Best Buy Eager to Use RFID to Eliminate Checkout Lines
The greatest obstacle to deployment, according to Best Buy CIO Bob Willett, is the current cost of tags and readers.
Pfefferkorn Spedition Uses RFID and Video to Track Shipments
At the German forwarder’s warehouse, workers employ bar-code scanners fitted with active RFID tags to record a package’s location and link it to specific surveillance images.
RFID Debuts as Hand-Washing Compliance Officer
To reduce the spread of infections, a new automated hand-sanitizing system uses RFID to monitor how well health-care workers wash their hands.
Bloggers Continue to Show Their Ignorance
The latest comes from T. D. Clark, who thinks he knows more about RFID than Dick Cantwell, VP at Procter & Gamble.
As Part of Lockheed, Savi Spreads RFID Around NATO
Active RFID solutions provider Savi Technology announced a new contract with NATO that could bolster the company’s market position among the 26 NATO nations as well as non-NATO countries that are part of the Partnership for Peace initiative. The company was also featured in a recent Forbes article, recapped herein.
Airbus Hires ODIN Technologies for RFID Deployments
The systems integrator will help Airbus deploy the technology across its airplane-manufacturing operations.
RFID Journal Announces Speakers for Apparel Event
Dillard’s CIO Bill Holder heads a lineup of industry leaders at the only RFID event designed for apparel and footwear companies.
Manufacturers Propose Tools to Fight Counterfeiting
A group of manufacturers, trade groups and others are calling for tougher laws, increased government support and technology solutions—such as RFID—to fight counterfeit and pirated goods.
Bloggers Continue to Show Their Ignorance
The latest comes from T. D. Clark, who thinks he knows more about RFID than Dick Cantwell, VP at Procter & Gamble.
RFID Triggers Video Surveillance for Freight Tracking
A German freight forwarder found an innovation solution to its regulatory documentation needs. Every time the bar code label on freight is scanned in the warehouse, an active RFID tag embedded in the bar code reader signals the host application. System software calculates the location and directs a surveillance camera to record the transaction.