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Impinj Case Studies and Customer Success Stories

Examples of successful customer RFID deployments using Impinj products.

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The Million Pound Drop: Case Study

The Million Pound Drop, a live British television program, uses RFID technology to track 40 bundles of £25,000 ($39,400) that make up the £1 million ($1.6 million) used on the show. Read more...

 

Asset Tracking RFID Case Studies Asset Management

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Agricultural Bank of China: Case Study

The Agricultural Bank of China has implemented an asset tracking system using RFID to monitor the location of bank assets throughout their branches and vaults. Read more...

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Alli-Solutions and Metalcraft: Customer Success Story

Two technology companies are aiming to harness the capability of radio frequency identification tags to help auctions track vehicles more efficiently in large areas. The solution uses Impinj Monza 4 tag chips. Read more...

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Antolini Luigi & Co. S.p.A.: Customer Success Story

Antolini Luigi & Co. S.p.A., an Italian producer and distributor of granite, marble, and other stone products, estimates that using EPC Gen 2 tags to track blocks and slabs reduces its labor costs by 40%, and improves inventory accuracy by 80%. Read more...

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Bode Technology: Customer Success Story

Bode Technology is piloting an RFID system it developed to manage DNA evidence as it passes through the supply chain, which includes storage and analysis in the laboratory. Read more...

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Corporate Art Force: Customer Success Story

An RFID system from Simply RFiD with Impinj Monza-based tags is helping Corporate Art Force, a provider of art procurement and installation services to U.S. and Canadian companies, keep track of artwork displayed at clients' worksites.  Read more...

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CHEP: Customer Success Story

CHEP, a pallet and container pooling services company owned by Australia-based  Brambles, is running an RFID-based application that tracks returnable containers for the automotive industry at its facilities in countries across Europe. Read more...

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Cisco Systems: Customer Success Story

Networking technology leader Cisco Systems is using RFID technology to manage its IT assets in data centers and labratories. Impinj Speedway Revolution readers are used in areas of Cisco's facilities that present challenging read zones. Read more...

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Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel: Customer Success Story

When the new Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel opened just in time for the Winter Olympics, it had technology in place for tracking 35,000 textile items, including bed sheets, uniforms, towels, tablecloths and bathrobes. Read more...

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Fallsview Casino Resort: Customer Success Story

Fallsview Casino Resort will track up to 40,000 garments as they are assigned to staff members, laundered and then returned, using InvoTech's UHF RFID and conveyor solution. Read more...

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Goodpack: Customer Success Story

In an $8 million RFID installation that includes Impinj Speedway Revolution readers, Goodpack is using an RFID system from Vilant Systems to track the locations and conditions of its reusable steel IBCs at its depots, and at its customers' facilities, across the globe.  Read more...

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Monroe County Garbage Collection: Case Study

Labrie Environmental Group, partnered with Cascade Engineering to deliver a pilot garbage collection system powered by Impinj RFID technology to Monroe County in Mississippi. County officials are thrilled with the results that have already increased their billing accuracy by over 7%, while improving customer service. Read more...

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Labs Use RFID to Manage Biological Samples: Customer Success Story

Ruro's FreezerPro system enables researchers to pinpoint the location of frozen human tissue, viruses and other material stored within vials or plates packed in boxes. The RFID system allows facilities to have better security over their samples.  Read more...

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Japan Pallet Rental: Case Study

Mighty Card Corporation came to Impinj to help create a rugged asset-tracking tag for Japan Pallet Rental. The end result exceeded the customer's expectations.  Read more...

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The Million Pound Drop: Case Study

The Million Pound Drop, a live British television program, uses RFID technology to track 40 bundles of £25,000 ($39,400) that make up the £1 million ($1.6 million) used on the show. Read more...

National EPC Network Demonstrator Project: Customer Success Story

CHEP, P&G, ACCO and other participants used EPC Gen 2 tags to track the delivery and return of wooden pallets, achieving perfect read rates throughout the supply chain, proving that RFID can raise productivity and efficiencies in a multi-industry supply chain. Read more...

