Category Archives: Supply Chain Management

Wireless Technology’s New Frontier is Machine-to-Machine

Remember when wireless technology meant a doctor with a pager or a high-priced lawyer with a cell phone the size of a shoebox? So much has changed since then, with thousands of new devices, more powerful networks, and faster and … Continue reading

Posted in Agriculture, Asset Management, Automation, Cell Phones, Effectiveness, Efficiency, Energy, Healthcare, Logistics, M2M, Pagers, Petrochemical, RFID, Retail, Supply Chain Management, Two-Way Radios, Video Surveillance, Walkie-Talkies, Wireless | Leave a comment

Five New Healthcare Applications for RFID

Can anything stem the superhero power of radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology? A new report predicts the global market for chipless RFID will climb from this year’s estimated $1.09 billion to nearly $4 billion by 2016! The healthcare industry seems to … Continue reading

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Retailers Continue to Benefit from Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology

RFID technology is all the rage these days, and why not? Wireless radio waves transfer data from an RFID tag attached to an object through a reader for the purpose of identifying and tracking the object. They’re used on everything … Continue reading

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The Reengineering Revolution Wasn’t Televised—It was Wireless!

Before I went from being the simple, mild-mannered Meg A. Hertz to becoming the crusading hero Wireless Woman, I never dreamed how important wireless communications technology would be in the day-to-day lives of virtually every American—especially in the area of … Continue reading

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