Feature Articles

61. RFID-Based Materials Management - A Game Of "What If" 8/9/2010
    No matter how effective a manual system may seem, because the recording of material movement is not automated, data becomes obsolete very quickly. To make matters worse, unique material identification numbers are often hand-written, painted, or etched onto material and can become faded, smeared, removed, or hidden by other materials or elements like grass, dirt, or snow. Thus, manual tracking of pre-engineered components leads to increased instances of components that are "not immediately found," which leads to higher costs and decreased productivity. By Jon Chesser and Vincent Hsieh, Atlas RFID Solutions
62. Case Study: Element ID Uses Mercury M5e Module To Power Reader In Single Solution UHF RFID Appliance 8/5/2010
    Element ID, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets high performance readers and specialty industrial automation equipment/systems for the rapidly growing RFID market. The company targets the high performance, fixed position, RFID reader market with a total system solution that is unique in its automation approach. The company is headquartered in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. By Element ID, Inc.
63. Element ID Uses Mercury M5e Module To Power Reader In Single Solution UHF RFID Appliance 8/5/2010
    Element ID, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets high performance readers and specialty industrial automation equipment/systems for the rapidly growing RFID market. The company targets the high performance, fixed position, RFID reader market with a total system solution that is unique in its automation approach. The company is headquartered in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. By Element ID, Inc.
64. Curing Operational Inefficiency — How Real-Time Locating Technology Brings A Cure To Asset Management Headaches 7/19/2010
    The importance of finding equipment or inventory increases greatly when it's needed to provide time-critical care. The symptoms of untraceable equipment can be easily solved by utilizing an RTLS system, which includes tags attached to the asset. By using a signal transmitted via infrared, RF, or ultrasound waves, the tagged items can be located immediately anywhere within the facility. By Intelligent InSites, Inc.
65. White Paper: Curing Operational Inefficiency — How Real-Time Locating Technology Brings A Cure To Asset Management Headaches 7/19/2010
    The importance of finding equipment or inventory increases greatly when it's needed to provide time-critical care. The symptoms of untraceable equipment can be easily solved by utilizing an RTLS system, which includes tags attached to the asset. By using a signal transmitted via infrared, RF, or ultrasound waves, the tagged items can be located immediately anywhere within the facility. By Intelligent InSites, Inc.
66. Guest Series Part 1: RFID-Based Materials Management - An Overview 7/15/2010
    Tracking and monitoring the location of construction assets on a jobsite is vitally important to project executives, owners, contractors, and suppliers. Yet this activity is a commonly overlooked aspect of field data acquisition. Timely and precise information about the status of critical assets such as pre-engineered components, equipment, tools, and labor resources allow contractors to bid more competitively on projects, and are directly related to the successful and profitable completion of a project. By Jon Chesser and Vincent Hsieh, Atlas RFID Solutions
67. RFID-Based Materials Management — An Overview 7/15/2010
    Tracking and monitoring the location of construction assets on a jobsite is vitally important to project executives, owners, contractors, and suppliers. Yet this activity is a commonly overlooked aspect of field data acquisition. Timely and precise information about the status of critical assets such as pre-engineered components, equipment, tools, and labor resources allow contractors to bid more competitively on projects, and are directly related to the successful and profitable completion of a project. By Jon Chesser and Vincent Hsieh, Atlas RFID Solutions
68. RFID-Based Materials Management In Construction 7/15/2010
    Tracking and monitoring the location of construction assets on a jobsite is vitally important to project executives, owners, contractors, and suppliers. Yet this activity is a commonly overlooked aspect of field data acquisition. Timely and precise information about the status of critical assets such as pre-engineered components, equipment, tools, and labor resources allow contractors to bid more competitively on projects, and are directly related to the successful and profitable completion of a project. By Jon Chesser and Vincent Hsieh, Atlas RFID Solutions
69. Communications Leader Vidéotron Hopes To Save $1.6M By Automating Service Calls On BlackBerry Smartphones 4/21/2010
    Change from a paper-based work order system for field technicians to a wireless one that automates all administrative steps involved in handling a service call. By BlackBerry by Research In Motion
70. Case Study: Communications Leader Vidéotron Hopes To Save $1.6M By Automating Service Calls On BlackBerry Smartphones 4/21/2010
    Change from a paper-based work order system for field technicians to a wireless one that automates all administrative steps involved in handling a service call. By BlackBerry by Research In Motion