This award will be given to the end-user company that has best used RFID technology to enhance an existing product or service. The winner will be the company that demonstrates how it is using RFID to provide additional value to its customers. The three finalists, selected by an independent panel of judges, will each have 15 minutes to make a presentation. The 2014 finalists are:
- Bombardier Transportation, for its PlatformSafe RFID solution that alerts personnel working near a railroad’s platforms to oncoming trains
- City of Dayton, Ohio, for its use of RFID to identify which utility companies dug up and replaced asphalt in the city’s streets
- Hy-Vee, for its RFID sensors that monitors all temperature-sensitive goods, enabling the retailer to deliver the highest-quality products to its customers, RFID