Sector: Entertainment Savings: $1 Million-plus Submitted by ThingMagic Disney is relying on RFID to make the Magic Kingdom even more enchanting – especially for its cast members. The theme park has deployed an RFID solution from ThingMagic to track $100 million worth of costumes worn by the likes of Cinderella, Mickey Mouse and others. By [...]
When Mission Foods deployed RFID at its Texas distribution facilities in 2010, the company saved $700,000 on packaging costs by switching from corrugated boxes to reusable plastic boxes with embedded RFID tags. Last year Mission Foods rolled out the program to its West Coast DCs, resulting in an additional savings of $1 million. When the [...]
Sector: Retail Distribution Savings: $2.2 Million Submitted by Intermec Mission Foods, the maker of tortillas, chips, salsa and taco shells, is in the final stages of rolling out RFID to all of its North America distribution centers to provide better inventory accuracy and better efficiencies when it comes to tracking the returnable plastic containers (RPC) [...]
This week’s issue of RFID 24-7 looks at the loss prevention benefits retailers are gaining from deploying RFID. We’ve posted our lead story here, in the event you missed yesterday’s issue. When retailers build a business case for deploying RFID, they often start with the improved inventory accuracy that the technology can deliver. “We were [...]
When retailers build a business case for deploying RFID, they often start with the improved inventory accuracy that the technology can deliver. “We were very focused on inventory accuracy,” says Bill Connell, senior vice president of logistics and operations at Macy’s. “Our journey began with achieving the benefits from accurate data.” Retailers, however, are starting [...]
It’s the time of year when research analysts update their growth projections for RFID technology. ABI Research came out with its market forecast earlier this week, calling for a total market value in excess of $70 billion by 2015. RFID chip manufacturer NXP has also released some interesting research on what it considers to be [...]
The burgeoning item level tagging market is expected to drive the retail sector to become the single largest user of RFID in 2015. The overall forecast, provided by ABI Research, says that the market for RFID transponders, readers, software, and services will generate $70.5 billion in sales from 2012 to the end of 2017. The [...]
German fashion retailer Adler is expanding its RFID pilot from one store to four, and will make a decision to roll out the technology to all of its 167 stores by this fall. Previously, Adler had tested RFD at its store in Weiterstadt, Germany. It’s no surprise that Adler is pursuing RFID. The chain was [...]
When American Apparel deployed RFID technology, the goal was all about improved inventory visibility. The technology lived up to its reputation, and the retail chain’s 120 RFID-enabled stores operate at a 99.8 percent inventory accuracy rate, almost unheard of for an apparel chain with so many SKUs. But RFID had an unexpected side effect. By [...]
Innovation was on full display during day one of the RFID Live conference being held this week in Orlando. In many cases, the new applications being showcased by vendors like Impinj and NXP interact heavily the consumer, bringing shoppers even closer to the technology. NXP, for example, demonstrated an RFID-enabled tablet device that can be [...]