The company says one of its devices can create unlimited virtual Bluetooth Low Energy (vBLE) beacons within a 2,500-square-foot area, sparing a store the expense of installing and maintaining battery-powered beacons, and enabling it to change those beacons’ locations merely by updating the software settings.
Donaldson is offering its customers a means for remotely tracking the filters’ lifespan, with the goal of keeping their operations flowing smoothly.
The hospital will attach Visybl’s Bluetooth beacons to packages of the opioid-blocking drug to determine whether patients discard the medication before leaving the premises, and to gauge their willingness to have the medicine tracked.
Many companies are deploying radio frequency identification systems without doing their homework and without good guidance.
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A solution from Tap Report enables inspectors and maintenance workers to access and write data about a piece of safety equipment with the tap of a phone against an NFC RFID tag.
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RFID in Aerospace and Defense will help attendees determine how to deploy RFID in their operations.
Speaking at last week’s RFID in Retail and Apparel conference, Bill Connell, the company’s SVP of logistics and operations, said Macy’s aim is to have all items RFID-tagged at the source by the end of 2017.
Altrad is using Smartly’s SINTRA system to track the locations of steel scaffolding tagged with Bluetooth beacons, with Samsung phones and tablets functioning as tag readers.