Bell Helicopter uses RFID for Warehouse-Management System

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Impinj

Bell Helicopter, a manufacturer of civil and military aircrafts, started using RFID technology in 2011 as a warehouse-management system. The RFID solution, from Impinj partner OATSystems, involves tracking containers and parts as they move from Bell Helicopter’s central distribution center (CDC) to one of eight production sites. According to Aaron Druyvesteyn, Manager of Logistics at Bell Helicopter, the company has already achieved a return on investment (ROI) for the RFID system, having saved approximately $300,000, surpassing its total investment of $250,000. The Impinj Speedway Revolution RFID readers that are used in the solution are credited with achieving 100% read rates.

You can read the full story here.

Bell Helicopter: A loading gate using RFID for warehouse-management system

Photo credit: RFID Journal

Impinj Attends IT4Fashion

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Impinj

Impinj attended the IT4fashion event in Italy on April 27^th. We exhibited with Allnet Italia, our new distributor in Italy. The event was a great chance to introduce Allnet to some Impinj partners located in Italy and other parts of Europe. There were many interesting case study presentations at the conference, including one on Solos Identificazione e Protezione’s RFID solution deployed at Patrizia Pepe. We also had a chance to talk to many interesting end-users in the retail and fashion industry. Overall, it was a good event and we are glad we attended.

We hope you will join us at these upcoming industry events.

Welcome to the Impinj Blog!

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Impinj

We are excited to open up this new dialogue with you and also share news and information from the RFID community. In this blog, you can expect to find industry updates, product announcements, new case studies, updates from Impinj partners, and all the latest happenings at Impinj. And most importantly we are looking forward to hearing what topics are of interest to you. Be sure to subscribe to our RSS feed to be notified of new postings!