The solution uses passive HF RFID tags to identify customers entering the store, then send alerts via cell phones, video screens and other devices to inform them about promotions of special interest.
At St. Olavs, an RFID-based system tracks work garments, saving space and labor costs while improving inventory accuracy.
Research firm Aberdeen Group last week released the latest installment in a series of reports on RFID adoption by manufacturers. Entitled , the report is available free. In this guest contribution, report author Russ Klein summarizes the key findings and recommendations for action.
The service combines RFID, GSM/GPRS and GPS technologies so companies can track containers of goods and the trucks transporting them.
Retailers, CPG companies and others are turning to RFID to determine why problems in the supply chain occur, and to use that data to continually improve processes.
The use of complex event processing (CEP) software can lower development time and costs for event-driven RFID and sensor-network applications.
Cisco Systems continues to fill out its RFID portfolio by releasing a new asset tracking system that uses WiFi wireless LANs and Cisco’s Wireless Location Appliance with active RFID tags and software provided by AeroScout.
A survey by ARC Advisory Group indicates that performance and price issues are keeping many manufacturing companies from launching full implementations.
Plans call for testing two or three different passive UHF tags in an experiment conducted this year on the International Space Station—the first time RFID tags have been exposed to the conditions in space.
RFID vendors named for first phase of EPCglobal cargo-tracking pilot; WhereNet opens Asia-Pacific headquarters; kick-off standards meeting for RuBee tag; NordicID partners with CAEN, upgrades PL3000; WJ Communications releases module using UHF chipset; Ports of Busan, Rotterdam operating SaviTrack system; Genco reselling RFind RTLS platform.