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RFID technology is not so passive these days. Impinj today announced their new Monza 4 Passive RFID chip, setting the bar for performance in RFID read range, RFID read reliability and speed, and low-c... (more information)
by Bill McBeath and Ann Grackin
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Supply Chain complexity, outsourcing, and the complexity and speed of business processes, enhance the need for real-time visibility across the chain. This makes companies like Acsis an indispensable c... (more information)
by By Ann Grackin
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Of all the RFID solutions in the marketplace today, Active RFID comprises one of the larger RFID market sectors of interest to major companies. Active RFID solutions are used in government, business a... (more information)
by Ann Grackin
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Active RFID has many uses and proven value in specific applications. Whether Asset tracking, access control, security, etc., Active RFID has been successfully deployed in many businesses from Auto, ... (more information)
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In the past, the majority of fixed RFID readers were either your standard issue 4-port "one-size-fits-all" readers or, at the other end of the spectrum, customized for a very specific application such... (more information)
by By Bill McBeath
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Manufacturers increasingly see RFID as a way to enable business process efficiencies rather than merely comply with customer mandates. ... (more information)
by Bill McBeath
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Observations at the National Retail Federation (NRF) 100th Annual Convention and Expo. ... (more information)
by By Ann Grackin
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Known for their ruggedized and high performance RFID tags, Omni-ID recently announced a new product line based on visual tags and a solution for tracking assets in cyclic processes. This marks a major... (more information)
by Bill McBeath
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Biometrics has been a useful technology in financial applications as well as access control. However, it also has a controversial alter-ego. Many governments seek to create national identity cards, us... (more information)
by By Ann Grackin
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The tidal wave of healthcare data is upon us and will only continue to grow rapidly. What can be learned from how Big Data is done in supply chains to get real value? ... (more information)
by Bill McBeath
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A look at the key role that carton-level RFID temperature tagging can have within today's pharmaceutical cold chains.
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by Bill McBeath
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Tsunamis, hurricanes, landslides -- in responding to the needs of the victims of these natural disasters, the effective delivery of food, pharmaceuticals and life saving products are now in the spotli... (more information)
by Carla Reed
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Barcode vs. RFID on Mobile. Is it a duel or will they work together?
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by By Ann Grackin
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Real-time Location of People, Places and Things.
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by By Ann Grackin
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Do standards matter? Do they bring value to end-users? Does the market care? And how does something become a standard, anyway...... (more information)
by By Ann Grackin
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Standards groups are known for glacial speed, but Dash7 moves with faster frequency.
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by By Ann Grackin
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As goods traverse the suppy chain, various parties need to exchange information about these goods. This requires interoperability across the global network, creating the need for the EPCglobal Network... (more information)
by Bill McBeath
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Last week, TAKE Solutions afforded their customers and invited guests an opportunity to spend two days thinking about the future, where they discovered that disruptive events can create interest in di... (more information)
by Ann Grackin
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This memorandum establishes policy for the use of RFID within the Department of Defense (DoD) and initiates a strategy to take maximum advantage of the inherent life-cycle asset management efficiencie... (more information)
by Under Secretary of Defense
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So you think you have supply chain challenges? How about daily price volatility and losses in transportation of up to 20%? Discussions with FoodLink Online, InfinityQS, AFS and Intelleflex.
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by By Ann Grackin
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In foods as diverse as burgers and bean sprouts, pathogens such as E.coli, Salmonella, Listeria and other food pathogens have caused outbreaks and made recent headlines. The challenges in tracing the ... (more information)
by By Ann Grackin
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GS1, HP and Microsoft enter product recall space - but GS1 enters as a nonprofit. What is the impact to industry?... (more information)
by By Ann Grackin
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The tsunamis of data generated by connected care will be nearly useless to caregivers without systems that help digest it all. Can the systems and methods already developed to manage big data in suppl... (more information)
by Bill McBeath
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The RFID system market is maturing, beyond just devices and physical implementation, to providing users with more complete solutions. The vendors who offer well-thought-out solutions, based on solid e... (more information)
by By Bill McBeath
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Although RTLS has utility, and the projects have been interesting, much has to happen to make this market grow.
