Consumer Packaged Goods
Agribusiness Reaps Benefits from the Internet of Packaging
Thanks to RFID technology, farms can control production and inventories, factories can guarantee product authenticity and proper packaging disposal, and customers can thus know what they are consuming.
Food Companies Piloting Detego RFID Solution with AI
As food producers and retailers test the system for tracking goods through production, supply chains and stores, the company is partnering with Microsoft to provide AI features that can help users identify when products might expire, which planograms are most successful and how sales could be improved.
RFID News Roundup
XO2Tech unveils RFID tag for FMCG; SODAQ adds Nordic SiP to its solar-powered cellular IoT asset tracker; LoRa Alliance announces LoRaWAN webcast, releases white paper with Wireless Broadband Alliance; Litmus, Industrial-IoT Solutions distribute edge-computing platform in Brazil; Kerlink, Richardson RFPD sign distribution agreement for IoT network solutions; Avnet offers LTE-M development for IoT solution developers; Industrial Internet Consortium publishes COVID-19 edition of Journal of Innovation; ARMOR Solar Power Films launches IoT innovation competition; CEVA BLE 5.2 platform receives Bluetooth SIG qualification.
RFID Tag Costs Drop to About 3 Cents with Talkin’ Things Products
The Polish company says it will be able to produce and ship about 170 million UHF, NFC and HF RFID tags a year to start, for use in smart packaging, with the aim of bringing nearly any product online.
Packages Will Need to Evolve Faster and More Intelligently Due to the Coronavirus
If technologies for identification, tracking, authentication and improving the customer experience are necessary, other innovations are mandatory—such as eliminating viruses, for example.
RFID and IoT Working Together to Mitigate COVID-19 Warehouse Disruptions
With social distancing changing the face of retail, companies need to digitize their supply chain processes with the Internet of Things and radio frequency identification.
New Retail Kiosk Enables RFID-based Sales
Stora Enso's Intelligent Cabinet features an RFID reader and an antenna to capture the unique ID numbers of tagged goods, enabling un-manned sales for food, beverages or other consumer goods by retailers in such places as office buildings, malls and schools.
Service Bureau, IC Company Team Up on Low-Cost Printed Labels
Smooth & Sharp Corp. offers 13.56 MHz HF or NFC labels, converted from PragmatIC's flexible, low-cost integrated circuits, for easy picking and placement on brand packaging.
NFC Caps Enable Tracking, Engagement, Authentication of High-Value Products
Closure Systems International and Talkin' Things have partnered to develop the Talkin' Cap, which CSI is selling as an NFC-enabled enclosure for its customers, including pharmaceutical companies and those making high-value consumer products.