RFID Library Book Management

RFID enables automation in library book management processes so that librarians can spend more face-time with customers. ...

... "The sorter contains RFID (radio-frequency identification) technology that reads the computer chip tags on each returned item that drops into a bin, which can hold a maximum of 125 items. " ...

Via Prescott Daily Courier: RFID speeds sorting at local library

RFID Forklift Tracking Solution

Impinj reader will be integrated into forklift RFID solution by Rush Tracking. ...

... "Rush Tracking Systems has selected the Speedway Revolution reader for the VisiblEdge RFID lift truck solution. VisiblEdge is a complete, turnkey solution ideally suited for industrial manufacturing and warehousing operations supporting business processes such as WIP tracking, automated shipping and receiving, returnable container tracking, waste management and other hands-off asset tracking applications. To enhance real-time inventory accuracy, the VisiblEdge solution automatically captures product or asset identification and location information without operator interaction. " ...

Via Impinj: Revolution Reader Selected by Rush Tracking Systems for RFID-Enabled Lift Truck Solution

Container Centralen RFID Deployment for Asset Returns Process

Container Centralen will deploy Fluensee's AssetTrack RFID solution to drive visibility, control and utilization of its returnable product racks distributed to North American customers. ...

... "The initial roll out of the RFID asset tracking system will include approximately 150 locations and 250,000 CC racks supplied to horticultural customers throughout North America. Austin, Texas-based RF Code, Inc. will provide the active tags, readers and infrastructure for the tagging of CC’s fleet of shipping racks in North America. Fluensee’s AssetTrack will provide Container Centralen with improved visibility, tracking, accountability and utilization of the CC racks as they move through the supply chain. Believed to be the largest active RFID deployment in the industry to date, this solution will provide Container Centralen with up-to-date, accurate inventory information to help the company streamline its container shipping activity and automate current manual processes, resulting in reduced labor costs and improved customer service. " ...

Via Fluensee: Container Centralen RFID Returnable Asset Tracking Solution

RFID Car Park

DOD RFID Compliance Automation

RFID Auto-Sortation System

Industrial RFID Applications

RFID Waste Management Process Implements Access Control and Tracking

Alien Technology and Creativesystems collaborate to deliver a process-integrated RFID solution for LIPOR, the municipal Waste Management organization for Greater Oporto, Portugal. The RFID technology support a more streamlined and automated process, which was previously manual. ...

... "LIPOR has installed the Alien-Creativesystems RFID tracking solution to verify if a certain truck is allowed to unload its garbage at the waste management disposal center. Alien’s ALR-8800 passive UHF reader/writer, controls the gate barrier’s opening and closing by first reading the tagged vehicle to determine if the vehicle is allowed entry. Once the barrier opens, the truck proceeds to a designated weigh bridge where the weight of the vehicle is recorded and is assigned to a tag on the windshield. This weight is then communicated to the driver via a display, and the vehicle then travels to a specific unload point inside the facility, where the waste is unloaded. The RFID solution also ascertains that the driver went to the correct unload point since there are readers mounted throughout the facility. When the truck exits LIPOR’s facility, the tag is once again read to determine if the truck is allowed to exit. Periodic, real-time reports are issued to the municipalities via email to for billing purposes. " ...

Via Alien Technology: Waste Management Application in Portugal

Pharmaceutical RFID Conveyor

RFID in the Data Center

ABI analyst sees RFID as an enabler to efficiency in the data center, automating manual processes. ...

... "With RFID technology, Collins said employees could simply walk around the data center with handheld RFID readers and determine what's present and what's missing. " ...

Via Computerworld: Data center asset tracking

Walgreen RFID Implementation

Walgreen partners with Blue Vector to implement RFID system that is designed to deliver a paperless shipment loading process. The system automates the process for shipment load confirmation and triggers processing in the warehouse management system. ...

... "Walgreens, the nation's fastest growing drug retailer, has deployed one of the most technically advanced and well-integrated large-scale RFID systems in the industry. The system assists in the goal of 100% shipping accuracy from distribution center to hundreds of stores by scanning in real-time every product loaded into every truck and immediately alerting workers to potential shipping mistakes. " ...

Via Blue Vector: Walgreens Deploys RFID in Next Generation Distribution Centers

RFID Vision

Look back at vision for RFID technology and see how far we have come. ...

... "Today systems based on radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology are helping to move Weiser's vision closer to reality. These systems consist of tags (small silicon chips that contain identifying data and sometimes other information) and of readers that automatically receive and decode that data. " ...

Via Scientific American: RFID is Key to Automating Everything

HP RFID Data Center Management

HP launches RFID-enabled data center management service. The RFID technology will support visibility to assets and reduce loss, increase security, and improve management controls. ...

