The aircraft manufacturer has decided to permanently roll out an RFID application for tracking jigs, and has also launched other RFID pilots for tracking work orders and tools.
A report issued by international trade association Global Commerce Initiative recommends suppliers and retailers initially focus instead on using RFID for products shipped to distribution centers.
The startup draws on RF expertise from deep-space signal processing to create a system that it says will offer improved performance, new capabilities and lower deployment costs.
The retailer has already adopted item-level tagging at its Columbia University store, and
expects to RFID-enable its 16 other New York City locations during the next three months.
The company is supplying pretagged cardboard boxes to several of its customers, and plans to license its process for manufacturing RFID-tagged cardboard to International Paper and other firms.
Now that California has extended its electronic-pedigree deadline to 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could become the first governing body to issue e-pedigree requirements for protecting the pharma supply chain—assuming it meets its goal.
GlobeRanger announces RFID appliance; Axcess International unveils RFID-enabled stickers with temperature sensors; Rush Tracking Systems intros RFID system for lift trucks; Australian prison to implement RFID-enabled inmate tracking; AWID, Intelleflex strike new licensing deals with Intermec.
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology and P3 say businesses don't appreciate how RFID can help improve the efficiency of numerous business processes.