RFID, GPS to improve recycling

Advanced Manufacturing Control Systems has developed waste-tracking technology using RFID and global positioning system technology that could double recycling rates across the US, says Silicon Valley.

The technology will be used by municipal waste departments and private waste collectors.

When deployed, an RFID chip in each recycling bin is weighed and communicates with back-office information management systems, allowing the company to track the recycling activity of residents in an area.

Fujitsu Transaction Solutions has revealed that Staples Business Depot will install additional stores with AbsoluteSKY's intelliTRACKER inventory tracking system, reports Market Watch.

The intelliTRACKER system uses RFID to accurately track inventory to the item level in real-time, while providing increased inventory turns, elimination of missed sales and a reduction of operating costs.

Peter Sciberras, GM and VP of sales, Canada, for Fujitsu Transaction Solutions, says: "The pilot results are conclusive and encouraging, and we're excited to roll this system out to additional locations."

Supply Network Solutions (SNS EMEA), a provider of supply chain solutions in the Gulf and Middle-East, has partnered with RFID Academia to introduce RFID training and consulting services for operations directors, logistics managers, IT professionals and executives looking to understand and deploy RFID solutions within their business processes, says MoreRFID.

RFID Academia, known for its PhD-level RFID research and courseware, qualified, trained and certified the team at SNS EMEA to offer university-level RFID training courses to its customers.

SNS EMEA's logistics' specialists have started to deliver advanced, customised, industry-specific RFID courses to meet their customers' needs and have started implementing RFID technology for the shipping/receiving and picking operations in their customers' warehouses.