| If you need to do any form of inventory or livestock | | | | glance the status of your herd, and all of the relevant |
| management, then RFID labels are the next best thing | | | | details. |
| to sliced bread. These tiny chips are made in different | | | | This is also true of the textile and clothing market, as |
| sizes and can be affixed to almost anything, whether it | | | | goods can be tagged with an RFID label at the |
| moves or not. Then, using an RFID reader, you can | | | | manufacture, and tracked all the way to their retail |
| capture as much or as little information as you need, | | | | location. |
| from as close to a few inches, or several yards away. | | | | Another application of RFID labels is in event |
| RFID labels have revolutionized inventory management. | | | | management. There are passive RFID tags that can |
| Many of the previous tasks like inventory counting and | | | | be worn like wristbands, allowing you to track the |
| stock control used to have to be done by hand and | | | | coming of goings to people at an event for example, |
| were highly prone to human error. These days, you | | | | or even patients on a hospital floor. |
| can tell at a glance the details of a product or a | | | | The way that RFID labels work is that they emit radio |
| shipment, and track it from the time it comes in until the | | | | frequency signals. There are basically two types: |
| time it leaves your location or even further if you need | | | | passive and active: Passive RFID store data, which |
| to. What is more, you can find out all the important | | | | can be read by a reader which, depending on the |
| information about the product or shipment too, such as | | | | frequency, can read the data either at close proximity |
| when it reached the last checkpoint, when it was | | | | or farther away. Active RFID, on the other hand, work |
| manufactured, or whatever it is that you need to | | | | at different frequencies, and not only allow you to read |
| know. The applications are endless. | | | | data, but also capture data at the same time. They |
| In the livestock industry, RFID technology is also hard at | | | | also work with an RFID reader. |
| work. It is used to tag birds, as well as larger animals | | | | The kind of RFID label that you needs depends on |
| making it simple to keep track of stocks, their | | | | what you are tracking and what you need to do with |
| immunizations, and all relevant details. Either by placing | | | | the data. RFID however, is a total inventory or stock |
| a band which is an RFID label around the foot of a bird, | | | | management project, that will definitely streamline and |
| or tagging the ear of a cow, you will no longer have to | | | | improve your business tracking, controlling and |
| track details by hand, which greatly cuts down on | | | | monitoring. |
| errors and improves efficiency. You will know at a | | | | |