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by By Ann Grackin
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Solution providers offer simulation tools that help retailers try things out in a virtual environment before trying them in the real world. JDA 3D and Impinj SPS are good examples.... (more information)
by Bill McBeath
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RFID Live exhibitions go beyond hardware demonstration solutions. As the device market matures, the focus is on the business solutions, while electronics sets new records in performance.... (more information)
by By Ann Grackin
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Highlights from the Epicor Insights Conference 2013.... (more information)
by Ann Grackin
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RFID Alive - Learnings from RFID Live Part Two ... (more information)
by Ann Grackin
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With omni-channel, mobile, online competition, and other forces at play, retail is in a state of dynamic transformation. Item-level RFID is playing a role in that transformation and major retailers ar... (more information)
by Bill McBeath
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Once items are being tagged at the source, there are many different places and ways within the retail supply chain that RFID can be used to improve performance or provide additional value to the consu... (more information)
by Bill McBeath
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These two real-world examples highlight what is possible when retailers take an end-to-end approach to item-level RFID.
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by Bill McBeath
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For years, pundits have predicted that the market for Location-Based Services is about to take off. So far that has been mostly wishful thinking. But there are many signs that now the time really is r... (more information)
by By Bill McBeath
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Motorola Solutions continues to innovate devices and solutions, with purpose-driven designs, that set them apart from generic device manufacturers. Here is a firsthand report on Motorola's latest deve... (more information)
by Bill McBeath
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Changing the Way Your Enterprise Organizes, Learns, and Relates to Suppliers and Partners.
Most sourcing and procurement executives instinctively focus on improving their processes, often usi... (more information)
by Bill McBeath
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Estimates on the effects of counterfeit trade exceed two hundred billion dollars (US), and inspections across the world cost billions. Yet only a very few shipments are actually inspected. This issue ... (more information)
by Ann Grackin
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Intelleflex and The Hartford recently formed an alliance to use RFID and temperature monitoring technologies to tackle the multi-billion dollar spoilage problem in the world's food supply chains. ... (more information)
by By Bill McBeath
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RFID is one of those technologies that has as many potential uses as can be imagined. It has been used across virtually all industries and myriad applications. We've seen dramatic reductions in cost a... (more information)
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The benefits of more responsive supply chains are understood, but creating agile processes , especially for warehouses, to improve Customer experience can be a challenge. Several new technologies have... (more information)
by By Ann Grackin
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Recent articles on Walmart's item-level tagging announcement dedicated a lot of print to privacy concerns. Is that the central story?... (more information)
by By Bill McBeath
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From Prada to American Eagle: from the edge of fashion to the middle, the brand, the fashion and the efficiencies come from technology investments.... (more information)
by By Ann Grackin
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ChainLink Research, in partnership with CSCMP, has created a program specifically designed to meet the needs of supply chain management professionals. This course will provide new research and fresh i... (more information)
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ChainLink Research, in partnership with CSCMP, has created a program specifically designed to meet the needs of supply chain management professionals. This course will provide new research and fresh i... (more information)
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The hype around the adoption of RFID as the 'hot new technology' continues. The reality is that RFID, despite the fact that this is a relatively mature technology, is still far from mainstream.... (more information)
by Carla Reed
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MIT Auto-ID Center event attendees and speakers reflect on launch of RFID and what's in store for the future.... (more information)
by Ann Grackin
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Are we going to create another stovepipe? Or can we all just get along?... (more information)
by Ann Grackin
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One of the suppliers making strides in complying with Wal-Mart's RFID mandates is HP. We can all learn some lessons from the experience of these kinds of supplier programs.... (more information)
by Bill McBeath
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RFID technology, implementation experience, and value realization have evolved quickly in the last few years. With global standards - not just for hardware, but also data - the confidence of the user ... (more information)
by Ann Grackin
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New companies and established players get funding.
