RFID Controlling The "Choke Points"

Choke_points Company: System Concepts, Compsee, Motorola
Published: Aug 2008
Freightliner-Western Star, the best-selling brand of heavy-duty Class 8 trucks in North America, affirmed its commitment to innovation and technology through the deployment of a worldclass RFID solution to track inventory replenishment throughout the... more»
 

RFID Fuels Carwash Loyalty

Company: Metalcraft, Inc.
Published: Aug 2008
Americans spend more than $24 billion annually to have their vehicles cleaned at over 100,000 car washes in North America, according to the International Carwash Association. Still, competition in the carwash business is fierce, particularly in urban... more»
 

Case Study: RFID Tags Enable Mobile Authentication Platform

Company: Integrated Solutions Magazine
Published: Aug 2008
Sports enthusiasts are often avid collectors of memorabilia, and some of the most highly valued sports collectibles are the uniforms and equipment worn or used by athletes in actual games. At sports collectibles shows and special fan events, fans can... more»
 

The RFID Brick Road

Rfid brick road Company: Columbus Brick Co.
Published: Jul 2008
Columbus Brick Co. began business in northern Mississippi in 1890, making and selling clay bricks formed in wooden molds and hardened by blazing hot coals. Back then, the company's products were delivered to commercial and residential customers in su... more»
 

Working at the Coal Mine—With RFID

Bma_rfid Company: BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA)
Published: Jul 2008
Until last year, the BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) coal mine in Norwich Park, located in a desolate section of Queensland, Australia, tracked its miners and gear the old-fashioned way: "It was done manually by our employees," says Shane Hell... more»
 

Integris' Journey to RFID

Integris Company: Integris Health
Published: Jul 2008
Hernias are painful—and not just for patients. With more than 750,000 hernia operations performed annually in the United States, hospitals must stock a large number of hernia mesh patches in various models, sizes and styles. In most facilities, the... more»
 

Building Defense Products With RFID

Phpwfwnyj Company: Northrop Grumman
Published: Jul 2008
Northrop Grumman is a global defense and technology company with 120,000 employees, that provides systems, products and services in electronics, aerospace, ship building and information to government and commercial customers worldwide. The Los Angele... more»
 

An RFID Port in a Storm

Rfid_case_study_hurricanes Company: Texas Military Forces
Published: Jul 2008
Texas is no stranger to deadly storms, including the Galveston Hurricane that killed more than 6,000 people in that city in September 1900. No other single hurricane has been as fatal—in Texas, or in the entire United States—but plenty of other h... more»
 

Tracking Assets from Prairie to Peak

59 Company: RFID Journal
Published: Jun 2008
El Paso is one of the largest counties in the United States. Located in the east central part of Colorado, it encompasses more than 2,100 square miles—slightly more than twice the area of the entire state of Rhode Island, according to the county's ... more»
 

ChevronTexaco Takes RFID Offshore

58 Company: RFID Journal
Published: Jun 2008
ChevronTexaco Gulf of Mexico Exploration and Production Co. operates more than 100 oil-drilling or -production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. The 400 to 600 men and women who toil on the more than 100 ChevronTexaco oil-drilling or -production platf... more»