Foxwoods Casino Finds Quick ROI by Taking Players' Chips
By Andy Kowl
One casino found a way to quickly cash in on their RFID investment. They simply kept the money of customers who did not replace their chips within a six-week window!
Last year, Foxwoods Resort Casino and MGM Grand at Foxwoods, converted to RFID-tagged gaming chips. Their conversion was complete as of January 31st. The casino, owned and operated by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, simply stopped cashing out the old chips.
Our friend "Jimmy" was taken by surprise when he brought the chips with him he had last time he was there. "I tried use 'old style chips' and they wouldn't let me use them, nor would they cash them out." Jimmy was understandably outraged.
They claimed they have slowly been taking them
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RFID Can Prevent a Tomato or Jalapeno Scare
Alaska is a Petri dish for RFID growth. Today's supply chains are a Petri dish for the spread of salmonella by tomatoes or jalapenos or some other produce. A unique use of RFID in Alaska, along with fresh produce and other perishable food stocks can arrest such food safety events and provide a footprint of where any food safety or security misstep occurred. When fresh jalapenos or tomatoes leave their warehouses in Texas or Mexico, and start their journey by
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Alaska is a Petri dish for RFID growth. Today's supply chains are a Petri dish for the spread of salmonella by tomatoes or jalapenos or some other produce. A unique use of RFID in Alaska, along with fresh produce and other perishable food stocks can arrest such food safety events and provide a footprint of where any food safety or security misstep occurred. When fresh jalapenos or tomatoes leave their warehouses in Texas or Mexico, and start their journey by
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Widespread success kills RFID nickel tag myth
If I had a nickel for every time someone asked me, "Are there 5 cent tags yet?" . . . Recently an executive from a book binding plant asked me about that Unicorn of RFID, "the nickel tag." Like so many others, he had "learned" from the early analysts and pundits that until RFID tags costfive cents or less, RFID will remain a pipe dream. "If I could save you $250,000 next year, what would you care how much the tags
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If I had a nickel for every time someone asked me, "Are there 5 cent tags yet?" . . . Recently an executive from a book binding plant asked me about that Unicorn of RFID, "the nickel tag." Like so many others, he had "learned" from the early analysts and pundits that until RFID tags costfive cents or less, RFID will remain a pipe dream. "If I could save you $250,000 next year, what would you care how much the tags
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How Real-time Location Systems (RTLS) work for you
Real-time location and control solutions are intended to deliver corporations with true asset, process and personnel visibility. They help corporations reach the ambitious goal of creating and managing lean operations in today's competitive environment. All real-time location and control solutions are designed to respond to the following challenges in a cost effective fashion: The need for accurate, reliable, real-time data acquisition - monitoring assets as they move through internal
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Real-time location and control solutions are intended to deliver corporations with true asset, process and personnel visibility. They help corporations reach the ambitious goal of creating and managing lean operations in today's competitive environment. All real-time location and control solutions are designed to respond to the following challenges in a cost effective fashion: The need for accurate, reliable, real-time data acquisition - monitoring assets as they move through internal
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