tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50082250506214139282024-03-06T02:41:41.098-05:00Deploying RFID and RTLS OATSystems' blog on RFID and RTLS best practices from 100s of implementationsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03875830141578189280noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5008225050621413928.post-19103121810307362292014-05-27T16:25:00.000-04:002014-05-27T16:25:00.014-04:00Hospitals Extend RFID and RTLS to New Applications<span style="background-color: white; color: #585757; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As service organizations driven by process efficiency and patient safety, hospitals have been an "early adopter" of RTLS and RFID asset tracking. Early applications included monitoring the location of medical equipment in patient rooms, as well as monitoring patients and medical staff. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #585757; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now primary care providers are deploying RFID asset tracking in more diversified settings and applications, from inventory management of consumables and supplies to process compliance in central sterile and in-house testing labs. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Surgical instrument processing is well suited to RFID automation, which enables error proofing the intake, inspection, sterilization and kitting of surgical instruments and scopes, as illustrated below:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So sometimes an Oil and Gas firm can be like a Chemical company, a Consumer Goods Manufacturer, a Retailer, a Mining company. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We summarized some of the facets of an O&G firm (and some of the most common use cases specific to RFID) in the table below.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03875830141578189280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5008225050621413928.post-85838205610128541742014-02-28T15:23:00.000-05:002014-05-22T15:23:52.618-04:00RFID's Role in Healthcare Process Automation<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">RTLS and RFID have played an important role in improving Healthcare process efficiency, tracking medical equipment, staff and patients in busy hospital facilities.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">RFID is now being used as an automation tool, much as it has been in industrial manufacturing, to monitor and manage critical process flows in hospitals and laboratories. Central sterile and laboratory processes require the same checks and balances as complex assembly processes, after all. Building a surgical kit, and managing the disinfection cycle of surgical instruments is not much different than kitting shipments in a manufacturing facility or managing materials in a clean room environment.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijbrLbYB6vD7Ci7Z2RWF0JoPDiRnAVnkFhrE89bf0716jsOPH1woGwqAhiHz8vqls1cLo6KpAdc7vO6ZQDmMXlm1_LLcl1MvkFiQc9MLA4YvpwPRGySArLbZvrj7HpbNz0AU4FyvCeTjU/s1600/Sterile+Instrument+Tracking.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijbrLbYB6vD7Ci7Z2RWF0JoPDiRnAVnkFhrE89bf0716jsOPH1woGwqAhiHz8vqls1cLo6KpAdc7vO6ZQDmMXlm1_LLcl1MvkFiQc9MLA4YvpwPRGySArLbZvrj7HpbNz0AU4FyvCeTjU/s1600/Sterile+Instrument+Tracking.jpg" height="320" width="253" /></a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the HIMSS show this month, we demonstrated a surgical instrument tracking application with RFID using a Motorola handheld reader and ruggedized tags from <a href="http://www.xerafy.com/">Xerafy</a>. It resulted in many interesting discussions on how process automation may be one of the hidden benefits of an Intelligent Hospital.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03875830141578189280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5008225050621413928.post-10546725726988693032014-01-02T17:22:00.003-05:002014-01-02T17:22:33.081-05:00RFID and RTLS in Healthcare and Life Sciences [Infographic]<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's a common misconception that there's only one use case for RTLS and RFID in Healthcare: tracking hospital equipment across patient rooms. We're seeing primary care providers, testing labs and pharmaceutical manufacturers implementing the technology for dozens of other use cases, within core operations and across the value chain. The infographic below illustrates some of these applications.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03875830141578189280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5008225050621413928.post-56080286132139304332013-12-05T12:57:00.001-05:002013-12-05T12:57:22.904-05:00The RFID Retail Landscape for 2014 (and what LP Leaders need to know)<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">RFID technology has experienced rapid adoption in Retail over the past 12 months. Far from being a standalone technology, retailers see RFID-enabled inventory management as providing the core infrastructure for Omni-Channel retailing.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The adoption curve for RFID-enabled retailing commonly looks like this:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What LP (Loss Prevention) leaders need to know is that they can, and should play a key role in the RFID planning process. An RFID-enabled inventory program often uncovers hidden sources of shrink, highlighting LP's impact on inventory accuracy. In addition, RFID inventory data can benefit LP by uncovering patterns of ORC and internal theft, which are hard to track using traditional methods.