University of Arkansas researchers find that by using item-level RFID tags to audit shipments, a garment manufacturer could dramatically improve shipment accuracy, as well as confidence in that accuracy, thereby reducing the incidence of retailer chargebacks.
Passive HF tags identify expensive drugs dispensed to customers, ensuring that the empty packaging can not be reused by sellers of bogus pharmaceuticals.
2011 saw some economic ups and downs, but many companies turned to RFID to track the locations of their products and assets—and to monitor their conditions.
The hockey team says it has boosted sales by offering jerseys with embedded passive tags to season-pass holders, entitling them to discounts at its stadium’s concessions stands and stores.
Measuring only six millimeters in thickness, the short-range antennas—marketed by Teijin Fibers and Convergence Systems Ltd.—are being installed on shelving, along with EPC UHF readers, to track the locations of tagged items.
Avery Dennison intros ultra-small RFID inlay for item-level applications; fashion brand Dazzle implements item-level RFID with UPM RFID inlays; TravelCenters of America rolls out RFID transaction system; RFID newcomer Global Tag debuts with varied product suite; Walki unveils new way of producing RFID antennas; Smartrac acquires KSW Microtec; Microsoft announces its Tag app for smartphones is NFC-ready.
The RFID-based devices will allow users to track their machinery’s condition based on vibration and temperature readings, with power supplied by a battery or generated by heat, vibration or sunlight.