RFID JournalMore from RFID JournalAll TechnologyFord Uses RFID Tech to Track Engine Parts Through Manufacturing ProcessFord is one of several carmakers that have adopted the Adept 850 - a passive UHF on-metal tag with an 8.5-meter read range and a 4-meter write range - to store and access data about each manufacturing step.May 26, 2015All TechnologyRFID Used to Help Recycle Materials from Cast-off Electronics GearWhen discarded computers and printers arrive at its facility, Sinctronics uses RFID readers to identify their component materials so they can be more quickly recycled and incorporated into new IT products.May 18, 2015Logistics OutsourcingUK Retailer Moves Toward RFID-Tagging 100 Percent of All Goods in Its Supply ChainGlobal retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) is expanding its use of EPC ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) RFID technology at most of its stores, from 80 percent of its general merchandise toward a goal of tagging 100 percent of goods within the next two years.May 13, 2015All TechnologyAerospace Companies in RFID Pilot to Keep Track of Moving, Tagged ItemsTwo aerospace companies have been testing radio frequency identification solutions enabling the creation of a wireless mesh network of battery-powered tags that can identify the locations of moving, tagged items, and be reconfigured quickly if the layout of their facilities changes.May 5, 2015All LogisticsRFID Cap Tag Allows Better Inventory Tracking of Bottled ProductsGlobal branded packaging company r-pac International Corp. has commercially released an ultrahigh-frequency RFID cap tag for tracking inventory and authenticating bottled or foil-wrapped products. The tag was developed to take advantage of foil wrappers, as well as the fluid stored in a bottle, in order to extend the read range up to 15 feet or more. The product is said to be ideal for bottled spirits and wines.April 17, 2015All TechnologyFinnish Mine Uses RFID Tech to Track Workers, Trucks, DetonatorsFor the past five years, the Pyhäsalmi mine in central Finland has been using passive high-frequency RFID tags to record when workers enter or leave a mine shaft. Since that time, says Kimmo Luukkonen, the mine's managing director, the technology has improved management's visibility into who is underground and when, and hence has increased its safety program's efficiency and accuracy. The company plans to expand that RFID solution to monitor who carries explosive detonators into the mine.April 13, 2015All LogisticsNear Field Communication System Helps Luxury Sunglass Manufacturer with Returns ProcessLuxottica Group, a global luxury sunglass and eyeglass company, reports that it has improved quality, as well as the efficiency of its receiving, quality-inspection and subsequent re-stocking of returned products, by between 30 and 50 percent, by deploying a Near Field Communication RFID system. The solution employs an NFC dangle tag attached to each frame, and software that enables workers to view data about the item, and to update its status via NFC-enabled tablets.March 31, 2015All TechnologyCosmetics Retailers Plans Beacon Rollout to Push Content to ConsumersCosmetics company Sephora is rolling out a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacon solution to provide content related to a shopper's proximity when that customer uses Sephora's app on an Apple iPhone. The beacon system is slated to be rolled out to all of the company's stores following a pilot of the solution that began in the fall at two San Francisco-area sites. The retailer has not indicated the timeline for the installation rollout. The beacons and content-management software are being provided by Gimbal.March 20, 2015All TechnologyGerman Clothing Retailer Uses RFID to Monitor Products Throughout Supply ChainGerman casual apparel company Marc O'Polo has adopted a radio frequency identification solution to track its products across the entire supply chain, from its distribution center to 86 of its stores throughout Europe. The company finished installing the system at all 87 sites by September 2014, and is now expanding the deployment to include the tagging of products by manufacturers, thereby enabling the retailer to track its merchandise from the point at which they are made.February 3, 2015All TechnologyCould New Guidelines Lead to Greater Use of Tagged-item RFID Technology?Standards group GS1 US has released its Tagged-Item Performance Protocol (TIPP), a guideline that includes a scale for grading the performance of EPC ultrahigh-frequency RFID tags when used on specific products and in specific environments, as well standardizing the testing conducted to identify that grade.January 19, 2015Previous PagePage 13 of 38Next Page
