By next June, IATA members will be required to use RFID tags for baggage tracking. The technology would cut down on lost luggage and save airlines money. Among the many annoying things about flying, perhaps the most frustrating is lost luggage. Industry groups realize this, and they’re taking steps to
There are a number of hot new technologies on the forefront of online and offline retail including machine learning, the Internet of Things (IoT) and Blockchain, the information-sharing technology behind Bitcoin. We have written a bit lately about machine learning because it perhaps has the highest “world-changing” potential. But the IoT
There is no way to get inventory accuracy up to 95 percent or better without the technology—and if your inventory accuracy is low, shoppers will simply go elsewhere. - Page 1 Aug 28, 2017— After my column last week was published, I received an email from a subscriber who asked, "Do you
Today, Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd, announces the release of our latest RAIN tag designed for embeddable applications – p/n LXMSJZNCMF-198. This new product has been in production since August 2017. Overview RAIN*1 RFID adoption rates are rising as companies realize its value in inventory tracking and product traceability, but small consumer
Teijin's Recopick system allows St. Luke's International Hospital to manage the location and status of pumps and other devices, thereby eliminating visits to its clinical engineering room, and reducing the tendency of nurses to horde equipment in their wards. - Page 1 Source: Tokyo Hospital Tracks Equipment via RFID-Enabled Shelving
Researchers have developed a system that enables small, safe, aerial drones to read RFID tags from tens of meters away while identifying the tags' locations. The system could be used in large warehouses to prevent inventory mismatches and locate individual items. MIT researchers have developed a system that enables small,
Intelliguard RFID Solutions Celebrates 500 Client Installations; Experiencing Rapid Growth SAN DIEGO, Aug. 24, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) MEPS Real-Time, Inc., innovator of Intelliguard® RFID Solutions for pharmacy inventory management, today announced that it has reached 500 active customer installations in North America. “This is a significant milestone that reflects the healthcare market’s continued
Alliance Rubber Co. and researchers from the University of Sussex are working to infuse their rubber with graphene, a material 200 times stronger than steel. The world's largest rubber band manufacturer is putting graphene, the strongest material in the world, into its bands. With the right amount of graphene, the
Surgere Systems Uses Fetch Robots to Navigate the Aisles, Perform Inventor Reads, Send Data to the Cloud Despite decades of bar code scanning, wireless radio frequency terminals, and Warehouse Management Systems, some - perhaps many - companies still have a hard time keeping track of inventory in distribution centers. SCDigest
Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is increasingly being used to track goods throughout complex global supply chains. Avery Dennison RBIS has become a major provider of the technology, particularly for applications within the apparel industry. Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, which dates back to World War II radar systems, is increasingly being