RFID Opens the Door to Automation at Pandoor
The Israeli door manufacturer is affixing passive UHF tags to the wood planks it uses to make its products, employing RFID data to instruct the automatic manufacturing process.
Use Your EPC to Indicate Country of Origin
By employing a simple coding scheme, you can quickly identify where items in your supply chain were manufactured, and ensure that your customs declarations are accurate.
IoT News Roundup
Cisco ramps up software to analyze torrents of IoT-derived data; Link Labs, Semtech collaborate on long-range radio module; Spansion, Sensoplex fast-tracking wearables development; O3b launches new satellites to bring broadband to developing world.
Beacons Spice Up Sales at McDonald’s
Following a two-month pilot of Piper’s Bluetooth beacon platform at 26 McDonald’s restaurants throughout Georgia, the fast-food chain now wants to use the technology to serve up promotions and messages to customers at 260 additional sites.
RFID News Roundup
HID Global intros new Keg Tag UHF for kegs, gas bottles ••• Farsens announces battery-free RFID pressure-monitoring tags ••• BluVision buys Proximity5 to strengthen beacon campaign management capabilities ••• Ubudu unveils beacon platform with two-way communication ••• OSPT Alliance expands presence in North America ••• Galatea markets NFC-tagged cultured pearls.
RFID Journal LIVE! 2015 to Feature Eight Preconference Seminars
New topics in this year’s program include RFID-enabled smart products and experiential marketing with RFID.
RFID Journal LIVE! 2015 to Feature Eight Preconference Seminars
New topics in this year’s program include RFID-enabled smart products and experiential marketing with RFID.
At Canadian Diamond Mine, RFID Shines a Light on Tool Usage
The solution, provided by ToolHound, helps the company to better manage inventory and prevent hoarding by workers.
Dixons Carphone Group Simplifies Tracking of Phone, Tablet Repairs
Europe’s largest mobile phone retailer and services company is using an RFID solution from TrackerPoint to manage work-in-process as it repairs thousands of devices and shares that data with customers.
Libraries Check Out Bluetooth Beacons
Two beacon companies have developed unique solutions to help libraries send data about their programs or other details to patrons who download an app and then pass a library’s beacons.