Sustainable Management Systems has completed a pilot with the Orangeburg, S.C. Department of Public Utilities to deploy RFID across a network of transmission and distribution poles. The utility was able to reduce overall inspection and maintenance time by a minimum of 45 percent through SMS’ PIMS workflow process application. By affixing RFID tags to utility [...]
RFID solutions will be center stage at the Checkpoint Apparel Day, to be held on March 1 in Dusseldorf, Germany. The day long event, sponsored by Checkpoint Systems, will address how intelligent labeling solutions can help you to boost sales and profits. RFID technology is achieving rapid adoption in the apparel industry, helping retailers to [...]
Avery Dennison RFID’s Jack Farrell wrote an informative guest column for Industry Week last month, touching on a number of topics, including the growth of RFID technology and the strong return on investment that adopters of the technology are seeing. Farrell also discussed the C-level support that is needed to launch an effective RFID initiative. [...]
The Dayton RFID Convergence Center is scrambling to find a new business model that will boost revenues for the center after contributions from member companies were lower than expected. According to the Dayton Daily News, the center will remain open while Dayton city government and its development arm, CityWide Development, try to determine a sustainable [...]
Things to do today: Buy bread. Pick up suit at the cleaner’s. Return gift at the mall. Stop in at the NFC tag store? That’s right. Japanese Fukumi Corp. has opened the world’s first retail outlet for NFC tags and applications. Based in Tokyo, the RFID/NFC Real Touch Shop offers NFC tags and applications, NFC [...]
The WaterWheel Foundation, the charitable arm of rock band Phish, is turning to RFID to better control inventories of T-shirts, caps and other items while the band is on tour. The WaterWheel Foundation applied RFID tags to more than 2,500 items during the band’s tour last summer. The logoed items are awarded to concertgoers who [...]
In case you missed last week’s issue of RFID 24-7, we’ve posted our lead story here. RFID in retail is getting closer to becoming ubiquitous, and 2012 is expected to represent a watershed year for the technology. A new survey reveals that 80 percent of retailers (VICS members) have initiated pilots or deployed RFID at [...]
Item level tagging within the apparel supply chain is exploding, as both retailers and suppliers come to realize solid gains from deploying the technology. Aside from much improved product visibility and the ability to conduct highly accurate inventory counts, retailers stand to improve operations, increase sales due to fewer out-of-stocks, and increase customer satisfaction levels. [...]
In a day and age when the government is trying to trim its budget, RFID can offer a significant savings. Placing RFID tags on missiles used by the U.S. Navy and by NATO, for example, could save up to $300 million in unneeded maintenance costs a year. Ten months after awarding a contract to ODIN to [...]
The food industry provides a major opportunity to demonstrate a substantial ROI for RFID when it comes to food safety, by providing authentication of the origin of food or by reducing waste, optimizing logistics, and increasing the quality of goods to the consumer. The purpose of the F2F project is to demonstrate the use of [...]