July/August 2016

July/August 2016

COVER STORY

Companies using radio frequency identification to automatically track and manage assets are lowering costs, increasing revenue, and improving customer satisfaction and employee morale.

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COVER STORY
RFID and Productivity Growth: Behind the Economic Statistics

Companies using radio frequency identification to automatically track and manage assets are lowering costs, increasing revenue, and improving customer satisfaction and employee morale.

VERTICAL FOCUS
On the Menu: RFID

Casual, fast-casual and quick-serve restaurants adopt wireless technologies to enhance the customer experience, ensure food safety and improve operations.

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENTS
Solutions for Retail and Transportation

Avery Dennison's tags can track totes in the supply chain and perishable items in stores; Keonn's interactive AdvanLook solution engages customers; NXP's Ucode DNA chip provide scryptographic authentication of vehicles.

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SOFTWARE SAVVY
The Rules of Encoding

Here's how to ensure RFID tags and bar codes coexist happily.

TUNED IN
Greater RFID Awareness and Acceptance Lead to Accelerated Adoption

The RFID Lab's 2016 study shows that more U.S. retailers are using RFID to enable omnichannel shopping.

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EDITOR'S VIEW
The Return of Productivity

RFID is helping companies to cost-effectively collect the information they need to dramatically boost their productivity.

OUT IN FRONT
Creating Smaller, Cheaper Passive UHF Tags

Researchers at North Carolina State University have applied a new technology called RF-only logic to create passive RFID chips that are 25 percent smaller than today's integrated circuits.

OUT IN FRONT
The Internet of Clothes

A research project aims to link clothing to the Internet so items can be shared or donated automatically to charities when they are no longer being worn.

PERSPECTIVE
Experts Weigh In on RFID’s Tipping Point

A survey of more than 800 technology professionals found that most believe more than 1 trillion objects will be connected to the internet by 2022, using RFID and other technologies.

PERSPECTIVE
Can Passive UHF RFID Get Any Better?

The technology has made great strides—and there are innovations on the horizon that will advance it even more.