Smart item supply, engagement and authentication

Brady Corporation presents a new, highly reliable dual frequency RFID label that combines the advantages of UHF and NFC RFID technology.

With this single label, companies can improve product and item supply chain management, authentication and end-user engagement.

“You can track, trace, and engage with almost any item or product via a single, reliable and industrial-grade label with dual frequency UHF and NFC RFID technology,” explains Christophe Nelissen, Brady Corporation’s regional manager of the Middle East and Southern Africa.

“It also allows you to locate multiple items at once, from a distance, and access additional information up close. And you can easily add more data, anywhere, including birth and maintenance records, shipment dates, product manuals, authentication data and warranty information.”

Provides an extended product reality

To read and write data, one simply has to tap the label with an NFC-enabled smartphone. “All products or items with a dual frequency RFID label can enable entire supply chains to participate in track and trace programmes, from parts manufacturing, assembly, logistics and distribution to installers, maintenance and end-users,” Nelissen points out. “Data added may include codes, links to online information or documents stored in databases.”

Fast inventory management

Portable or fixed UHF RFID readers allow multiple labelled products and items to be counted and identified at once, from a distance up to 11 m. “Signals ignore line of sight to considerably increase inventory management speed and flexibility,” says Nelissen. “Relevant traceability data can also be accessed quickly per scanned item, and scanners can guide professionals to the right items.”