Nike Inc. has acquired Celect, a predictive analytics firm founded by MIT professors, to accelerate its ability to match inventories to consumer needs. Celect’s cloud-based analytics platform allows retailers to optimize inventory across an omnichannel environment through hyper-local demand predictions. Celect’s team will be integrated into Nike’s operations. Its co-founders
New RAIN inlays for ultra-long read range on metal surfaces. Smartrac Technology Group launched its SKYLINE inlays and tags for industrial on-metal applications. With their optimized antenna and sophisticated spacer-based design, the new, compact RAIN (UHF) products offer an outstanding read range of up to 6 meters under real-world conditions. For
Detego's solution for digitising the retail supply chain using RFID can reduce inventory errors from 30 per cent to 2 per cent LONDON, Aug. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The retail industry has complex supply chains. Manging them is difficult and, as a result, retail stock inventories are often inaccurate. This can lead
Zebra said its MotionWorks Sports tracking system captures player speed, distance traveled, proximity as well as acceleration and deceleration. Zebra said it has extended a partnership with the National Football League for its on-field player tracking technology. The NFL partnership makes Zebra the official on-field player tracking provider through 2021. Zebra has
Southern Fried Cotton, which opted to leverage a technology more commonly deployed by big companies, has brought its customer chargeback rate down by 98.8 percent, increased its warehouse efficiency and achieved an ROI within less than a year. Jul 31, 2019— American clothing brand Southern Fried Cotton (SFC), a small but growing
PervasID Showcases RFID Capability Examples for Manufacturing. Championing Innovation with Manufacturing & Engineering Magazine. PervasID, an award-winning RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology provider, has announced the opening of its new Customer Experience Centre in St. John’s Innovation Centre which will showcase uses for RFID in the retail, healthcare and industrial
Decathlon is a French sports-gear retailer with 1,500 stores and omnichannel evolution in its sights. It has a strong story to tell in Operations & Logistics, and has RFID tagging high up on its agenda. It is nearly three years since the retailer expanded its already established RFID programme, working
Following a tender process, Air France selected Paragon ID for the exclusive worldwide supply of its RFID luggage tags over an initial period of 3 years. In total, Paragon ID is expected to provide about 40 million RFID luggage tags per year to the airline. Paragon ID, leading provider of
Air France will introduce RFID bag tracking technology at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport from 2020 in a move aimed at improving efficiency and giving passengers more information about their luggage. Air France will introduce RFID bag tracking technology at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport from 2020 in a move aimed at
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has signed on to a six-month project with a technology firm, as well as drug companies and hospitals, to study the value of data captured from UHF RFID-tagged injectable drugs as they move from the point of manufacture to a patient. Jul 30, 2019—