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We're holding an online event on December 12 to discuss trends, technologies and deployment tips for RFID in Retail, featuring:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Registration Link: <a href="http://www.oatsystems.com/Checkpoint_LP_2014/">RFID in Retail 2014: What LP Leaders Need to Know</a></span></div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03875830141578189280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5008225050621413928.post-54316182299528392692013-11-19T15:51:00.001-05:002013-11-19T15:51:28.732-05:00Harsh Reality for RFID & RTLS -- It's About the ROI<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just presented at <a href="http://www.rfidjournal.com/">RFID Journal's</a> <a href="http://www.rfidjournalevents.com/virtual_agenda.php?eid=36">RFID in Harsh Environments event</a> on the evolving business case and ROI metrics for RFID. The definition of "Harsh Environments" is quite broad, but it generally applies to extreme temperatures/operating conditions, remote worksites and hazardous or highly-regulated materials. Harsh Environments span multiple industries including <a href="http://www.oatsystems.com/industries/oil-gas.php">Oil & Gas</a>, <a href="http://www.oatsystems.com/industries/chemicals.php">Chemicals</a>, <a href="http://www.oatsystems.com/industries/aerospace.php">Aerospace & Defense</a>, <a href="http://www.oatsystems.com/industries/healthcare.php">Healthcare</a> and <a href="http://www.oatsystems.com/industries/machinery.php">Industrial Equipment</a> -- as shown below:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Once we get past the definition of a harsh environment, it's important to look at the value drivers for RFID and RTLS (we support all Auto-ID modalities, so we use the terms interchangeably). The industries listed above, by nature, have complex asset management challenges that are well suited to RFID automation. We see three primary drivers for RFID adoption in harsh environments:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>New Programs</b> -- with new exploration projects, aircraft programs, infrastructure projects comes revenue opportunity -- and customer scrutiny. Customers are increasingly demanding transparency for programs <i>in progress</i> - not just at critical milestones. RFID visibility can help provide this transparency, leading to stronger partnerships and minimizing the risk of contract breach.</span></li>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03875830141578189280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5008225050621413928.post-69188809315353063272013-09-18T08:14:00.000-04:002013-09-18T11:18:51.783-04:00RFID & RTLS in Healthcare - Part 2 - What Assets to Track?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJs5lcPebnHJBJrDkw6GeCpAF1EVuDzLMGesI4QxNTnWdrlymkRH4Bpt9TneYvpq9aXJkzBt4Fhk9-efXoqSoH9VQrUJWvfAelI3L9e0DJZZj6lO4gXXNmh-JCxepmiuPIPYws7RPHUEQ/s1600/hc+assets.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJs5lcPebnHJBJrDkw6GeCpAF1EVuDzLMGesI4QxNTnWdrlymkRH4Bpt9TneYvpq9aXJkzBt4Fhk9-efXoqSoH9VQrUJWvfAelI3L9e0DJZZj6lO4gXXNmh-JCxepmiuPIPYws7RPHUEQ/s640/hc+assets.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A common myth in healthcare is that RTLS and RFID are only used to track the location and movement of medical equipment. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But that neglects the fact that healthcare and life science firms have infrastructure to maintain like every other business. Hospitals, pharmaceutical firms and research labs have capital equipment that
needs to be tracked and traced; IT assets; consumables and supplies; tissue samples; tools;
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regularly calibrated, maintained and/or sterilized, updating an asset's location along with its current status helps ensure patient safety. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.oatsystems.com/industries/healthcare.php">RTLS & RFID use cases in Healthcare</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">White paper download "<a href="http://www.oatsystems.com/content-library/library_content/5-Myths-RTLS-RFID-Healthcare_OATSystems.pdf">RFID and RTLS in Healthcare: Myths and Realities</a>".</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03875830141578189280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5008225050621413928.post-72338140513046968902013-08-29T09:32:00.000-04:002013-09-05T11:30:58.291-04:00What's Driving RFID in Manufacturing Operations?<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today's manufacturers have a full plate of initiatives, from reshoring to sustainability, faster design-to-delivery cycles and greater work order transparency. And their use of RFID is becoming more and more prevalent. But the rationale behind RFID process automation has
evolved over the years, from supplier mandates, to cost reductions, to
performance improvement. In a recent <a href="http://www.mbtmag.com/articles/2013/08/five-enterprise-trends-driving-rfid-adoption-manufacturing">article</a> in <a href="http://www.mbtmag.com/articles/2013/08/five-enterprise-trends-driving-rfid-adoption-manufacturing">Manufacturing Business Technology</a>, OAT Asset Tracking Senior Director, Chris Forgione, discusses five major
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03875830141578189280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5008225050621413928.post-46342560940345207162013-08-07T13:48:00.000-04:002013-08-07T13:51:22.673-04:00RFID Tool Tracking Webinars Aug 15 & Aug 20<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A common myth is that large hospitals are the only adopters of RFID and RTLS technology in healthcare. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">The reality? </span><span style="color: #c00000; font-weight: bold;"> </span><a href="http://www.oatsystems.com/industries/healthcare.php">RFID Asset Tracking</a> is being widely used in a number of different healthcare
