Why the future of intelligent operations depends on accurately observing the physical world Every day, billions of physical objects move through the world's businesses. Products leave factories, pallets arrive at distribution centers, medical devices move between hospital departments, baggage travels across continents, and inventory flows through stores and supply chains.
Author: Matthieu Picon, CEO, Tageos RAIN RFID has been transforming the way companies manage products, assets and information. What started out as a technology primarily focused on improving inventory accuracy and supply chain visibility has evolved into a key enablement platform for digital transformation. However, the industry now stands at
RAIN in Action to Explore How RAIN-Enabled Infrastructure Translates to Real-World Impact Taking place in Madrid, Spain between 29 September and 1 October, this year’s event provides insight into the usage of RAIN Technology across a range of industries 8 July 2026 – RAIN Alliance has today announced that its
From June 3rd to June 5th, 2026, the China (Guangzhou) International Logistics Equipment and Technology Exhibition was grandly held in Guangzhou. As a highly influential industry event in the field of logistics equipment and smart logistics, this exhibition brought together high-quality enterprises from upstream and downstream of the industry, showcasing
What sortation pilots and recycling trials tell us about RAIN RFID’s place in the circular economy Author: Samin Aayanifard Sustainability Community member, RAIN Alliance Senior Research Engineer - Advanced Technology, Impinj The Circular Economy Needs More Than Good Intentions The pressure on the textile industry to recover garments at end
Author: Juho Partanen, the VP of Market Transformation, Impinj Twenty years of retail have solved the hardest proof-of-concept problem in our industry’s history. Now comes the hard part. There is a version of the RAIN RFID story that ends with retail. The Walmart mandate. The apparel industry’s slow, grinding
Checkpoint Systems, a global leader in RAIN RFID solutions for retail and industry, introduces READFINITY®, a next-generation all-in-one RAIN RFID readers family designed to support the operational demands of today’s rapidly evolving retail environment. Combining ultra-fast item-level RAIN RFID reading, real-time embedded processing, and seamless integration with existing POS infrastructures,
XSKIN Gamma and Metal Skin® Delta show how smart RAIN RFID labels can support gamma-sterilized packaging, on-metal healthcare assets, medical device identification, and compliance-supporting traceability workflows. Singapore, June 2026 — Xerafy, a manufacturer of industrial RAIN RFID tags, smart RFID labels, and application-specific tagging solutions, announced that its smart RFID
The core premise of this article is a fundamental paradigm shift: RAIN RFID has transitioned from isolated hardware challenges to an enterprise-integration imperative. In 2026, the question is no longer "Does RAIN RFID work?" but rather "How effectively can we scale and integrate RAIN RFID data across our entire
Dr. Bahar Aliakbarian is the Global Director of RFID Quality & Innovation at SML Group Ltd. and currently serves as Chair of the RAIN Alliance Manufacturing Quality Workgroup One of the questions I’m asked most, especially in industry meetings and informal conversation is: “What’s the relationship between the