tags, to automate the audit counts of IT assets at its facilities.