According to Gartner’s top 10 strategic technology predictions for 2020, we’re likely to see developments across everything from the Internet of Things (IoT) to automation. This year’s forecast also includes practical applications for blockchain – a technology which players in the food and agriculture sector...
Innovation in even smaller form factors, greater, more reliable reads over longer distances, less cost to acquire and deploy – just like the evolution of the IC foretold by Intel cofounder Gordon Moore, there’s always a lot of interest when a tiny new RFID is...
Big brands are looking to asset identification and authentication technology to deliver unique and highly-personalised customer experiences – in real time. The technology that is most often at the heart of these applications is near-field communication, aka NFC. NFC is a method of transferring data...
In our last blog post, we discussed how asset intelligence technology and item-level unique identification can improve visibility and traceability in an effort to combat counterfeiting in global supply chains. This week, in a related topic, we want to explore a lesser-known side of counterfeiting...
Today’s global marketplace offers us access to more products, through more channels, than ever before. This convenience, however, comes at a cost. It’s resulted in complex, fragmented supply chains, with less end-to-end visibility, making the origins of parts very difficult to trace – opening the...
