RFID for Asset Tracking: Beyond Inventory to Equipment Management
Large organisations tagging their assets for the first time routinely discover the register is wrong: written-off equipment still in use, phantom entries, duplicates across cost centres. Mature RFID asset management…
South Eastern Railway equips conventional locomotives with RFID Kavach safety system
South Eastern Railway commissioned Kavach on ten locomotives at its Kharagpur Electric Loco Shed between 25 July and 1 October 2026, with four more in hand, and separately fitted GS1…
RFID in Healthcare: Patient Safety, Asset Tracking, and Beyond
Closed-loop medication systems built on RFID wristbands have cut drug administration errors by more than 50 per cent in published studies. From tagged surgical sponges that prevent retained instruments to…
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…
Gumi City Adds RFID Check-In and Rollover Detection to Its Farm Machinery Rental Fleet
Gumi City in South Korea will automate check-in and check-out of its municipal farm machinery rental fleet with RFID, alongside unmanned payment kiosks and IoT rollover detection fitted to the…
Suntory cuts spare parts stocktaking from 57 hours to 2 with SATO RFID
Tagging about 24,000 equipment spare parts with RFID took a stocktake at Suntory's Kita Alps natural water plant from 20 people and 57 hours to one person and two hours.…
Fontenay-sous-Bois tracks 1,600 stainless steel meal trays by RFID to stop losses
Since 7 September 2026, the 1,600 stainless steel meal trays used for home meal delivery in Fontenay-sous-Bois, near Paris, have been tracked by RFID. The commune published its real figures:…
LZPD NRW and Duisburg Police Test First Patrol Car with Intelligent Equipment Tracking Using RFID
Around 50 items make up the kit in the boot of every North Rhine-Westphalia patrol car, and crews have checked it with a clipboard at every shift changeover. Duisburg officers…
RFID Event Processing: CEP Engines and Why Real-Time Matters
Thousands of tag reads per second are worthless as raw data; complex event processing engines turn them into decisions while they still matter. By correlating reads across dock doors and…
RFID logs every wash cycle as Cheonan opens AI-inspected reusable delivery container centre
Every stainless steel container in Itgreen's Returnit scheme, launched in Cheonan on 28 August 2026, carries an RFID tag recording supply, collection, wash and per-item cycle count. That is the…
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