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Rivers Casino: Customer Success Story

Rivers Casino is using InvoTech System's GIMS UHF RFID laundry management solution to track the use and laundry service of the casino's custom uniforms. Altogether, the company's 1,120 employees wear 20,000 apparel items, with a cumulative value of $453,000. The GIMS system uses Impinj Speedway Revolution readers. Read more...

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Taiwan Customs Officials : Customer Success Story

The Taiwanese Government sought to replace expensive manual container escorts with an automated system to improve security and efficiency, and reduce costs. Yeon Technologies' solution, with Impinj Speedway readers, helped solve the problem. Read more...

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Terso : Customer Success Story

Terso Solutions, an RFID solutions provider for the health-care industry, offers UHF Gen 2 RFID-enabled cabinets to store reagents, vaccines and other temperature-sensitive substances. Read more...

 

Toronto Car Dealership: Customer Success Story

AVS Key and Inventory Solutions Inc. prevents car dealership theft utilizing an RFID system that incorporates Impinj RFID interrogators, antennas and tags. Read more...

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T-Systems, Intel: Customer Success Story

Germany-based systems integrator T-Systems and Intel, the U.S.-based manufacturer of computer processors and other technology, are evaluating the results of an implementation of UHF EPC RFID passive tags to track IT assets at a model data center located in Munich. The tags are based on the Impinj Monza chips.  Read more...

 

Logistics RFID Case Studies

Logistics

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Alliance Entertainment: Case Study

Alliance Entertainment Corporation, a leading provider of home entertainment products such as CDs, DVDs, and video games, RFID-enables its order fulfillment solution. Impinj’s Speedway reader and Monza-powered labels deliver 100% reads. Read more...

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Fonds de solidarité FTQ: Customer Success Story

Montreal investment organization Fonds de solidarité FTQ is employing an RFID system from Academia RFID to reduce the amount of time and labor that its employees spend counting ballots at its annual shareholders general-assembly meeting and elections. The system uses Impinj Speedway Revolution readers.  Read more...

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Labs Use RFID to Manage Biological Samples: Customer Success Story

Ruro's FreezerPro system enables researchers to pinpoint the location of frozen human tissue, viruses and other material stored within vials or plates packed in boxes. The RFID system allows facilities to have better security over their samples.  Read more...

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Grupo Éxito: Customer Success Story

Grupo Éxito, one of the largest retail chains in Colombia, tries to reduce shrinkage by item-level RFID tagging over 45,000 electronics items. The system uses Impinj Speedway Revolution readers, Brickyard antennas, and Indy-based handheld readers.  Read more...

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Italian Civil Protection Department: Customer Success Story

The Italian Civil Protection Department collaborated with ID-EST to use RFID technology to manage immigrant emergency access. The solution uses Impinj Speedway xPortal readers.  Read more...

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KH Lloreda: Customer Success Story

The Spanish company has launched an automated system for loading and shipping its cleaning products that tracks where the cartons are being moved, and also captures any errors. The system uses Impinj tag chips and readers.  Read more...

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Lisbon Airport: Customer Success Story

Lisbon Airport is an example of RFID being used successfully for baggage tagging.  The airport is among the first in the world to rely soley on RFID for tracking transfer bags.   Read more...

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LTC-Logistics: Customer Success Story

LTC-Logistics (Logistics and Traffic Center), an Italian third-party logistics firm that fulfills orders for fashion companies, has implemented an RFID infrastructure (using Impinj Speedway readers) to track fashion items moving through its facilities. Read more..

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Japan Pallet Rental: Case Study

Mighty Card Corporation came to Impinj to help create a rugged asset-tracking tag for Japan Pallet Rental. The end result exceeded the customer's expectations.  Read more...

