- Precast Concrete Manufacturers Use RFID
August 20, 2008
Companies like Phoenix Precast and E.F. Shea Concrete are using passive UHF tags to create an electronic quality-control trail and better manage their inventory. - Melbourne City Council Tracks Its Car Fleet
August 20, 2008
The council estimates that once fully deployed and integrated with its employee ID system, the EPC Gen 2 RFID vehicle-tracking system will reduce labor by at least 40 staff hours per month, resulting in an annual financial savings of up to $40,000. - Retailers See RFID's Potential to Fight Shrinkage
August 20, 2008
Store operators are beginning to explore new applications for radio frequency identification, including using it as a tool for preventing product theft?or for reducing its impact. - Jones Apparel Group Plans RFID Pilot in Nine West Stores
August 20, 2008
At two sites in New York, the company plans to test the ability of item-tagging to help improve stock availability, productivity and customer service. -
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- New RFID Solution Targets Sales Chain Automation
August 20, 2008
SkyeTek is commercializing a managed service that uses smart cabinets and other unattended RFID readers to monitor inventory and notify field sales staff when customers require replenishment. Early users have reported rapid ROI from reduced out-of-stocks and time savings resulting from less inventory management time and paperwork. - RFID Could Cure Concrete Tracking Woes
August 19, 2008
International Coding Technologies announced TrackCon, a system for identifying and tracking pre-fabricated concrete products that features a plastic-encased passive RFID and bar code tag that is embedded during the production process. The developer says the system can be used for concrete products ranging from small tanks to pre-fabricated building walls. - IDTechEx: RFID Apparel Market to Grow 70% Annually
August 18, 2008
IDTechEx estimates that RFID spending on apparel will be $68 million this year, representing 38 percent of the total worldwide RFID spend for the retail sector. The research firm predicts that figure will rise to $988 million in 2013, an impressive 71 percent compound annual growth rate. - Read Range for Gen2 RFID in 2008? 40 Feet
August 14, 2008
RFID solutions provider Simply RFiD posted an entry on its blog a few weeks ago reporting the great read ranges on Gen2 technology that its engineers have found consistently in recent months. Those ranges were long enough to prompt skepticism from some readers -- and to prompt RFID Update to interview the company president for more explanation. -
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