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New Case Study: Rental Car Leader Tracks Summit Attendance With RFID

Friday, October 5, 2007

For its annual employee summit, DTG wanted an automated solution to efficiently track attendees.

Specifically, DTG the leisure rental car leader wanted to use RFID technology to track attendance at the event’s trade show booths and exhibition to gauge employee interest and reveal opportunities for making future summits more cost efficient.

DTG had only two months to develop and test the solution before its annual summit. The company asked EDS to design and deploy this innovative solution quickly to create a “wow factor” at its upcoming conference.

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The system, Avis On Location, is based on RFID technology to enable virtual rental transactions, and will enable the company to automatically rent vehicles and accept returns at airport locations and corporate campuses.

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German automotive supplier Continental has announced that it will showcase its new NFC-enabled vehicle access control solution this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

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New research from the University of Arkansas reveals that apparel suppliers can gain from the use of RFID, particularly in the area of inventory accuracy.

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The American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) and GS1 US are co-sponsoring a webinar on Dec. 14 to share findings from a recent study to assess the impact of RFID for apparel and footwear companies.

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2012 is predicted to become a “tipping point” for RFID technology in the retail sector, according to a new study from the VICS Item-Level RFID Initiative (VILRI).

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