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Latest News

  • SAP opts for flexible PLM software

    An enhancement package due out in 2010 will help companies bring in real-world information from products already out in the field labelled with RFID (radio frequency identification) tags, barcodes or other sensors to help in the design of new…
  • RFID moving beyond supply chain

    Radio frequency identification technology isn't just for tagging items in the supply chain any more, according to a new survey. Radio frequency identification technology isn't just for tagging items in the supply chain any more, according to a new…
  • IBM expands RFID service

    IBM has expanded its radio frequency identification (RFID) services to make it easier for companies to include the technology in their systems.IBM has recently developed RFID services for industrial companies, including those in the automotive…
  • Nokia launches mobile RFID kit

    Responding to the growth of RFID (radio frequency identification) tagging, Nokia launched a mobile RFID kit this week that allows mobile workforces to access data by touching tagged items with a mobile phone.

Latest Features

  • Freescale's UWB soap opera

    It's not just getting the chips to work, but setting up a complete supply chain. In one move, it's given itself big problems in all three areas, he says, by approving Wimedia, but insisting that the Bluetooth version of it should operate only in…
  • Security issues swamp RFID

    Radio frequency identification is a part of the present and may well be a major part of our future. It would not be quite so bad if vendors of RFID products and companies that say they want to use them better understood security and privacy.For…
  • Wal-Mart's RFID plans will fail

    Save your shock for the slim possibility that it will succeed.I say this because Wal-Mart's stated goal for its pilot is "100 percent readability of pallet tags through dock doors and 100 percent readability of case tags on distribution center…
  • RFID: plan your approach

    By 2008 there will be US$4.2 billion being spent on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology services worldwide, according to Yankee Group analysts. Analysing the extended supply chain flows, figuring out an alternative.and then actually…
  • Drama at the computing core

    Poole needs to ensure this because Boscov's expects the number of transactions to jump significantly as it brings technologies such as radio frequency identification (RFID) and wireless to its 39 stores.
  • What does an RFID system consist of?

    In the last year, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) caught the imagination as the umbrella beneath which a set of next generation technologies is being developed that should significantly improve supply chain operations.
 

How-Tos

  • Case Study: RFID keeps Canadian railway trucks on track

    It's hard to believe you could lose something as big as a chassis," said William Bangert, senior vice-president, information and communication technology (ICT) solutions and enterprise business development at Bell Canada in Toronto.But that was…
  • Case Study: RFID pays for itself, says Wal-Mart

    Retailer Wal-Mart Stores continues to build momentum around its radio frequency identification (RFID) tag initiatives, adding new uses for the supply chain technology and getting more suppliers and partners to comply with its RFID mandates…
  • Case Study: Industry Focus: Wireless in manufacturing

    But the real value has come from wireless use in warehouse and distribution environments and, to a lesser extent, on the shop floor, according to analysts.Wireless-enabled radio frequency data-capture devices such as wands, scanners and imagers…
  • Case Study: Gillette shaves costs with RFID

    On a road map, the data encoded in a RFID (radio frequency identification) tag will endure a long but clear-cut journey, travelling thousands of miles from a manufacturer's warehouse to a retailer's distribution centre in a chip no bigger than the…

White Papers

  • Using the Sensor Edge Server to Communicate to Sensor Devices

    RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology is poised to dramatically impact and improve the way manufacturers; distributors and retailers do business and interact with each other. Many of these entities in the supply chain are already…
  • Adaptive Cleaning for RFID Data Streams

    RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) technology promises revolutions in areas such as supply chain management and ubiquitous computing enabled by pervasive, low-cost sensing and identification. In this paper, we propose SMURF, the first…
  • RFID Technology: Changing Business Dramatically Today and Tomorrow

    Is your company currently working to implement radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to track and control goods moving through the supply chain? In an era marked by change, uncertain economic conditions, and relentless competition, you…
  • SAP RFID Technology in the Automotive Industry

    Technologies such as radio frequency identification (RFID) bring new levels of precision to process control and the tracking of containers and returnable packaging. Manufacturers and suppliers alike must gather and share information about products…
  • Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) In The Consumer Goods Supply Chain

    Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) In The Consumer Goods Supply Chain Rock-Tenn Company Mandated compliance or remarkable innovation? Radio Frequency Identification. Is it a mandate from 800-pound industry gorillas, or a far-reaching innovation…
  • Leveraging RFID to Build Enterprise Value in Life Sciences and Improve Patient Care

    There is no question that RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology is going to have a dramatic impact on the life sciences industry.companies, including many in life sciences, are expected to adopt RFID in the next two-to-three years…
 
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