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National EPC Network Demonstrator Project: Customer Success Story

CHEP, P&G, ACCO and other participants used EPC Gen 2 tags to track the delivery and return of wooden pallets, achieving perfect read rates throughout the supply chain, proving that RFID can raise productivity and efficiencies in a multi-industry supply chain. Read more...

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Rolec: Customer Success Story

Rolec, a leading Dutch textbook and educational material distributor, verifies pallet contents and ensures order accuracy with RFID. Impinj technology is key to the deployment. Read more...

Technicolor Brazil

Technicolor Brazil Media and Entertainment: Customer Success Story

When Technicolor Brazil Media and Entertainment, a manufacturer of electronic products, deployed a powered by Impinj RFID system to track semiconductors at their facilities, they improved inventory management and increased efficiencies. Read more...

 

Miscellaneous RFID Case Studies Miscellaneous

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Apollo Agency: Customer Success Story

Apollo Agency, a Montreal marketing and communications firm specializing in product launches, uses an RFID system from Academia RFID to welcome party guests and greet them by name. The solution utlizes Impinj Speedway Revolution readers. Read more...

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Brouha: Customer Success Story

NYC's Brouha used Impinj's Monza RFID tag chips and Speedway Revolution RFID readers to create a loyalty program that provides discounts to consumers at neighborhood stores and restaurants. Read more...

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Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel: Customer Success Story

When the new Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel opened just in time for the Winter Olympics, it had technology in place for tracking 35,000 textile items, including bed sheets, uniforms, towels, tablecloths and bathrobes. This example of RFID for asset management uses RFID readers from Impinj. Read more...

 

Italy's Red Rock Sky Marathon: Customer Success Story

SAIT created a race timing system using Impinj components that monitored participants in Italy's Red Rock Sky Marathon. Read more...

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Los Angeles Marathon: Case Study

Working with ChronoTrack Systems, a timing and tracking equipment company, Impinj supplied technology to time participants in the 2008 Los Angeles Marathon. Race directors enthused over the results, saying it contributed to the best race in the LA Marathon's 23-year history. Read more...

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Monroe County Garbage Collection: Case Study

Labrie Environmental Group, partnered with Cascade Engineering to deliver a pilot garbage collection system powered by Impinj RFID technology to Monroe County in Mississippi. County officials are thrilled with the results that have already increased their billing accuracy by over 7%, while improving customer service. Read more...

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PigTracker: Customer Success Story

The Danish Agriculture & Food Council's three-year pilot at five farms to learn how well EPC passive UHF technology performed for tracking pigs, showed that UHF RFID exhibited greater read range and higher read rates over LF. The pilot used Impinj Speedway Revolution readers. Read more...

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RUSNANO Russian Railcar: Customer Success Story

RST-Invent company, an RFID solutions provider in the Russian market, used Impinj RFID technology to create an RFID solution for guiding visitors of a Russian railcar technology exhibit dedicated to nanotechnology and new RFID solutions. Read more...

 

Saudi Railway Project: Case Study

Impinj partner, 7iD, has created an RFID-enabled, high speed train tracking system for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia using Impinj Speedway readers. Read more...

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Taiwan Customs Officials: Customer Success Story

The Taiwanese Government sought to replace expensive manual container escorts with an automated system to improve security and efficiency, and reduce costs. Yeon Technologies' solution, with Impinj Speedway readers, helped solve the problem. Read more...

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TopGolf: Case Study

TopGolf used RFID to craft their unique, interactive experience that incorporates concepts from golf, darts, and bowling. RFID technology from Impinj measures the distance of shots and automatically keeps score.  Read more...

 

Pharmaceutical RFID Case Studies Pharmaceutical Industry

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Cephalon: Case Study

Cephalon, an international biopharmaceutical company manufacturing pain and oncology drugs, improves patient safety with RFID-enabled packaging and logistics. The Impinj Speedway® reader and Monza® tag chips showcase the performance benefits of UHF Gen 2 over earlier RFID protocols. Read more...

