In modern aviation there is tremendous pressure to keep aircraft’s flying in the air. In the aviation industry the ability of an airline to turn around an aircraft at the gate as fast as possible is a competitive advantage. Standard safety procedure demands that life vests are counted and their expiry dates checked before an aircraft is released for any flight. This check is usually conducted after the last flight of the day as there is enough time before operations begin the next day, but the exercise is expensive as the airline requires having people working late nights just to audit lifesav ..read more

RFID is the core of new-age technologies such as IOT, Big Data, and Artificial Intelligence. The accurate data that RFID can help generate is a valuable treasure trove that enables these areas of technologies to thrive and grow. The world is moving towards connected devices, personalization, virtual and augmented reality and “last mile” tracking. RFID will play a key role in enabling the emerging use of technology in many sectors in 2017. We wish to draw from over two decades of experience in RFID to list the top five sectors (not necessarily in the order of importance) which we believe would ..read more

In large IT companies or captive centres of global multinationals, thousands of assets are in operation in one large building. Some assets are fixed (desktops) while some are movable (laptops, tablets etc.). If a laptop is due for maintenance, or a desktop is due for repair, it is a tedious task to manually check tags and identify a specific desktop or laptop. Also, large IT parks with IT companies are often set up in Special Economic Zones (SEZs). At these SEZs, there are stringent rules with regard to IT asset and data management and random checks are a norm. Hence, automated systems for ass ..read more

How many times have you heard or read about a surgical procedure that has gone wrong? How many times have you read of incorrect medicine (unintentionally) being administered to the patient? I am sure each person reading this blog would have read about such an incident at least once. While we sympathize with such cases, it is a matter of lives and adoption of technology is the only way to ensure that such cases become virtually non-existent. RFID – the bedrock of smart hospitals A smart, digitized hospital is one wherein data is collated at all important points, stored meticulously and retrieve ..read more

If there is one sector which has to operate at the apt confluence of time, money, comfort and safety – its aviation. It is, thus, a no-brainer that the only way to attain maximum productivity for the Aviation sector would be by leveraging technology. The quest for leveraging technology has led to a revolution in civil aviation. The stakeholders, be it the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) such as Boeing and Airbus, the Maintenance and Repair Organisations (MROs) and the airlines themselves,  have embraced RFID to improve processes, efficiency, turnaround, and, above all, safety, – a ..read more

In the year 2012, Marks & Spencer (M&S), a London based clothing and merchandise retailer decided to extend its RFID- tagging to all general merchandise. A few years earlier, the company had taken the initiative to look at RFID technology to track and manage apparel. The above lines leave no doubt that RFID has enabled a renowned global retailer to enhance efficiency of its operations and increase business success. Today, the apparel and footwear industry is not just looking at technology for operational efficiency, it is increasingly interested in augmenting the customer experience by ..read more

Budget Hotels can now delight customers with a safe “stay at home” experience India’s largest budget hotel chain has a tie-up with nearly 7000 hotels in about 250 cities in India. They have done this in three years of coming into existence and still have a large part of the market untapped. While there are no clear statistics available, a conservative estimate would indicate more than 100,000 rooms being reserved in budget hotels (below the 4-star category) in India every day. The Hospitality sector landscape The hospitality sector and the players offering services around the sector focus on 4 ..read more

There are millions of blogs on the internet. There are many posts, articles, white papers and material to read on our area of interest – Radio Frequency Idenfication (RFID). Why should one read our blog, then? A very valid question and we endeavor to give a compelling answer in the next few lines as well as through all the subsequent blogposts that you will read here. While we are in the business of RFID, we do not want to hard sell it through a blog. Our aim is to ensure that every person, whether he is a layman or an entrepreneur, should have a source of correct information about RFID, its u ..read more

In large IT companies or captive centres of global multinationals, thousands of assets are in operation in one large building. Some assets are fixed (desktops) while some are movable (laptops, tablets etc.). If a laptop is due for maintenance, or a desktop is due for repair, it is a tedious task to manually check tags and identify a specific desktop or laptop. Also, large IT parks with IT companies are often set up in Special Economic Zones (SEZs). At these SEZs, there are stringent rules with regard to IT asset and data management and random checks are a norm. Hence, automated systems for ass ..read more

How many times have you heard or read about a surgical procedure that has gone wrong? How many times have you read of incorrect medicine (unintentionally) being administered to the patient? I am sure each person reading this blog would have read about such an incident at least once. While we sympathize with such cases, it is a matter of lives and adoption of technology is the only way to ensure that such cases become virtually non-existent. RFID – the bedrock of smart hospitals A smart, digitized hospital is one wherein data is collated at all important points, stored meticulously and retrieve ..read more