Guest Article – By Chris Hanebeck
According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 17 miners are killed each year by mobile mining equipment. Oddly enough, the vast majority of these accidents occur in surface mines where neither visibility nor space are typical limitations. Given that these fatalities reoccur year after year, we [...]
Guest Column – By John Burnell
Cloud computing is the latest Next Big Thing in IT, and could be a good thing for RFID providers. (Sorry RFID industry colleagues, but yes, that means we’re not the Next Big Thing anymore. By my estimation, RFID was two or three Next Big Things ago, surpassed by mobility, virtualization, [...]
Guest Column – By Bert Moore, AIM, Inc.
Once again, privacy is in the news with New Hampshire’s House passing House Bill 478 limiting RFID [very similar to bills that have twice failed to be passed by the New Hampshire Senate]. And, once again, it contains a list of unreasonable restrictions on RFID. While intended to [...]
Guest Column – By Chris Hanebeck
When companies adopt a new technology, they need to consider its impact on the overall performance of the organization. Obviously, a technology which costs more than it generates in value is not suited for widespread adoption; however, cost, time, quality and flexibility are not the only criteria for successful RFID [...]
Guest Column – By Bert Moore, AIM, Inc.
Historically, articles looking at RFID in the coming year have focused on supply chain or asset tracking or access control or smart phones or any of a dozen other key applications where RFID could offer significant advantages. It’s true that market growth is important. But the roll-out of [...]
RFID can be a powerful tool in helping lean management initiatives, which can lead to important competitive advantages. Guest authors Chris Hanebeck and Pat Boutier explore this unique use of RFID, and provide real-world examples.
Guest Column – By Chris Hanebeck and Pat Boutier
Over the past few months, we have repeatedly argued that RFID is mainly a technology [...]
RFID use in healthcare could provide meaningful opportunity to reduce healthcare costs and improve patient outcomes. Unfortunately, one limited study, which we view as incomplete, has thrown cold water on moving forward with RFID. As we have written in Healthcare Test Protocols and Medical Standards Need More Work, AIMs RFID Experts Group (REG) is taking [...]
Asset management for returnable containers continues to be an area where RFID can add value by increasing visibility. In many cases, returnables, which often require meaningful capital spending, are lost in the supply chain. In this guest article, Chris Hanebeck discusses that RFID is in a position to provide meaningful improvements in visibility and thus improve efficiency while [...]
Understanding RFID Best Practices in applications, implementations and system operations will be increasingly important in fostering industry progress, particularly as end users seek to scale deployments. Industry consultant Chris Hanebeck provides some insight on this important topic in his most recent article.
Guest Column – By Chris Hanebeck
In business we often find that certain organizations, groups or individuals [...]
Using RFID as a test tool to raise the visibility in complex business processes can provide strong value. In this guest article, Chris Hanebeck discusses various methods of leveraging RFID to better evaluate and manage such processes. We view the approach as particuarly interesting as it requires limited upfront investment, requires only sample tagging and provides [...]