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Gador: Customer Success Story

The pharmaceutical company will employ an EPC Gen 2 RFID system [using Impinj technology] to reduce the risk of counterfeiting, by applying a tag to each high-value product it ships. Read more... 

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Hanmi Pharmaceutical: Case Study

Hanmi Pharmaceutical adopted RFID to gain greater inventory visibility in pharmacies and to improve circulation throughout their supply chain. RFID has also improved health safety throughout South Korea by enabling efficient product recalls and counterfeit prevention. Read more...

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Purdue Pharma: Case Study

For an example of RFID used in the pharmaceutical sector, Purdue Pharma, a leading developer of long-acting, pain-relieving medicines, efficiently protects their high-value OxyContin® product using Impinj RFID technology (readers, tag chips, and reader antennas). Read more...

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Purdue Pharma: Customer Success Story

Purdue Pharma integrates RFID into its high-speed pharmaceutical packaging lines for improved pharmaceutical supply chain efficiency and security. The packaging line utilizes the Impinj GrandPrix™ UHF RFID solution, comprising Speedway® readers, tags powered by Monza™ chips, and application-specific, near-field reader antennas. Read more...

 

Retail Apparel RFID Case Studies Retail Apparel

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Billabong:  Customer Success Story

The Billabong sportswear clothing store is applying EPC Gen 2 tags to its merchandise, and piloting applications that allow customers to make clothing selections in changing rooms, and provide inventory, point of sale and security data to the staff. Read more...

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Carnaval :  Customer Success Story

Carnaval, a Mexican designer of children's apparel, launched an RFID system to track the items it distributes as they arrive from the factory and are inspected and shipped to a retailer. Read more...

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Common People Store:  Customer Success Story

The Mexican retailer is enhancing the customer experience and providing suppliers with better inventory data with Impinj Speedway Revolution readers and antennas, Monza-based tags, and Indy-based printers and handheld readers.  Read more...

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Galeria Kaufhof (Metro Group): Case Study

The Metro Group set out to prove the value of UHF RFID across a broad scope of business processes spanning the distribution center to the retail floor. Their aims included greater supply chain visibility, real-time inventory management, and strategic data mining. The solution uses Impinj Speedway® readers, Monza-based tags, and custom Impinj antennas. Read more...

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ITC Ltd.:  Customer Success Story

ITC Ltd., an Indian retailer that reported more than $5 billion in revenue in 2007 and employs more than 29,000 workers in 20 countries, is tracking clothes and accessories from production to the point of sale. Read more...

 

Karstadt: Customer Success Story

Karstadt, a German retailer that has 86 department stores and 32 sporting goods stores, is tagging selected items of men's apparel, in a six-month pilot. Read more...

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Lemmi Fashion: Customer Success Story

Lemmi Fashion, a German children’s apparel specialist, transitions its full-scale, manufacturer to in-store RFID deployment from HF to UHF Gen 2. Impinj hardware is key to the installation. Read more...

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L.L. Bean:  Customer Success Story

The apparel and outdoor gear retailer is testing an RFID system that can track when a shopper handles a hiking boot on display, thereby triggering a video screen to play informational media, while also measuring shopper interest. Read more...

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LTC-Logistics : Customer Success Story

LTC-Logistics (Logistics and Traffic Center), an Italian third-party logistics firm that fulfills orders for fashion companies, has implemented an RFID reader infrastructure (using Impinj Speedway readers) to track fashion items moving through its facilities. Read more..

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NP: Customer Success Story

A new clothing company opened by Finnish apparel company NP Collections utilizes RFID technology throughout the store. The technology is being used for inventory management and fast customer service. Read more...

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Patrizia Pepe: Case Study

When Patrizia Pepe (an Italian fashion brand) switched from barcodes to RFID, their warehouse logistics efficiency more than doubled, and they achieved greater accuracy. Read more... 