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These include medical labs, emergency medical
services, doctor’s offices and clinics, and even manufacturers of healthcare
products, supplies and medications. Even relatively small doctors’ practices
are using asset tracking to track equipment for service and maintenance
schedules, as well as keep track of incoming medication and consumables. And,
hospitals are deploying asset tracking in highly diversified settings and
applications, from inventory management of equipment and supplies to compliance
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our <a href="http://www.oatsystems.com/industries/healthcare.php">RFID & RTLS in Healthcare - Myths and Realities guide</a> has more information. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03875830141578189280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5008225050621413928.post-86742577942365030022013-07-01T17:13:00.000-04:002013-07-01T17:23:48.697-04:00Integrating RFID with SAP<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">RFID and sensor data is real-time, high volume and operational in nature. RFID technology is designed to inform and enrich systems and processes, not be an end in itself. To that end, most OAT deployments include enterprise systems integration of some kind.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.oatsystems.com/technology/RFID_enterprise_systems.php" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many of our customers are SAP customers as well</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, particularly in Manufacturing, Logistics, Aerospace and Defense. Since an ERP system such as SAP serves as the system of record, informing these systems with RFID and RTLS can provide up-to-the minute updates for manufacturing, logistics and service operations. </span><br />
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It is the first aircraft to be RFID-enabled from the ground up, with approximately 3000 RFID-tagged component parts on each A350.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Great discussion on <a href="http://www.rfidjournalevents.com/virtual_agenda.php?eid=33">RFID in Retail </a>yesterday with <a href="http://www.rfidjournal.com/">RFID Journal</a>, featuring presentations from our customer <a href="http://www.rfidjournal.com/articles/view?10556">C&A </a> who is rolling out RFID across 25 EU stores in Europe and deployment considerations for scaling up to Chain-Wide RFID. Here's a demonstration of our RFID handheld inventory management solution, that enables store associates to count merchandise in teams, and aggregate item-level inventory at the enterprise level.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9rBOFmrGZa9GeNwYxdUqiNFET2llTAONtPE_nhValSb3SKPUrscVAMSHEs-aV2oDrCt6paJvP2gNI1rHmOXacBRgEWtxK_toiT6iTbXRa2tFmoXKze65GJjTyQM9LYCnrpzQn0sZvlrU/s767/Scaling+Up+Guide.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9rBOFmrGZa9GeNwYxdUqiNFET2llTAONtPE_nhValSb3SKPUrscVAMSHEs-aV2oDrCt6paJvP2gNI1rHmOXacBRgEWtxK_toiT6iTbXRa2tFmoXKze65GJjTyQM9LYCnrpzQn0sZvlrU/s320/Scaling+Up+Guide.jpg" width="240" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To accompany the RFID in Retail event, the <a href="http://rfidjournal-news.com/1JOI-1M3C2-9AW9F7-NCKHA-1/c.aspx">RFID for Retail Planning Guide</a> - "Scaling Up" outlines key considerations for moving from RFID retail pilots to chain-wide deployments. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The <a href="http://rfidjournal-news.com/1JOI-1M3C2-9AW9F7-NCKHA-1/c.aspx">planning guide</a> is designed to provide retail professionals with the background information to thoughtfully scope a multi-store RFID deployment, including:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">•Solution Components of Chain-Wide RFID Solutions</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From bearing pullers to digital calipers to composite tooling, jigs, right-to-use tools and FOD prevention, a flexible RFID tracking system has it covered.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03875830141578189280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5008225050621413928.post-15146530094528693272013-05-29T21:03:00.002-04:002013-06-10T11:18:34.155-04:005 Myths About Asset Tracking in Healthcare<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In any new application area, it’s easy to run into misconceptions or just flat-out errors about the applicability or challenges associated with a technology such as asset tracking. Asset tracking has a long, impressive track record in a wide variety of industries with similar supply chains and workflows as healthcare – such as industrial manufacturing and even retailing. Here are a few common myths and the real-worth truths about the utility of asset tracking in healthcare, from an <a href="http://www.healthcaretechnologyonline.com/Doc/five-common-myths-about-asset-tracking-in-healthcare-0001">article in Healthcare Technology Online</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every industry and every business function needs to track capital equipment, whether it's used for </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">service, manufacturing or distribution operations.</span><br />
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Transportation, the cost of tracking equipment is not just related to
