On Jan. 26, Textile Rental Weekly identified highlights of the Educational Offerings scheduled for the March 2009 Tech/Plant Summit. Two of those were “Increase Productivity to Offset Drop in Sales” that cited RFID technology as a way to “Invest in Systems with the Best ROI.” As one of the individuals who introduced RFID to the textile rental industry in North America 10 years ago (yes it was March 1999), my colleagues and I have witnessed its transformation from an “emerging technology” to a proven tool providing a major benefit in sorting and tracking all higher-end textiles in the textile maintenance ...