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Staff Jeans: Customer Success Story

Staff Jeans, a Greek clothing company that already employs radio frequency identification to track apparel at the item level in its factories and distribution center, is expanding its use of RFID to include value-added services at the point of sale at the company's biggest store in Athens. Read more... 

 

General Retail RFID Case Studies Retail—General

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Alliance Entertainment: Case Study

Alliance Entertainment Corporation, a leading provider of home entertainment products such as CDs, DVDs and video games RFID-enables its order fulfillment solution. Impinj’s Speedway® reader and Monza-powered labels deliver 100% reads. Read more...

 

Boekhandels Groep Nederland (BGN): Customer Success Story

Boekhandels Groep Nederland (BGN), Netherland’s largest bookseller, speeds inventory tasks with RFID. The item-level deployment tags every book in the warehouse and tracks them all the way to store shelves. Impinj’s Speedway reader and Monza-based labels provide inventory data such as book location and out of stock conditions. Read more...

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Cheeky's Restaurant: Customer Success Story

An RFID-enabled system allows the Cheeky restaurant to provide a pour-your-own-beer service, while monitoring and controlling the amount that customers consume. Read more...

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Cleor Jewelry Chain: Case Study

French jeweler Cleor has implemented a chain-wide “Powered by Impinj” RFID solution that significantly improved inventory accuracy and supply chain efficiency throughout all of its 50 stores. Read more...

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The Coca-Cola Company: Customer Success Story

The Coca-Cola Company has set out to revolutionize their dispenser system by incorporating Impinj's RFID technology into their machines. Their new Freestyle drink dispenser offers more than 100 drink options in a single machine. Read more...

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Future Store (Metro Group real): Customer Success Story

Metro’s real-Future Store uses Impinj’s Monza tag chips, Speedway readers and custom near-field antennas to track individual packages of meat, ensuring display cases are well stocked, and that no one buys expired products. Read more...

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Grupo Disber: Customer Success Story

Grupo Disber, a Spanish Christmas gift basket manufacturer and distributor, uses RFID tags and readers to track up to 50,000 gift baskets shipped daily from its warehouse in Valencia. The RFID solution from Tag Ingenieros uses Impinj Thin Propeller Monza-based tags. Read more...

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Izzy's Ice Cream: Case Study

AbeTech created an RFID system for Izzy's Ice Cream in St. Paul, Minnesota, which has helped the store better meet customer expectations and increase sales. Read more...

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Izzy's Ice Cream Cafe: Customer Success Story

Izzy's Ice Cream Cafe, a 10-year-old artisanal shop located in Saint Paul, Minn., recently launched an RFID system to help inform customers in near real-time about its ever-changing menu of flavors, as well as provide an easy way to keep the store's signage up to date. Read more...

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Love's Travel Stops: Customer Success Story

The company is testing a passive UHF RFID fuel management solution from QuikQ [using Impinj Speedway Revolution readers and Monza tag chips] that enables truck drivers to fuel up more efficiently, while also ensuring against fuel fraud. Read more...

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Normerica : Customer Success Story

Normerica, a provider of cat litter and other products for pet dogs and cats, is among the first to use cardboard boxes with UHF Gen 2 RFID inlays embedded in them. Read more... 

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Rolec: Customer Success Story

Rolec, a leading Dutch textbook and educational material distributor, verifies pallet contents and ensures order accuracy with RFID. Impinj technology is key to the deployment. Read more...

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The Tavern Restaurant Group: Case Study

DraftServ created an RFID-enabled, pour-your-own beer tapwall for the Tavern Restaurant Group's "The Pub" restaurant in Tampa, Florida. This innovative system has helped the restaurant provide a new customer experience while decreasing costs and increasing sales. Read more...

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TendaVins: Customer Success Story

TendaVins, a Valencian wine and spirits distributor, uses RFID to increase customer service by providing more information about the wines in the store directly to the customer without needing employees to be available. (in Spanish, Espanol) Read more...