
Transportation


Scan4Transport Encodes Transport Data on Logistics Labels
The global standard supports companies across the transport process, including sortation and first- and last-mile activities, enabling them to keep pace with customers' needs.
BLE Chip Enables Low-Cost, Real-Time Location within Centimeters
Early adopters are testing STMicroelectronics' new chip, leveraging the IEEE's 5.3 specification for location, direction and sensor data tracking, for tool management.
New Guideline Aimed at RFID for Claims Compliance
GS1 US's implementation guideline provides recommendations for companies producing, transporting or storing RFID-tagged products, to help them leverage and share read-based data, improve shipment accuracy and eliminate returns.
Warehouse Survey Finds Management Ready to Adopt Technology
During a recent Zebra study, around 85 percent of warehouse managers indicated plans to prioritize automation technology, such as machine learning, AI and RFID, within the next three years.
Turkish Port Deploys Real-Time Location System for Safety, Efficiency
Istanbul's Borusan Port expects to reduce fuel consumption by 2.5 percent, as well as decrease labor costs and ensure worker safety, with a UWB- and cellular-based system that monitors workers and vehicles.
Online Delivery Survey Finds Consumers Need Improvements
A study conducted by Descartes Systems Group and Sapio Research found that the shipment visibility RFID, BLE and 5G technologies can provide for online purchases could increase customer satisfaction and improve sustainability.
Airline Automates Air Cargo Tracking via BLE
Cal Cargo Airlines has deployed a solution from Descartes that provides data about the locations and conditions of palletized or containerized cargo moving through a worldwide network of BLE gateways.
Label Company Beontag RFID Acquires Confidex
The acquisition will place Beontag among the largest RFID label producers globally, with a planned capacity of five billion labels, leveraging Confidex's ticketing and industrial tag products and its China-based manufacturing site.