RFID

After decades of steady progress, the industry prepares for a flood of technology to capture and act upon real-time location of assets, people and goods.

Acquisition to expand Avery Dennison's Intelligent Labels platform across a variety of end markets and customers within the industrial and retail segments.

GE Appliances may not have taken all of the touches out of its distribution processes, but it has reduced them to a bare minimum, increased the velocity of product moving through its facilities and sped up training time. The key: A digital transformation with next-generation technologies like IoT, AI and VR.

Distribution in GE Appliances’ new facility in Commerce, Ga., moves product from the yard to an outbound trailer quickly and efficiently.

More than 1,200 supply chain, e-commerce and technology professionals to learn and share innovative uses of GS1 standards.

Fulfillment center streamlines logistics and warehousing while improving customer service.

Controlling equipment access increases visibility into employee and equipment activities, produces records and safety statistics, and elevates overall facility productivity.

The global returnable transport packaging market is expected to post a CAGR of close to 8% during the period 2019-2023, according to the latest market research report by Technavio.

The industry’s first pallet with active RFID is not only reusable, it’s estimated to last 10 years.

Internet of Things is happening everywhere, from home thermostats to cars, to machinery in factories. Now IoT is taking hold in warehouses, though more slowly. But with more warehouse-focused vendors offering pretested sensors, prebuilt analytics and alerting around IoT-connected equipment, IoT should become more widespread in DCs.

Voice solutions are as diverse as the algorithms and analytics driving them—exposing new opportunities.

Survey shows the 20% of organizations with a majority of field operations currently using enterprise mobile devices will reach an estimated 50% in five years.

Partnership supports strategic alignment of markets each company serves, including retail/e-commerce, manufacturing, transportation and logistics.

Both partners will jointly develop and market RFID-based sensor technology for major industrial segments such as smart packaging, logistics, healthcare, aviation, automotive, supply chain management, and many others.

Frost & Sullivan market analysis suggests passive RFID still has a competitive edge over active RFID, but technological advancements are helping to close the gap.