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Archive for writer: "RFID Arena Guest Blogger" (11)

Industry leaders see item level RFID as key to successful Omni-channel retailing

Guest blog by Patrick Javick, GS1 USA. He talks about challenges omnichannel sales cause to retailers. How RFID could work to solve the challenges and how the GS1 US Item Level Readiness Program leads the discussions with US retailers over this issue.

RFID in international supply chain management

International import of apparels and textile products can be a logistic nightmare. However, the use of RFID can reduce the problems to a great extent.

The need for intelligent reusable transport items

Insightful article by Rick LeBlanc about how iRTIs (intelligent returnable/reusable transport items) reduce the RTI's cost per trip and ensure optimal freshness and quality of produce in the cold chain. All thanks to actionable data received from RFID tags.

Stowers Institute unveils item-level tagging for medical showroom

At Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Kansas City an entire showroom of research and medical supplies has been tagged to allow for greater ease of purchasing for its staff of scientists.

Can RFID save Libraries?

With the demise of the printed word widely predicted, librarians are busy trying to find a new "role" for libraries. Add to this the challenges of reduced budgets and often a lack of IT expertise - and that challenge begins to look overwhelming.