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.
Martec says its system will offer improved read range and other benefits compared with traditional passive RFID tags, and cost less than systems using active tags.
The prefabricated transportable structure, developed by a European startup, features RFID interrogators at the point of sale and exit door, enabling a retailer to operate without staff, and to quickly open up new branches to meet demand.
A new battery-assisted passive RFID tag, small enough to fit in a pocket, enables users to track keys to lock boxes, as well as manage small high-value assets.