RFID Helps Aerospace Factories Manage Small Parts
Supplier City Solutions’ system is designed to help workers easily identify which bins require replenishing, thereby ensuring that no parts run out when needed on the production floor.
Volvo’s Plan to Turn Smartphones Into Car Keys
This spring, the carmaker is testing new functionality that will allow drivers to access and start their vehicles using its On Call smartphone app and integrated Bluetooth radio.
In England, Testing a Smarter Smart Parking App
The English city of Westminster is using technology provided by Smart Parking to identify when unauthorized vehicles are parked in spaces reserved for specific motorists with disabilities.
Japanese Retailer Aeon Checks Out Checkpoint’s RFID-enabled Robot
The company is switching to an RFID-based electronic article surveillance system, and is testing the robot’s ability to track inventory to monitor the locations of goods at its flagship store.
The Truth About High Inventory Accuracy
Process change—not magical thinking—will lead to increased sales.
What’s the Value of Your RFID Product?
It’s surprising, but some companies don’t know—which could explain why they aren’t selling more.
IoT News Roundup
Volvo turning smartphones into keys; the Open Connectivity Foundation says it will make the OIC’s vision a reality; Semtech, Sigfox building out networks in Germany; Actility launches network into space with Inmarsat partnership; Vodafone, 3B Medical adding cellular connectivity to sleep apnea aid.
NFC RFID Honors the Deceased
Families and friends can tap a smartphone against NFC tags embedded in memorials or attached to gravestones, in order to access written tributes to departed loved ones, as well as videos and audio.
Green Is the New Green
Responses to an RFID Journal survey indicate that even the retailers who are most educated about RFID are unfamiliar with many solution providers.
Software Interoperability Certifications
Independent tests would benefit both RFID end users and providers.