Trane Restocks Supplies at Assembly Plant Via RFID
The heating and air-conditioning systems manufacturer has improved efficiency by having its logistic centers attach passive UHF RFID tags to the packaging of components shipped to its factory.
What Are the Differences Between RTLS and RFID?
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RFID Tracks Chemical Inventory at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
ORNL manages its inventory with passive EPC UHF RFID tags, using a handheld reader to identify the locations of chemicals at hundreds of storage locations.
What Else Can You Do With an RFID Fashion Label?
Don’t use RFID just for logistics and inventory management. Here are a few ways in which retailers can employ the technology to provide new services to their customers.
What Ails Microsoft
A much-discussed reorganization is necessary—but not as much as a focus on the next big thing, instead of the last big one.
At Miami Concert, NFC RFID Helps Post Foods Market Its Products
At the Honey Bunches of Oats-sponsored event, the company distributed boxes of cereal, along with NFC RFID cards that directed phones to questionnaires and downloadable music and videos.
RFID News Roundup
Xerafy, C-Logistics and Holland 1916 unveil rugged RFID tag for oil and gas; Mobile Aspects receives patent for iRIScope, uses Feig readers; Scanbuy creates NFC-enabled giant baseball cards for Topps; Techs4Biz intros smartphone app for field-service management with RFID functionality; Omni-ID adds new tag to suite of products for industrial logistics applications; Israel’s Herzilya Medical Center improves inventory management via LogiTag’s SmartCabinet; Flomio intros NFC antenna extender for mobile devices.
USDA Researchers Develop System to Track Livestock Feeding Behavior Unobtrusively
The setup, which uses standards-based LF RFID technology, can read the ear tags of 128 to 240 animals within seconds, identifying when and for how long cattle or pigs eat, as well as what that means about their health and environmental conditions.
Château Le Pin Uses NFC to Ensure Its Wine’s Authenticity
The French vintner is attaching RFID tags to labels from Selinko, to prove each bottle’s authenticity to customers, and to gain visibility into its own supply chain.
RTLS Helps Florida Clinic Maintain Small Clinic Feel
A system from Vizzia Technologies using CenTrak hybrid IR and RFID technology helps the 36,000-square-foot facility to identify the locations of patients and health-care workers, to ensure personalized and timely care.