Rica Lewis Profits by Tagging Jeans
The company is using RFID to expedite orders and the taking of inventory in boutiques selling its apparel.
Put RFID in the Trash
Twenty years from now, your garbage can will be full of tags.
Organic Clothing Retailer Makes Shopping Personal
Clothing for a Better Earth is using an RFID-enabled iPod and EPC Gen 2 tags to link customers with products they might like, as well as track shoppers and goods throughout its store.
Curing Health Care’s Cost Disease
Some say spending on health care can not be reigned in, but the reality is that RFID and related technologies can reduce costs by billions of dollars annually.
Sun Microsystems Piloting RFID Tagging for Financial Customers
The company’s goal is to help financial institutions better account for IT equipment in their data centers.
GE and Avery Dennison Developing Passive RFID Sensor Tags
The solution—signaling Avery Dennison’s intention to provide RFID tags with greater functionality—will allow the detection of events such as counterfeit pharmaceutical products or spoiled produce in the supply chain.
Foundry Improves Core Operations
Excal is using RFID to automate the way it manufactures brass and bronze products, thus helping it to improve their consistency and quality.
Slate Maker Adopts System to Track Products, Even When Buried Under Snow
Norwegian company Minera Norge is using EPC RFID and GPS technologies to locate its finished stone tiles and blocks, as well as the forklifts that transport them.
RFID News Roundup
EU study finds only 3 percent of European enterprises use RFID; RadarFind intros alarm capability for RTLS to halt asset loss, theft or damage; Rauland-Borg links nurse call system with RTLS; International Coding Technologies offers ruggedized EPC Gen 2 tag for less than $1; logistics provider Damco to use Savi Networks’ wireless tracking service; Mexican Border Patrol, state governments to leverage RFID for vehicle registration, tracking.
The Tragedy in Haiti
The disaster could be worsened by problems coordinating the response.