the value of the asset, but how often it is needed. A missing
wheelchair or infusion pump can compromise patient care. A missing
towbar or test kit can result in flight delays. </span><br />
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production equipment and tooling is highly-specialized, single-sourced
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the <a href="http://www.oatsystems.com/">OATSystems website</a> we have separate sections for <a href="http://www.oatsystems.com/solutions/sales-service-solutions/equipment_tracking.php">equipment tracking</a> and <a href="http://www.oatsystems.com/industries/aerospace/tool_tracking.php">tool tracking</a> based on how indirect materials are defined in different industries. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When building our "asset wall" and asset tracking for <a href="http://www.rfidjournalevents.com/live/">RFID Journal Live</a> this year, we used sample assets from healthcare, manufacturing, aviation and transportation. In this case, we didn't need to define "tool tracking" in a thousand words - we had the pictures, (of surgical trays, medical supplies, infusion pumps, autoclaves, ventilators, conveyances, bearing pullers, digital calipers, roll cages, composite tooling...) instead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03875830141578189280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5008225050621413928.post-44124050740431792552013-04-09T09:43:00.000-04:002013-05-09T10:13:42.895-04:00Tips for RFID Tool Tracking Deployments<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">A few deployment tips we've learned from RFID Tool Tracking deployments:</span></b></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Know which Adjacent Processes are Impacted by Tool Tracking</b> (you may be able to gain additional efficiencies and/or secure additional budget for your project)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Understand Whether Tracking Data Needs to be Shared With Your Enterprise Systems</b> (ERP, MRO, Program Mgt, MMS, etc). You may be able to use some of your enterprise systems budget as part of your project.</span></span></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03875830141578189280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5008225050621413928.post-30393620900461324162013-03-20T17:03:00.000-04:002013-05-08T17:06:42.540-04:00RFID vs. Barcode<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We've been deploying RFID solutions for over a decade. We still get questions, though, as to why RFID is better than barcode. (Note: many of our customers use both together, to get the best of both worlds).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03875830141578189280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5008225050621413928.post-77955288211818671562013-03-15T12:20:00.000-04:002013-06-11T16:33:21.382-04:00RFID in Manufacturing: New Trends, New Rules<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This week, we participated in an <a href="http://www.rfidjournalevents.com/virtual_agenda.php?eid=32">RFID in Manufacturing Event</a> with <a href="http://www.rfidjournal.com/">RFID Journal</a>, to discuss 5 new trends driving the adoption of RFID in manufacturing operations: </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The </span><a href="http://rfidjournal-news.com/t/1JOI-1D1RA-96TXD6-JGWFK-0/c.aspx" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">deployment guide</a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> accompanying the event outlines key process areas where RFID can make a difference in manufacturing efficiency, along with specific use cases, process flows and integration options. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03875830141578189280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5008225050621413928.post-80937463376728536702013-03-05T11:32:00.000-05:002013-05-08T17:06:08.811-04:00How RFID and RTLS Can Save Lives<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">HIMSS '13 showcased RFID and RTLS technologies in multiple ways: the Intelligent Hospital Pavillion and speaker sessions from primary care providers, including the US Veterans Health Administration.</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The key message? By automating administrative and operational tasks, RFID and RTLS technology enable healthcare professionals to focus on patient care. In short, these "invisible" technologies can save lives. The following article in Healthcare IT News sums it up.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03875830141578189280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5008225050621413928.post-82089641861971196452013-02-05T16:00:00.000-05:002013-05-09T10:13:42.898-04:00Defining Asset Tracking<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There may be as many definitions for "RFID Asset Tracking" as there are RFID Asset Tracking deployments. Assets vary by industry and business function and can range from medical devices in healthcare to composite materials in manufacturing, to transport vehicles in logistics to plant & equipment in industrial manufacturing. Some of the most common examples are listed here:</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the questions we hear most often is: "Should I use RTLS or Passive RFID?" Our answer? "Why Not Both"? Some of our most successful implementations use a mix of RFID, RTLS, UWB, Wi-Fi and barcode, depending on use case, asset type, facility size and business process.</span></div>
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