Field Technologies Featured Articles

  1. The Price Of Progress: Assessing The Need For A Mobile Computing Migration 1/25/2011

    A choice of new mobile computing hardware can often have a significant impact on existing software applications and business processes. Perhaps the disruption of a complete overhaul of software and hardware, along with the associated business processes, is more change than a business can bear. Having the prerogative to phase in change on the timetable of your business versus the “rip and replace” timetable of technology is difficult to achieve. By Intermec

  2. Top 5 Tips For Choosing Mobile Printers 1/25/2011
    This white paper explains the fundamentals, describes what differentiates mobile printers, and provides tips for selecting the model that will perform reliably, efficiently, and affordably in your operations. By Intermec, Inc.
  3. Could RFID Help Support Electronic Health Records? 11/10/2010
    Electronic health records EHRs would provide healthcare professionals with electronic access to an individual’s medical history, even when that history has been recorded by multiple providers. Therefore, the EHR system necessitates inter-operable communication of standardized data between hospitals and physicians. In our view, RFID could play a potential role in the development of these health records, particularly given the tight timeframe that needs to be followed. The Department of Health and Human Services needs to issue its Interim Final Rule by December 31, 2009 and legislative incentives begin in 2011. By Reik Read, Robert W. Baird & Co.
  4. New Roles, New Rules: Are Your Smart Phones Tough Enough For Work? 9/23/2010
    Once enterprises could base their mobility selections mainly on coverage maps, rate plans and the look and feel of the phones themselves, but now they must carefully consider durability, device lifecycles, available enterprise software, support for bar code scanning and much more. By Intermec, Inc.
  5. New Roles, New Rules: Are Your Smart Phones Tough Enough For Work? 9/23/2010

    Once enterprises could base their mobility selections mainly on coverage maps, rate plans and the look and feel of the phones themselves, but now they must carefully consider durability, device lifecycles, available enterprise software, support for bar code scanning and much more. By Intermec, Inc.

  6. RFID Adoption For Perishable Foods Will Be Driven By Benefits, Not Government 10/29/2009
    Fresh food represents a strong potential RFID market, but the adoption will come from true business value, not FDA regulation or congressional action. We expect RFID benefit will be generated from improving retailer and distributor revenue, while also lowering cost. Key components to adoption will be the development of a uniform set of data standards, a standard communication mechanism, and the ability to improve visibility of merchandise and data about the merchandise, particularly temperature. By Reik Read, Managing Director and Senior Analyst, Robert W. Baird & Co.
  7. New Belgium Brewing RFID Keg Tracking 10/15/2009
    New Belgium Brewing was conceived during a bike ride through Belgium in 1989 and now produces world-class beer from their Colorado brewery. Like any large, mobile pool of assets, New Belgium's fleet of nearly 150,000 kegs is difficult to track, but the brewer must also contend with an industry standard keg loss rate of 4-6%, as well as craft beer volume growth of nearly 10% a year. Because of these factors, and assuming a rate of 3.5 turns per year, New Belgium may purchase nearly 20,000 new kegs in 2009. By Fluensee
  8. Mobile RFID Readers: Read Points That Move With Your Assets 10/15/2009
    Until today, there have only been two options for deploying RFID read points: permanently fixed RFID readers designed for traditional choke points, and handheld RFID readers for on-the-spot reading of specific tags. Visibility was primarily limited to entry and exit through key areas, such as dock doors, restricting the potential value of RFID. Inventory movement throughout your facility — for example, through put-away, replenishment and picking operations in the warehouse or from the back room to the retail shelves — remained invisible beyond on-demand handheld reading. By RFIDWizards.com
  9. Mobile RFID Readers: Read Points That Move With Your Assets 10/15/2009
    Until today, there have only been two options for deploying RFID read points: permanently fixed RFID readers designed for traditional choke points, and handheld RFID readers for on-the-spot reading of specific tags. Visibility was primarily limited to entry and exit through key areas, such as dock doors, restricting the potential value of RFID. Inventory movement throughout your facility — for example, through put-away, replenishment and picking operations in the warehouse or from the back room to the retail shelves — remained invisible beyond on-demand handheld reading. By RFIDWizards.com
  10. RFID A Solution For Lost DNA Samples 10/1/2009
    DNA samples are becoming an increasingly important method for federal and state law enforcement agencies to help solve crimes and secure convictions. The evidence can also serve to clear those wrongly convicted. However, both Wisconsin and Illinois have recently found serious gaps in electronic DNA records, where the actual number of records is meaningfully less than the number of felons on file. In both states, all felons are required to have an electronic DNA sample in the database. By Reik Read, Robert W. Baird & Co.