CURRENT NEWS

• Symbol RFID Solution Helps Keep Supplies Moving Through AmeriQual

  Symbol Technologies, Inc., The Enterprise Mobility Company and Tacit Solutions, Inc., a Symbol Solution Partner, recently announced that AmeriQual Group, LLC, a leader in the production, packaging, assembly and distribution of shelf-stable food products, has deployed Symbol mobile computers, RFID, and wireless technology to track cases and pallets of MREs as they move from packaging through delivery.

• Surgio And SimplyRFID Announce Partnership For Fully-Automated Visibility Into The Medical Device Supply Chain In Healthcare

  Surg.io™, an emerging leader in software solutions for the management of orthopedic instrument and implant inventory as well as hospital sterile processing and perioperative solutions, has partnered with SimplyRFID, a veteran leader in tracking technology and inventory visibility solutions, announce an exclusive healthcare partnership to provide a fully integrated inventory management system that brings real-time visibility, tracking, and analytics to the entire hospital supply chain.

• Aurora Plastics Improves Workforce Productivity With Janam RFID Solution

  Janam Technologies LLC, a leading provider of rugged mobile computers that scan barcodes and communicate wirelessly, announced today that Aurora Plastics, a leader in thermoplastic compounds, is using the XM2-RFID rugged mobile computer to identify and track railcars within its railyard.

• PervasID Receives £1.6M Investment To Progress RFID Technology

  PervasID, an award-winning RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology provider, recently announces that it has secured £1.6M in Series A funding. The technology, which was pioneered at the University of Cambridge and achieves more than 99 percent tag detection, was also awarded £240,000 from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency.

• Trump National Doral Miami Achieves Complete Inventory Management Solution Using RFID Technology

  InvoTech Systems Inc. announced the recent implementation of its Linen System at the Trump National Doral Miami to complement its existing InvoTech Uniform System.

FEATURE ARTICLES

• North Sails Leverages RFID Technology

  North Sails is the worldwide leader in sailmaking. North has always been a technology company. This focus on technology and innovation was fostered by the company founder, Lowell North, who left a career in aerospace engineering in 1957 to strike out on his own, to make sails.  

• MIT's Small Aerial Drones Relay RFID Signals To Track Merchandise

  Small, aerial drones that relay radio frequency (RF) signals could be used by retailers to more efficiently locate merchandise stored in large warehouses, according to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers who developed the system.

• RFID 101 + Pros And Cons

  If putting data into computer databases with little to no human intervention sounds appealing to your company, radio-frequency identification may be for you. Radio-frequency identification, otherwise known as RFID, is a technological tool that reads tags, identifies information about the object the label is attached to, and enters this information into a computer database. This technology is similar to barcoding; however, RFID systems are able to store much more information than traditional barcodes.

• The EPC Mandate ROI Guide

  Today, many retailers are promoting omnichannel retail initiatives in order to offer their services and products to more consumers on more marketing platforms. It’s no secret that retailers with growing omnichannel initiatives see strong benefits with RFID from the DC to receiving to the back room, and the selling floor.

• Transformative Technology Changing Manufacturing — Is RFID The Competitive Advantage You Need?

  At one time it was enough to just streamline operations to become more “Lean”. And those lean initiatives helped many manufacturers get through financial crises and economic downturns. Process automation and barcoding made a significant impact, but even the right mix of efficiency and business systems isn’t enough with today’s advancements.

FEATURED RFID PRODUCTS

RFID Anywhere

Simplify the development and deployment of RFID solutions with RFID Anywhere.

IntelliPort

AutoCrib IntelliPort becomes the employee ID-controlled doorway into and out of an existing stores area or tool crib.

Blue Vector Retail Solutions

Wireless sensors can do routine things automatically, detecting and correcting issues before they become problems and allowing associates to concentrate on the customer satisfaction, not paperwork. Companies are using wireless sensors to shatter the traditional relationship between suppliers and customers. In the traditional model, the customer owns and is responsible for managing their on-hand supply. In the new model, the supplier takes full responsibility for maintaining adequate on-hand supply of inventory on the customer’s premises.

Alien Technology ALR-2850-DEVC RFID Development Kit

Alien's ALR-2850-DEVC RFID development kit provides an affordable, easy-to-use way to test system performance in your applications and facilities.

Intelleflex: RFID Vehicle Yard Management

The Intellefl ex RFID Solution for vehicle yard management provides real-time inventory visibility, vehicle locations within the yard, and control of outgoing and incoming vehicles at the gate.

Lexmark FileTrail Software

All it takes is one lost or misplaced piece of evidence to disrupt a trial or derail a legal proceeding. With cases growing and resources shrinking, you need a streamlined evidence-handling solution that offers higher efficiency and a more secure chain of custody. Lexmark, FileTrail and Pinnacle Label have teamed up to offer a Web-based state-of-the-art solution for evidence tracking.

MP9210 Low-Power, Multi-Protocol 13.56 MHz Reader

The SAMSys MP9210 is a low-cost, multi-protocol RFID proximity reader operating at 13.56 MHz. This reader is designed for short-range RFID applications. The MP9210 can be connected to other SAMSys readers operating at any of the supported frequencies to blend their respective functionalities into advanced multi-frequency, multi-protocol solutions.

AAID: AA-R100-EVA Reader System

The AA-R100-EVA Reader System includes an adjustable range ( 20’-500’ ) Vehicle ID reader, timer relay output kit, weatherproof enclosure, power supply with battery back-up, and a remote Omni-Directional antenna.

VUANCE Electronic Security Solutions For Educational Environments

Electronic access control involves managing access to and from a facility. Access management pertains to locking/unlocking doors, opening/closing gates and tracking individuals who are entering or leaving a building, parking lot or room. Monitoring pertains to supervising anything defined as an alarm point such as door contacts, motion or glass break sensors.

PowerID RFID Labels For People Tracking

The PowerP label provides an affordable, reliable solution for people tracking, overcoming the drawbacks of traditional RFID solutions.

TagNet™ Server

Utilizing an RFID Event Management engine, TagNet Server deploys to your platform & database of choice providing the core business logic and Object repository of the TagNet Suite.

Franwell rfid> Genesis

The Franwell rfid> Genesis system enables you to comply with retailer and Department of Defense mandates quickly and inexpensively. There is no need for concern about non-compliancy fees when you use our "slap and ship" solution. With minimal effort, rfid> Genesis utilizes data from your existing warehouse management system to produce the case and pallet RFID tags that are required.

OnAsset Platform: On Demand Intelligence For Remote Asset Management

The OnAsset Platform is the industry's most feature-rich, high-functioning hosted platform service for viewing and interacting with data gathered from remote assets via SENTRY and Guardian hardware solutions. Most applications today are developed specifically to extract and present telemetry data. The OnAsset Platform does this plus adds layers of functionality to help you achieve superior mobile asset management.

Supply Insight RFID Training

Supply Insight Inc. offers developers training for end users and system integrators interested in RFID based Supply Chain automation and complying with the retail and DoD mandates.