Zebra Technology Brings RFID, RTLS and Big Data Analytic Experience to Sports

Posted by RAD DeRose | Date: April 23, 2014

CES (Consumer Electronics Show) wasn’t the only early-2014 tech show to feature wearables: The MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference (SSAC14) was held at Boston’s Hynes Convention Center in February, and it too featured a greater-than-ever emphasis on wearable technology. Although L-Tron partner, Zebra Technologies, is a relative newcomer to sports wearables, the company has a…

Business Challenges Best Addressed by RTLS

Posted by RAD DeRose | Date: April 9, 2014

Recent additions to Zebra Technologies’ extensive white paper library include a report prepared by the research firm of Frost & Sullivan entitled Seeking Sustainable Growth: Understanding the value real-time visibility technology brings to business and people. While the 12-page report covers a range of RTLS-related topics, including current and future scopes of the global RTLS…

Zebra: Deploying Zebra Products To Solve Its Own RTLS Challenges

Posted by RAD DeRose | Date: March 12, 2014

As much as I love success stories, this one offers a twist I should have seen coming a mile away. Zebra Technologies is an industry leader in Real-Time Locating Systems (RTLS), but what is an industry leader to do when faced with its own RTLS challenges? Zebra operates a 72,000-square foot distribution facility in…

Zebra Technologies WhereNet RTLS Solutions Deliver Efficiency & Savings to U.S. Air Force & Army Installations

Posted by RAD DeRose | Date: January 29, 2014

I’ve written previously about deployment of Zebra Technologies real-time locating systems (RTLS) solutions in the critical flight-line operations of the aerospace and defense industries, but aerospace and defense applications go well beyond the flight-line. For example, Zebra’s RTLS solutions were incorporated by Robins Air Force Base in Georgia to provide real-time asset visibility in a…

7 Reasons To Implement Zebra Technologies’ RTLS

Posted by RAD DeRose | Date: January 15, 2014

Wikipedia defines choreography as “The art of designing sequences of movements in which motion, form, or both are specified.” Imagine choreographing a ballet in which the performers are wearing blinders, unable to see their partners until each moves within their narrow fields of view. They have no advance peripheral clues that help them anticipate and…

RFID and RTLS, What is the Difference?

Posted by RAD DeRose | Date: October 23, 2013

RFID? RTLS? Are they the same thing? Sure, each acronym has a distinct root meaning, but I still hear and read RFID and RTLS used interchangeably. So, which should we use when? Fortunately, Zebra Technologies has published a white paper, RTLS 101: What It Is and Why You Need It, that distinguishes RTLS from RFID…

The Case for Coordinated, End-to-End, Item-Level RFID/RTLS Tracking Has Already Been Proved

Posted by RAD DeRose | Date: October 9, 2013

The L-Tron team recently received a blog comment from Eef de Ferrante, Director of the Active & Intelligent Packaging Industry Association (aipia.info), reminding us that item-level tracking systems are often best coordinated at the production end of the supply chain. Said Eef: “Let’s not forget that barcodes, tags, labels, and indicators are initially a subject…