EPCglobal has made an announcement stating their plans to assess the usage of RFID on cartons and containers that are shipped by sea between Japan and Hong Kong. The whole process is divided into two parts; the first phase will drive progress on EPCIS, continued standardization, and the use of RFID for automated customs clearance.EPCglobal […]
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Symbol Technologies has announced that a series of products will be unveiled at Gitex 2006. The company will demonstrate RFID solutions and various applications of the technology.
The company will showcase various applications of RFID like sales automation for distribution, warehouse management and inventory retail management. The company is looking at developing a channel centric strategy […]
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The company is all set to develop a system that would allow the customers to choose a level of security that suits their needs. The transportation and logistics division of Deutsche Bahn, Schenker is testing RFID-tagged containers that are circulating between the ports of Hamburg and Hong Kong. This exercise will help to learn as […]
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Shoplifting is a great headache for retailers in the United States . Shoplifters snatch a large number of things and then sell them at a discount. There has been an increase in the value of loss since 2003. In the year 2003 the average loss per shoplifting incident was $ 265 and this has risen […]
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The global leader in item level RFID infrastructure, TAGGYS has announced that it has been successful in deploying a complete RFID Infrastructure at Cannes’ Hospital Laundry. The system is capable of end to end traceability of the garments that are handled at the laundry. Till now around 36,000 uniforms issued by the hospital have bee […]
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When you are on a vacation then lost luggage always ruins the trip and also turns customer off airlines. Another are of concern is that airlines have to pay a lot of money for this. According to SITA, a cooperative venture that is owned by the airlines industry around three billion bags were checked around […]
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It was last month that people in various states like Wisconsin, Utah, Oregon, New Mexico, Michigan, Indiana, Idaho, Connecticut and other states became sick after they had spinach that was affected with Escherichia coli or E. coli. It is a deadly bacterium that lives in the intestine of animals and people. A person affected by […]
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German retailer Metro Group is all set to make use of RFID. The company has tested five generations of the technology in the last 2 years. The company now plans to rollout dock-door RFID technology. This new technology will be installed in 150 locations by the end of next year.
The company has achieved a level […]
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Citizen of 27 countries can travel to the United States without a visa. All such countries have agreed to the issuing of an e-Passport with an exception of 3 counties. The Department of Homeland Security all of these countries are now issuing RFID embedded passports. The chip contains information about the holder. There is a […]
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The construction work at Australia’s Rockhampton Base Hospital resulted in the shutting down of the alarm system. To overcome this problem nurses started the use of battery powered RFID card to send an alert if there was a need for assistance. The nurses in the mental health ward are making use of Protrac iD’s Duress […]
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