Privalia Embraces RFID to Manage Goods
The Spanish fashion outlet takes advantage of suppliers’ smart tags by integrating them with its own stock-management and inventory-control application.
Generation Gaps and Mobile Apps
An industry consultant offers his nostalgic view of how college campus ID cards evolved to incorporating mobile technologies.
Retail’s Future Requires a Shift from Mobile-First to Mobile-Only
If the last year has taught us anything, it’s that change and disruption are constant.
AGVS Increases Intelligence of Autonomous Guided Vehicles
The company is employing RFID technology from eSolutech to make its solutions more competitive and complete.
RFID News Roundup
Parsl, NXP, Avery Dennison SmarTrac form strategic partnership; STMicroelectronics unveils industrial eSIM for M2M IoT; Balluff offers high-speed RFID read-write heads; Star Systems International intros e-tolling transponder; Kerlink, NetOP Technology create IoT-based wildfire-prevention system; EECC publishes UHF RFID almanac.
Auburn University Issues Mobile Student IDs for Contactless Transactions
The college’s mobile Tiger Card can be added to a student’s iPhone, Apple Watch or Android phone to open doors and pay for food and merchandise.
General Electric to Pilot Battery-free RFID Sensors in Its Hydro Turbines
Asygn’s RFID sensor ICs are being deployed or tested not only for hydropower production, but also agriculture and construction, to capture conditions in the field or at production facilities without requiring a battery or wired energy sources.
Panasonic Delivers BLE to Help Manufacturers Automate Work, Shipping
By detecting the locations of goods or assets within a meter, the company’s Logiscend platform lets users understand where products are located, provide item-specific instructions to workers and ensure orders are quickly shipped to customers.
The Convenience Store That Visits You
Thanks to RFID and a phone app, a Robomart van can be summoned to bring a selection of food and pharmacy products, with customers charged automatically based on what they remove from the vehicle.
Store Design Strategies for an Accelerating, Unpredictable Future of Retail
As change takes place at ever faster rates, speed and agility become king.