Drilling Company Taps RFID Benefits
Nabors Canada is installing passive high-frequency tags on its oil rigs, to help it track equipment and manage inspection and certification procedures.
RFID News Roundup
ESCI Supply Chain Carbon Council promotes RFID; Omni-ID, Mitsubishi Electric, IBM Japan partner on RFID asset management; Nestlé Waters North America using RFID to manage vehicles; Feig, smart-TEC codevelop RFID solution for laser scalpels; XMark announces new version of RFID-based infant-protection system.
RFID Weekly News Roundup June 25, 2009
This article highlights RFID news and developments from this past week. International activity plus product and service developments in the healthcare industry account for much of the week’s activity, which also saw the release of several reports on market developments.
RFID Protects Tut’s Treasures
Active RFID tags and sensors, in tandem with video cameras, watch over the king’s golden sandals and other Egyptian antiquities on display at museums.
Kuwaiti Car Dealership Streamlines Repair Service
Al Ghanim Automotive is using Zebra’s RFID technology to improve customer service, document the repair process and save time.
Reva Virtualizes RFID Data Processing Appliance
Reva introduced the first virtual machine option for processing RFID data. The new TAP-VM can run virtually on a PC, laptop, server or any other hardware that supports the VMware VMServer 2 environment. It processes data from RFID readers and interface with enterprise systems.
Can Companies’ Dealerships Be Armed With RFID?
It’s apparent that for RFID to be useful, readers must be present within a vicinity. This is fine for what you refer to as a closed system, such as tracking work-in-process in a manufacturing facility, or reusable containers in a warehouse. But this implies a...It’s All RFID to Me
We need to get beyond thinking of RFID as simply passive UHF systems.
Plant Nursery Raises Efficiency With RFID
Color Point is employing EPC Gen 2 passive RFID tags to track the metal carts it uses to deliver plants to Lowe’s, Sam’s Club and other retailers, as well as to speed up the truck-loading process.
Altierre Sees Opportunity for Temperature Tags
The company’s new RFID-enabled temperature sensors are designed to help retailers track the operation of refrigerators, freezers and hot-food display cases in their stores.