How your parcel knows where it is
It does not. Your parcel carries a number, and a network of scanners records every time that number is seen. Follow one box from warehouse shelf to doorstep, and find…
Keio, JRC and UPR prototype what they call the world’s first 920MHz hybrid active-passive RFID tag
Keio University SFC Research Institute, JRC and UPR have prototyped the DXh tag, which pairs the active 920 MHz radio in UPR's Smart Pallet with a battery-free ISO/IEC 18000-65 passive…
Medigas Italia Integrates UHF RFID Technology Into Home Ventilator Distribution
Loading a delivery van 20 minutes faster is what UHF RFID bought Medigas Italia, one of Italy's main home oxygen therapy providers. On-metal tags on its liquid oxygen containers and…
Zebra RFID lifts Spex warehouse picking efficiency 50%
Spex in Auckland has swapped three decades of paper picking sheets for Zebra UHF RAIN RFID handhelds and FX9600 fixed readers. One picking task fell from 15 minutes to five,…
Bpost Uses RFID For Real-Time Visibility Across 93,000 Roll Containers, Reducing New Container Purchases by 85%
Every one of the 93,000 roll containers in bpost's Belgian parcel network now carries a tag combining passive UHF RFID and Bluetooth Low Energy. The postal operator has cut its…
How to Run a Successful RFID Proof of Value (Not Just a Proof of Concept)
Pilots that prove readers work but never quantify the labour saved are why so many RFID projects stall after the trial. A proof of value tests the technology inside a…
Automation cuts stocktaking from 14 days to 30 minutes for Grupo Asia Shipping
A warehouse stocktake that once took up to 14 days at Grupo Asia Shipping in Brazil now finishes in about 30 minutes. Cargo checking has dropped from two hours to…
Case Study: Cooperatie Hoogstraten – RFID Tracking Strawberries Field to Shelf
More than 1,000 growers and 45,000 tonnes of strawberries a year run through Cooperatie Hoogstraten, and every reusable crate now carries a RAIN RFID inlay. The Belgian cooperative can trace…
Vietnam’s Bình Điền Gives Every Fertiliser Bag a Digital ID with RFID and QR Codes
Bình Điền Fertilizer JSC started trialling bag level RFID and QR code identification at its Long An plant in Vietnam on 17 September 2026, with full rollout due in early…
Kernel runs 30 Ukrainian grain elevators paperless with NFC cards and unmanned weighing
Kernel runs around 30 grain elevators in Ukraine holding 2.2 million tonnes, and says a lorry now passes through one of them without a single paper document. NFC cards carry…
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