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| [03/19/12] |
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Ensuring RFID's Bottom Line Payoff
Whether a business leapt at the opportunity to become one of the first suppliers with RFID tagged products or now finds itself currently being mandated to employ the technology, the implementation costs and the potential rewards are the same.
To maximize the benefits of RFID, it is critical to view its capability to drive business process improvement, increase supply chain efficiency and ultimately improve bottom line results. From this perspective, the up front capital costs for hardware, engineering consulting costs, opportunity costs, ongoing cost of tags and, in a manual environment, labor associated with the RFID tagging of products are deemed a necessary investment. |
SATO America Inc. |
| [03/16/12] |
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Portable Printing on the Move
At many companies with a highly mobile workforce, label or receipt printing has typically been conducted
via "sneakernet"-workers return, again and again, to a stationary printer at a central workstation.
Whether you're talking about a hospital, a warehouse, or a delivery van, many workers spend an
inordinate amount of time traveling back and forth to the printer. All that walking around may be good
exercise, but it's a drain on productivity. The solution: let the worker take the printer with them. |
SATO America Inc. |
| [03/22/10] |
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Work-In-Progress Control With RFID
Vaillant Group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning technology.
The company, based in Remscheid, Germany, develops and manufactures products across a product portfolio ranging from efficient heating appliances based on customary fuels to system solutions for using regenerative energy sources.
At Vaillant Group's manufacturing plant in Belper, Derbyshire, UK, domestic & industrial boilers are manufactured for the UK and Netherlands. Managing work in progress is an important issue for Vaillant Group, helping them to control costs and ensure product quality. They chose an approach using UHF RFID and worked with CoreRFID to make their automated production management system a reality. |
CoreRFID |
| [09/21/09] |
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Cost-Benefit Analysis of an RFID Asset Tracking System
This paper outlines the cost?benefit analysis of using UHF RFID technology in an asset?tracking application. To facilitate the analysis, RFID will be compared against the incumbent technology, bar?coding. An experiment comparing these two technologies was conducted, and the findings from this experiment are further analysed.This document aims to inform the reader of the potential labour savings unlocked through the implementation of RFID processes in an asset tracking business activity. The designed experiment tries to quantify definite time savings, which directly lead to significant labour cost savings. |
RAMP RFID |
| [08/31/09] |
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Alternative NFC Form Factors
The benefits of integrated Near Field Communications (NFC) functionality in the mobile handset are clear for Mobile Network Operators (MNOs)/network carriers, members of the financial services ecosystem, service providers and end users. A device that combines smart card technology with the addition of a screen, keyboard and 'always on' communications sounds like the nirvana of the financial, transit ticketing and access control worlds.
But there are significant questions that are still un-answered some five or even six years into the development of NFC technologies in mobiles. In the new mobile NFC ecosystem who is going to pay for the increased costs of new handsets and UICC SIM cards? This is a complex ecosystem where new business actors such as Trusted Service Managers (TSMs) and secure domain owners/ managers will require some portion of the revenue, therefore reducing the revenue and profits for existing players. |
The Human Chain |
| [08/03/09] |
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Datanet Asia Pacific - Curbside Recycling Bin Tracking
Historically, city councils in Australia pay their rubbish collection contractors according to the number of households in the area. The problem is not every household puts hteir bin out every week and councils are effectively paying the contractor for uncollected bins. So councils are mandating their rubbish contractors use RFID tags to record every bin emptied and charge the Council accordingly. |
Tracient Technologies |
| [06/29/09] |
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Printed Electronics and Thin Printed Batteries: Powering a World of Product Innovation
Despite current economic constraints, many prominent industry analysts are bullish on the future potential and growth of printed electronics. IDTechEx forecasts the market for printed electronics at over USD $35 billion by 2018. Similarly optimistic forecasts have been made for thin printed batteries, a subset of printed electronics. NanoMarkets has predicted the market for thin film and printed batteries will exceed USD $5 billion by 2015. This paper takes a closer look at thin printed carbon-zinc battery technology - its capabilities, potential markets and applications, as well as the advantages of these printed batteries over traditional coin or button power cells. |
Blue Spark Technologies |
| [09/15/08] |
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RFID Readers Ensure Efficient Admission of Conference Attendees
Sun Microsystems has developed an efficient method for admitting conference attendees who have enrolled for conference sessions. Using Tracient Technologies' Explore-R HF RFID reader and the Nokia E61i phone, Sun's conference staff can scan attendees' badges while they are in line meaning they are moved much faster into seminar rooms than in previous years, ensuring less time in queues for attendees and everyone being seated on time for the sessions. |
Tracient Technologies |
| [08/18/08] |
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Interactive Lot Technologies / Havertown Mitsubishi Lot Tracking System
Interactive Lot Technologies delivers advanced asset-tracking solutions based on RFID technologies, and specializes in vehicle and equipment tracking on large lots. Its systems dramatically reduce the time needed to locate valuable assets, thus improving sales and security. Additionally, Interactive Lot's tracking solutions provide improved monitoring, streamlining and controlling processes related to the movement, maintenance and utilization of vehicles or assets, and can easily be applied to employee performance as well. |
Wavetrend Technologies |
| [07/23/08] |
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Maximizing Waste Management Efficiency through the Use of RFID
Much attention has been given to our environment, the need to be more efficient and reduce the negative impact we have on it. Websites are dedicated to helping you measure your carbon footprint and provide tips to be more 'green'. For example, the Yahoo Green site notes each person produces roughly 4.5 lbs of waste a day. Though that seems like a macro example, what about the impact each household has on the environment with the amount of waste we throw into our trash cans or recycling bins? |
TI |
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