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by By Ann Grackin
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The extended Consumer Supply Chain is driven by serving the demands of the ultimate customer. Since consumers have no obligation to present forecasts to their merchants, that means businesses need to ... (more information)
by Ann Grackin
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Understanding DoD RFID Policy and Data Requirements - What this session is about: This session is targeted to DoD Suppliers who are i
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Module Two - Understanding RFID Solutions Session A: RFID Technology Basics
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Module Two - Understanding RFID Solutions Session B: The Science Behind RFID (segment 4)... (more information)
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Module Three - Getting Started
Session A: Understanding the DoD Supply Chain (segment 5)
Have you ever wondered how the DoD manages to move all the necessary supplies to the war ... (more information)
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While many manufacturers are adopting RFID by force of mandate, even more of them are seeking ways to use the technology to improve their operations. Our survey of 275 manufacturing companies across ... (more information)
by Bill McBeath
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This report contains research into current and planned use of RFID in Maritime. In discussion with shippers, carriers, port operators and technology providers, the report covers these areas:
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by Ann Grackin
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RFID can, if implemented correctly, have a significant impact on retail performance. This report takes a look at what is being done by some early adopters. This report covers the type of RFID ... (more information)
by Laura Faught
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by Ann Grackin, Bill McBeath
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This report -- RFID Hardware -- is for two audiences. There is a primer for those who do not have RFID knowledge. Although we use the word primer, we think most people will still learn a bit ... (more information)
by Ann Grackin
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Authorities across the globe recognize the value of sharing patient and remedy data across a network of expert medical practitioners. The concept of "tele-medicine" has been positively received in sev... (more information)
by Carla Frances Reed
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Estimates for the true cost of drug manufacturing, from drug discovery to commercialization, range from hundreds of millions to billions of dollars. Irrespective of the financial considerations, findi... (more information)
by Carla Frances Reed
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The pressure is on from consumers and industry to protect their own interests. These represent sometimes-conflicting goals...... (more information)
by Lucy West
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A ChainLink eLearning Workshop Playback:
First in a Series of Four ChainLink Research invites you to "RFID in Healthcare and Life Sciences", the industry's best educational session on R ... (more information)
by Instructors: Bill McBeath, Carla Reed
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ChainLink Research invites you to continue with "RFID in Healthcare and Life Sciences", the industry's best educational session on RFID in the End-to-End Healthcare Chain. In this 90 minute class at y... (more information)
by Instructors: Carla Reed
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ChainLink Research invites you to "RFID in Pharmaceutical Discovery", the playback recording of the fourth and last in a series of four educational sessions on the use of RFID in the End-to-End Hea ... (more information)
by Instructor: Carla Reed
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The discussion has moved from if to how for many major pharmaceutical manufacturers. The barriers to adoption are down and the benefits are up. So you may have a good reason to look at ... (more information)
by Ann Grackin
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RFID can help businesses create ways to see and sense - in real-time, all the time - product consumption, as well as evolve their offerings over time, to continue to meet the needs of an ever more sop... (more information)
by Ann Grackin
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This month we have a contribution by Dr. Peter Harrop, Chairman of IDTechEX out of the UK. Peter has shared with us some different perspectives on RFID and its evolution and growth in the Supply Chai... (more information)
by Dr. Peter Harrop
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What I learned at RFID Live 2012, Part One . . . Or how I learned to make a great cup of coffee!... (more information)
by Ann Grackin
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Industry applications were abundant at RFID LIVE, including these in retail, healthcare, aerospace, and IT asset tracking.
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by Bill McBeath
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The RFID chip makers kept up the pace with new innovations shown at RFID LIVE.
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by Bill McBeath
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Industry applications dominate at RFID LIVE; in manufacturing, returnable transport items, cattle tracking, paper pulp, and more.
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by Bill McBeath
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Although there is extraordinary hype, with at least one industry show per week dedicated to RFID, it will take awhile before this turns into serious money for vendors.... (more information)
by Ann Grackin
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While the use of RFID to track livestock is fertile ground for humor, the story in this arena plays out all the issues inherent in any large scale Business Process Improvement (BPI) project but colore... (more information)
by Lonnie Childs
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In spite of disillusionment about the RFID sector over the past couple of years (mostly by those who were swept up in the earlier wave of hype), the RFID Market is still receiving investments, such as... (more information)
by By Bill McBeath
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The Department of Defense recently embarked upon a vision for accelerating transformation of its logistics capabilities over the next five to ten years. The primary objective is ensuring consistent, r... (more information)
by Ann Grackin
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The art of getting customers to opt in is the start of the "opting in chain", so to speak. And, at the heart of that art, is to ensure that the customer perceives and gets value as well as an improve... (more information)
by Laura Faught
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Recently I spoke at the National Retail Federation in the center of retail: New York City! The big buzz this year, no surprise, was about RFID.... (more information)
by Ann Grackin
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We wanted to ask successful RFID implementers to comment on RFID. Here is a perspective from Toby Rush, CEO of Rush Tracking Systems, who shares his insights on the full view of what RFID is and how ... (more information)
