RFID ENABLES A NEW LEVEL OF ACCURACY IN WAREHOUSE Toshiba is using RFID to revolutionize its warehouse management. Background Toshiba Europe GmbH is part of the global Toshiba Corporation conglomerate based in Tokyo. Toshiba Europe handles the customer-specific configuration of every TOSHIBA laptop destined for the EMEA region. Challenge The company sought new tools to cope with peaks in demand. Conventional solutions like hiring additional staff or building extra storage capacity weren’t realistic due to their high cost and limited scalability. Solution The production at Regensburg receives components, assembles the laptops and applies RFID tags to identify every unit for internal processing. Each corrugated laptop box is now fitted with a paper-faced ShortDipoleTM RFID tag for pallet rea

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