The motto for RFID technology is to “think big, start small and move fast,” says Chris Hanebeck. If you’re still wondering if RFID can help boost your process improvement efforts, we recommend reading the post from R.W.Baird’s RFID Monthly titled, “The Value of RFID.” This article presents some real-world examples of the benefits of RFID […]
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RFID Label Printer Shootout!
RFID Label Printers Compared Since Winco ID is involved with helping our customers use labels and barcoding to improve their processes, we get to check out a lot of the latest products. For example, I’ve been really lucky over the last few months to have the opportunity to work with 4 different RFID printers from […]
Managing UID Introduction
If your company sells to the US Department of Defense, you might well have to comply with the MIL-STD-130 UID marking rules. This standard outlines the marking requirement that will ensure your labeling is compatible with the DoD inventory and lifecycle controls. There is a lot more to UID introduction than just producing compliant labels […]
Tharo RFID Reader: Hands-On Review
Update: January 2013. It seems that this RFID Reader has been discontinued. If you are looking for a simple low cost reader for UHF RFID, we’d suggest the Tracient Padl-R described in this review. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been complaining about the high price of handheld RFID readers. Our RFID clients […]
MIL-STD-129 Labels For Your Machine Shop?
If your machine shop does business with the DoD, you might have noticed that your new contracts are asking you to apply labels to the new MIL-STD-129P Change4 specification which includes RFID. Every day we are getting calls from people who are suddenly confronted with this and need to find a solution fast! The 3 […]