by Toby Rush
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The recent RFID Journal Live conference had an interesting new attendee profile: members of the legal community, anxious to learn what was new and valuable in the world of RFID and other auto-identifi... (more information)
by Carla Reed
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Cyber Security, Compliance, Privacy, Supply Chain, Import Security, Anti-Counterfeiting, Critical Infrastructures and scary threats like fraud and piracy, ID theft, fraudulent checks, skimmers, phishi... (more information)
by By Grackin, West, and the ChainLink Team
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We don't always think of SAP as an innovator. But they are doing a lot. Complex Event Processing based on real-time sensor data, social media to find the right skilled people, embedded analytics, and ... (more information)
by By Bill McBeath
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Six million counterfeit cosmetics/personal care products and 1.2 million foodstuffs and beverage products were seized at the European Union (EU) border in 2007. In addition, counterfeit medicines had ... (more information)
by By Ann Grackin
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The MIT RFID and Sensor SIG had something for every generation of futurists, from "social tribing" to manufacturing locating systems.... (more information)
by By Tom Coyle
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The accurate and timely sharing of strategy, planning, and execution information across the end-to-end supply chain has become critical. The elimination of trade barriers, and the move to massive outs... (more information)
by Carla Reed, Bill McBeath, Ann Grackin
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Like a summer reading list, this is a summer technology list. Spend some time contemplating and learning about the future...... (more information)
by By Ann Grackin
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This document is designed to provide an across-supply-chain 'checklist' of practices and actionable suggestions to tune your supply chain for better performance, to deal with volatile and seasonal cha... (more information)
by Ann Grackin
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A delightful story about how the use of RFID technology and supporting business processes can ultimately transform the way we live, work, and play. Follow Suzy Shopper and Peter Procurer as they and t... (more information)
by Laura Faught
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Finally, an airline got smart with Customer Experience by using RFID for easy check-in and bag tracking, boarding passes and more . . .... (more information)
by By Ann Grackin
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We present a roadmap for the future of RFID protocols. We cover two dimensions: added functionality and new versions. We show that functionality can be added to RFID tags without compromising modulari... (more information)
by Sanjay Sarma, Daniel Engels
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Better care, patient safety at lower cost. Sounds like a goal we have been hearing for decades. Yet so far the US healthcare industry has been going in the opposite direction. Greater cost, more paper... (more information)
by Ann Grackin
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This white paper is no longer available. For more articles on RFID, see below:... (more information)
by Sanjay Sarma, Daniel Engels
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RFID's potential use cases are limited only by the imagination. We explore some of the possibilities, starting with how RFID is being embedded and used in various product designs.... (more information)
by Bill McBeath
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Bad data is usually the biggest challenge to integrating systems. It can bring not only sytems but also the whole enterprise to its knees. That is why leading per-formers like Wal-Mart and Dell are ob... (more information)
by Bill McBeath
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RFID and wireless usage will drive up data transactions by ten fold over the next few years. It is likely that a significant re-addressing of the infrastructure will be required-in the enterprise and ... (more information)
by Ann Grackin
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We are moving from the era of silos to integration of functions and systems within the retail store. ... (more information)
by By Bill McBeath
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With continued Supply Chain outsourcing to low cost producers, piracy and counterfeiting loom large. So I went to meet with Paul Fox, who is the Chairman of the Coalition Against Counterfeiting and Pi... (more information)
by Ann Grackin
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RFID middleware has a critical role to play in cleaving together and clarifying the signals and intelligence, bi-directionally from the device layer to the business applications, or out to the communi... (more information)
by Ann Grackin
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Some went looking for it. Others stumbled upon it by chance. But Indian brains are driving the RFID revolution.... (more information)
by IEEE Survey of the Future
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We just got back from the National Retail Federation show in NYC-home of big retailing. The big hit of the show was the Metro Group's Store of the Future. ... (more information)
by Ann Grackin
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Recent developments in technology have enabled the integration of e-paper with RFID tags to create dynamic visual tags. This is a powerful combination, especially for cyclic processes.... (more information)
by Bill McBeath
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GS1 and VICS' announcement of an item-level RFID initiative might appear to be the formation of "just another technical working group." But it is actually one more indicator that we are finally at the... (more information)
by By Bill McBeath
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Tyco opens its Retail Performance Briefing Center in Boca Raton. ... (more information)
by Ann Grackin
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Smart phones, clean energy, energy independence, disruptive technologies, emerging markets, and the economic restructuring of the world - who will be the players in all that?
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by By Ann Grackin
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Articles about the recent major item-level RFID tagging initiatives in retail (Macy's, JCP, M&S, et al) have focused on what it means for the retailer. Here we examine some impacts for suppliers.... (more information)
by Bill McBeath
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Google's VP of Search Product has shifted roles to take charge of their location services. This is just one more sign of the growing battle over services for locating people and things, with wireless ... (more information)
by By Bill McBeath
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How end-to-end temperature monitoring improves produce quality, reduces waste, and increases customer satisfaction and profitability.... (more information)
by Bill McBeath
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