Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is well equipped for tracking tools on a worksite, whether that involves wrenches on a manufacturing site or generators in a large utility yard.

Until recently, tool-tracking systems, such as identifying tools with human-readable markings or bar codes, relied on the diligence of the worker, so they were prone to breakdowns. Radio frequency ...

ItemAware is a tool and asset tracking system that uses RFID and other technologies to tag tools or other items and pair them with a beacon location (truck, shed, jobsite and more). Ring Power, a ...

Despite the hype, the truth is that RFID deployments made little headway in 2005. New standards, prohibitive costs, and the lack of upper-level business context left most companies tuned out to this ...

Sun Microsystems on Tuesday plans to launch a software package aimed at the RFID market. The software, which is built on Sun's Java programming architecture and Jini networking technology, attempts to ...

Snap-on Industrial has been manufacturing hand tools, power tools and tool storage for the aviation and aerospace industries for more than a century. This month it released new angle-headed, 14.4-volt ...

Radio frequency identification is already established in the realm of defense logistics, helping to keep tabs on the mountains of materiel moved through the military services’ supply chain. But RFID ...

Unlike traditional barcodes that require line-of-sight scanning and manual intervention, RFID utilizes electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. The ...

The mandates are coming. The mandates are coming. Some of the largest commercial outlets in the United States and abroad have established requirements for their suppliers to begin using radio ...