Manufacturers are challenged by globalization, increased competition and margin compression. They must continuously work to drive costs down, increase asset utilization and reduce material expenses, while at the same time address market demands for faster delivery, better customer service, higher quality and the ever increasing mix of customized configurations for their products. WIP (Work in…
Luxury fashion label Vivienne Westwood is to tag its products with innovative woven brand labels that incorporate secure radio frequency identification (RFID) protection. The woven RFID labels from TexTrace will initially be used for product authentication, to help protect against counterfeits, shrinkage and an increase in grey market activity – but there are also plans…
Reduction of cost due to labour saving A lot of processes become automated when using RFID systems. Operations are sped up because manual data input is reduced. RFID tag not only reduces human error but also avoids errors committed purposely by disgruntled or untrustworthy employees. Because processes become automated this frees up time for employees…
Firefighters and other emergency personnel protective clothing designer and manufacturer Bristol Uniforms announced that RFID tags will be used in their uniforms. Labels will be used for the future of fashion design, and can automatically track the Bristol uniforms, according to Harland Simon. Harland Simon provide tags support for the company. Bristol Uniforms purchased 4,000…
RFID is a proven enabler of profitability that’s growing more powerful every day. Microchip sensitivity is improving. Support services are maturing. Companion technologies, such as sensors, are being successfully integrated into chips. And smaller tags are opening the gate for multitudes of potential applications previously thought too small to accommodate an RFID tag. A tag…
RFID stands for “Radio Frequency Identification” which is a technology using radio waves to identify, transmit and receive data from a tag/label attached to or embedded into an object. The tag/label stores information in the chip which can be read from some millimeters up to several hundred meters away. Some large retailers like Wal-Mart and…
If you are in the entertainment business you know that the biggest thing to strive for is visitor experience. If they have a great one, they will come again, but if they have a bad one…well, we all know what happens then. The point is, entertainment is big business and people choose to spend their…