METRO Group installed an RFID system at its new Future Store to track individual packages of meat to ensure no spoiled products leave the store. RFID data also provides a real-time view of demand that’s used to direct meat cutting and packaging operations.
Using passive high-frequency tags, the company’s contrast media delivery system for CT scans will alert radiology technicians if they inadvertently try to administer an expired or previously used syringe.
The company says the interrogator is the first on the market to include support for the data-protecting protocol, developed in Japan and expected to be available on tags made with Hitachi’s µ-chip Hibiki.
Leaders of the MIT Auto-ID Labs have come together to produce a book aimed at engineers working on RFID projects.
Hewlett-Packard announced it will install RFID reader systems at customer sites to track HP servers and other IT gear that ship with pre-installed Gen2 tags. HP previously provided these services on a project basis, but has now formalized them under the HP Factory Express Service banner.
The company will affix EPC Gen 2 RFID tags to the blade servers and other IT assets its customers order, enabling them to begin tracking the items’ locations as soon as they receive them.
The Italian wholesaler of electric cables is using RFID in conjunction with height sensors to quickly locate the spools of cable needed to fill specific orders.
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