RFID Journal

In this article, we’ll discuss how and where RFID fits in shrink reduction strategies.

New race directors and race timers often ask for our guidance with putting together an RFID race timing system, also known as a chip timing system. They often have a do-it-yourself mentality and are eager to build their own chip timing system, but may not necessarily know where to begin.

RFID File Folder Infographic - atlasRFIDstoreManaging thousands of files with RFID can be a simple process, but it can quickly become complex depending on what your company needs/wants out of its file tracking system.

While using a clipboard for tool tracking might be a thrifty and somewhat productive method, tracking tools with RFID can boost productivity to greater than 99%. RFID may be a larger upfront cost than other methods, but it prevents multiple problems experienced in the workplace on a daily basis.

Hospitals, hotels, laundry facilities, or any company with multiple types of textiles have a sorting process for laundering purposes. The laundering process is usually facilitated by 2-8 people at different laundry chutes, and employees may spend hours sorting through laundry.

RFID as a technology is robust, although most talk about RFID is directed toward the technology’s horizontal market growth, such as the number of industries currently benefiting from it. 

An RFID Connect reader named Carrie responded to my recent blog, Is There an Untapped Pool of RFID Customers Somewhere?, by saying: "I believe there is a great pool of untapped customers for RFID-based solutions, but that the vast majority would never think to read RFID Journal or attend RFID Journal LIVE!

I've always believed that radio frequency identification could make companies more efficient, and that it will eventually make life better and easier for consumers. But what about employing the technology for social causes? Can RFID contribute to humanity's greater good?

If you watch the trailer for the new James Bond movie, Skyfall, at its official Web site, you will see, approximately 50 seconds into the promo, Major Boothroyd (Q) presenting Bond with a smart gun. "It's been coded to your palm print, " Q explains, "so only you can fire it. "

Paul Prince, RFID Journal's executive editor, sent me a link to an interesting column by Leslie Hand, a retail analyst for IDC Community Insights. Hand was in retail before becoming an analyst, so she knows of what she speaks.

For years, everyone in the radio frequency identification industry has been searching for the killer application for this exciting new technology. And there it was, all along, right under our noses... or perhaps I should say, knees: sorting socks!

The mainstream business press hasn't quite caught up with the reality that radio frequency identification technology has matured and is delivering benefits to companies in every industry and in every corner of the world.