The Shift to Value Up Front
Over the past year, various RFID middleware vendors have turned to offering sharply focused applications that provide immediate payback to end users.
Islands of Automation: Hawaii Sponsors RFID Trial
Farmers in Hawaii will apply RFID tags to lettuce, strawberries, and tomatoes in a pilot project to provide visibility from the farm to the supermarket. The state- and USDA-sponsored pilot could expand to include all 5,000 farms in Hawaii.
Staples Business Depot Sees Positive Results from Active Tag Test
Although the Canadian company found that the RFID system slashed out-of-stock levels and increased sales, it has yet to determine whether those benefits outweigh the costs of deploying the system chain-wide.
RFID Snuffs Out Inefficiencies at Tobacco Plant
At its cigarette factory in Calcutta, ITC passive RFID tags help monitor tobacco moisture content at each stage of production.
RFID News Roundup
California bans forced human tagging; new association developing standards for ID authentication; Omron makes V750 reader BizTalk-friendly, announces new EPC Gen 2 tag; Augusta Systems upgrades sensor middleware to accommodate RFID; Impinj expands reseller network.
Summary of Baird RFID Monthly for October
Baird has released its October report. The 21-page document is a worthwhile read for anyone requiring an overview of the industry’s last 30 days. For those without time to do so, we have reprinted here the report’s summary.
Agricultural Company Tracks Equipment Loaned to Farmers
In northern California, Bear River Supply is using battery-assisted passive RFID tags to help keep tabs on such items as tanks and machinery used to store and apply fertilizers.
UHF Tags Enter the Timing Race
Sweden’s Racetimer is using passive Gen 2 UHF tags from Alien Technology to time race entrants and provide additional services such as race photos and progress reports.
Minnesota Gets a Dose of Misinformation
A writer for the city’s daily newspaper has written an article full of nonsense, based on four-year-old reports he dug up on the Web.
Minnesota Gets a Dose of Misinformation
A writer for the city’s daily newspaper has written an article full of nonsense, based on four-year-old reports he dug up on the Web.