
Walmart and RFID: The Relationship That put RFID on the Map
Posted by Lauren Moore on 15th Feb 2023
How Walmart Uses RFID
Recently announced,
Walmart's RFID mandate is a requirement for all suppliers to apply RFID labels to all incoming products. This new RFID initiative will give the re
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Chip Timing vs. Gun Timing: What's the Difference?
Posted by James Thrasher on 13th Dec 2022
If you've ever participated in an organized race, you may have received two different finish times. Depending on the number of participants in the race and your initial position in the group of run
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Smart Packaging - Using RFID to Connect Products to the Digital World
Posted by Suzanne Smiley on 13th Oct 2022
The term Smart Packaging describes the use of technology, indicators, or even chemicals to enable a specific functionality on or within a product’s packaging.
Smart Packaging is used on a var
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NFC vs. QR Codes: Everything You Need to Know
Posted by Suzanne Smiley on 29th Jun 2022
QR codes
QR codes, or Quick Response Codes, have been around since 1994, but were not widely used until around 2010 - 2011 when smartphones with cameras were increasing in availability and popular
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RFID & Work-in-Process
Posted by Suzanne Smiley on 21st Apr 2022
Work in Process, also called Work in Progress and WIP, is the term for partially completed goods that are being made or finished within a facility. Most of the time, work in progress goods are loca
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7 Steps for Supplier RFID Tagging: RFID Tag Mandates
Posted by Suzanne Smiley on 18th Apr 2022
A lot of big named retailers are either announcing new RFID tag mandates like Nordstrom, or ramping up their requirement like Walmart and Macys, which may leave suppliers with a cons
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What is the SGTIN-96?
Posted by Suzanne Smiley on 11th Apr 2022
SGTIN-96 is an encoding scheme that stands for Serialized Global Trade Identification Number and is sometimes called a serialized GTIN. The 96 in the name refers to the number of bits in the final
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Nordstrom & Macys: RFID Tag Mandates for Suppliers
Posted by Suzanne Smiley on 9th Mar 2022
RFID is making another push into the retail market as Nordstrom implements RFID and Macys expands their RFID requirements. Nordstrom is joining other top retailers like Walmart, Target, H&M, V
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12 GS1 Identification Schemes / Encoding Schemes and Their Uses
Posted by Suzanne Smiley on 6th Oct 2021
GS1 is a non-profit, global organization that creates and maintains global standards for business-to-business and supply chain communication. In essence, a standard is created so that when a barcod
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Find-My-Files - RFID File Tracking for Patient Files, Case Files, Car Titles, & More
Posted by Suzanne Smiley on 26th May 2021
Introduction
Even though we are moving from a paper-filled workplace to a digital, mostly paper-free future, some businesses and organizations are still required to keep original documents on hand
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RFID in the News: 3 RFID Applications to Watch
Posted by Suzanne Smiley on 21st Apr 2021
New RFID applications and RFID-enabled features are popping up in the news everyday. Check out these 3 RFID applications that could be coming to a town near you soon.
#1 - Penguin Performance at
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A Productive & Prosperous Pairing - Tracking Wine, Beer, & Spirits with RFID (Part 2)
Posted by Suzanne Smiley on 9th Apr 2021
This is a two-part article that touches on the many ways that RFID is used to identify and manage wine, beer, and spirits.
Part one discusses specifically using UHF RFID to track and manage
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