Global supply chains continue to benefit from better visibility and improved inventory accuracy as a result of deploying RFID technology. With that in mind, NXP has announced the launch of its UCODE 7 UHF IC, which the company says sets a new industry standard for performance, versatility and speed for RFID supply chain applications. Collaborating [...]

RFID is often talked about for its ability to improve inventory accuracy for retailers. However, the technology also offers tremendous advantages for managing returns, warranties and fraudulent activities. For example, last week Mashable reported that a Walmart store in Texas sold an unsuspecting customer an iPad box that was filled with stacked  notebooks. Evidently,  a [...]

RFID 24-7 recently reported that RFID is making big strides in Asia when it comes to product authentication for liquor and tobacco. In fact, NXP forecasts that 150 million bottles of wine and alcohol will be tagged in Asia this year alone. Now comes an entirely new market – bird nests. Considered to be “the [...]

At the Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas earlier this year,  NXP demonstrated some of the advantages of a smart washing machine equipped with RFID. NXP loaded an RFID interface onto the appliance’s system management board for the purpose of clothes detection and maintenance benefits. As explained in the video, when clothing items are tagged with RFID in the [...]

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 [...]

It’s still too early to tell how just quickly NFC-enabled smart phones will be deployed around the globe, but some predictions call for 100 million being in use by the end of this year, with 500 million deployed globally by 2015. Although the forecast remains unclear, Avery Dennison isn’t wasting any time preparing for the [...]

For those that missed last week’s newsletter, we’ve posted it here. Leave a comment and let us know what you think! Gerry Weber has been a driving force behind item level retail tagging. The German retail chain has taken an aggressive stance on RFID and became the first overseas retailer to source-tag all of its [...]

 NXP and austriamicrosystems have developed the first in a range of RFID-based solutions for product authentication in embedded consumer applications such as printers and water purifiers that frequently require replacement parts. Through the use of RFID, manufacturers can track the use of non-certified replacement parts like ink cartridges, possibly leading to the voiding of product [...]

I’ve posted this week’s lead story from RFID 24-7 for those of you who don’t receive the newsletter. As more focus is placed on environmental issues following the tragic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, several use cases are developing for RFID to track carbon usage, an ugly byproduct of the U.S.’ addiction to [...]

Ever wonder about the carbon footprint of the pair of imported shoes you just purchased? Or the Chilean grapes you bought at the fruit store? Well, RFID is playing a greater role in carbon tracking, a movement that is bound to gain steam in the wake of the incredulous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. [...]