RFID Could Help to Reduce the Federal Deficit
The U.S. Department of Defense is ahead of most private companies in using RFID technology, but the civilian government is lagging behind.
The U.S. Department of Defense is ahead of most private companies in using RFID technology, but the civilian government is lagging behind.
Indian oxygen and nitrogen supplier Kay Nitroxygen is using EPC Gen 2 UHF tags and readers to record the status of its reusable cylinders, resulting in increased productivity.
After carrying out an RFID pilot using the TraSer open-source platform, the Dutch research company is now employing a 13.56 MHz passive RFID solution developed entirely in-house.
Using passive 125 kHz RFID tags, the system has raised inventory-management accuracy to nearly 100 percent, while also reducing the chance for missed billing.
With RFID hardware reaching an adequate level of maturity, software represents a huge opportunity for investors, and without new investment, the technology will be slow to take off.
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The Portuguese company is using EPC Gen 2 tags with built-in temperature loggers to ensure that the drugs it distributes have been shipped under proper conditions.