... "The HP Factory Express RFID Service tracks critical data center assets, such as HP factory-built servers, storage devices and rack enclosures, so customers can continuously monitor the equipment as soon as it is received at their facilities. When deployed as part of a full RFID solution from HP and its partners, the service automates and tracks device movement, providing an accurate inventory of all assets throughout their lifecycle. RFID is a data-collection technology that uses radio waves to remotely store and retrieve data to identify objects. It provides companies with up-to-the-minute supply chain visibility, including inventory, logistics and freshness dates. Data center asset management is becoming crucial to customers, particularly those with thousands of servers in multiple data centers across several geographies. Many data centers operate with manual inventory lists and have low inventory accuracy. With moves, adds and changes, keeping track of technology devices can be complex. HP's RFID tagging process allows technology devices to be scanned from the factory to the customer without requiring workers to manually inventory each asset. Customers can then quickly locate and maintain devices with minimal employee intervention, saving time and reducing loss or theft of valuable technology assets. " ...

Via HP: RFID Service for Tracking Data Center Assets

RFID Patient Wristband Improves Care

Patients pilot the use of RFID technology to administer medicines at Halifax Health Medical Center. ...

... "This RFID wrist band assists nurses and in health care by automating the process of administering patient medication. " ...

Via Sify: Bartronics RFID

RFID Print Label Applicator for Packaging Lines

Automated packaging line served by RFID printer / label applicator ...

RFID Automation Enables Efficient Transport

Canadian transportation agency uses RFID smart cards to streamline the process of ticketing and collecting fares. ...

... "In July 2003, on the initiative of the AMT, the STM, acting on behalf of the metropolitan area transit organizations and the Reseau des Transports de la Capitale, gave the U.S. firm GFI and the French firm ACS a contract to design, manufacture and commission a sale and collection system based on a no-contact smart card. In 2006, the detailed design of the system and the equipment, most of the software development, the production of prototypes and the work of the partner transit organizations with a view to incorporating the system and distributing cards to users were completed. Commissioning of the system is planned for 2008 " ...

Via Agence metropolitaine de transport: AUTOMATION OF THE SALE OF TICKETS AND PASSES AND FARE COLLECTION

RFID Smart Label Insertion Machine

Muehlbauer Technology Group introduces RFID Smart Label Insertion Line, IL 15000, which inserts wet RFID inlays into existing standard labels. ...

... "Many label manufacturers currently produce standard self-adhesive labels used for a variety of applications. An insertion process is required to e quip labels with an RFID inlay. Since this is a high volume production process, the market requires an efficient solution for the automation of this process. Muehlbauer's IL 15000 is a fully automatic RFID inlay insertion machine for printed or finished self adhesive labels. The finished labels are fed into the machine from a reel and transferred to the process module. Each single label is then lifted off the liner and a RFID inlay is inserted underneath the sticky side of the label. After this process step, the label will be put back on the liner. An optional functional test can be integrated into the IL 15000, which will ensure that your labels are working according to your specifications. " ...

Via Muehlbauer: LabelExpo Europe 2007

RFID Library System Increases Customer Touch and Automates Routine Check-In and Out

Integrated Technology Group will install RFID technology at Fontana library to improve the customer experience. ...

... "The Fontana library will use Apex XpressCheck patron self-service kiosks and Vista Book Drop to speed up check-outs and returns. With the new system, patrons will be able to check out items in a stack rather than one at a time as with bar code-based systems. Waiting times are expected to decrease drastically with the new system. Books returned through the book drop will be automatically checked in at the time of drop off. Patrons will no longer have to ask staff members to check in their returned items before they are able to check out new materials. As a result, staff members will have more time to assist library patrons in locating materials and helping them use library resources. " ...

Via Integrated Technology Group: RFID Technology at Lewis Library and Technology Center in Fontana, CA

RFID PathMinder System Building Block

RFID PathMinder is a system building block that is configured to meet RFID application-specific needs in the industrial space. ...

... "The RFID PathMinder combines the RFID integration and domain expertise of URS/EG&G with Siemens advanced automation and RFID product technology to deliver the reliable, real-time, asset tracking required in supply chain logistics, retail distribution centers and manufacturing.

The RFID PathMinder offers a wide array of optional, fully integrated functionalities, including RFID reading (UHF), advanced event triggering, pre-processing/filtering RFID readings, wireless networking, PLC control, motion control, optical data matrix reader interfaces, status indicators (light column, audio alarms, HMI) and UPS protected power. The RFID PathMinder can also be configured to include an all-flash memory based industrial PC (Siemens Microbox controller) to support application specific software locally. " ...

Via Siemens: Siemens & URS/EG&G Introduce RFID PathMinder