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News for the Week of Oct. 21, 2002
E.U. Retailers Gear Up For Item-Level Tracking
Music CD Tracking Project Deemed A Hit
SKU Picking in the DC Goes Mobile
Datacard and Identix Offer Biometric ID Cards
FEATURE: Auto-ID Center Ponders Patent Pool
OP-ED: Patently Obvious
EU Retailers To Track At Item-Level
Several major European apparel and footwear retailers are planning to purchase upwards of 3 billion RFID tags for implementations that will begin next year, according to Peter Abell, director of research for AMR Research’s retail practice. The companies will track individual items in an effort to boost sales, cut costs and gain a competitive edge.
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CD Tracking Project Deemed A Hit
e.center, a U.K. e-business and supply chain standards association, has concluded the live phase of its CD.id project, in which individual music CDs were tracked through the supply chain. The final results and recommendations won’t be released until next spring, but all indications are that the project was a success.
Full Story
SKU Picking in the DC Goes Mobile
FKI Logistex Real Time Solutions has introduced a mobile pick-to-light system that speeds up the process of finding and picking slow-moving items in a distribution center. Next up: Combining voice and RFID technologies to provide a fast, foolproof method of gathering items. Full Story
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Partners to Offer Biometric IDs
Datacard Group, a leading provider of systems for producing and managing credit and identification cards, and Identix, the largest biometrics company in the United States, are teaming up to promote and sell fingerprint identification technology to government agencies, banks and corporations.
Full Story
FEATURE
Auto-ID Center Ponders Patent Pool
A pool could reduce the risk of lawsuits slowing the adoption of its RFID system. There seems to be little risk for patent holders, but it’s not clear whether the industry will go along.
Subscribers Only
OP-ED: Patently Obvious
The Auto-ID Center is considering creating a patent pool to reduce the risk of lawsuits derailing its technology. Patent holders must realize that it is better to compete head-to-head in a $100 billion market than to hold the patent on a technology for which there is no market.
Full Story
Several major European apparel and footwear retailers are planning to purchase upwards of 3 billion RFID tags for implementations that will begin next year, according to Peter Abell, director of research for AMR Research’s retail practice. The companies will track individual items in an effort to boost sales, cut costs and gain a competitive edge.
Full Story
CD Tracking Project Deemed A Hit
e.center, a U.K. e-business and supply chain standards association, has concluded the live phase of its CD.id project, in which individual music CDs were tracked through the supply chain. The final results and recommendations won’t be released until next spring, but all indications are that the project was a success.
Full Story
SKU Picking in the DC Goes Mobile
FKI Logistex Real Time Solutions has introduced a mobile pick-to-light system that speeds up the process of finding and picking slow-moving items in a distribution center. Next up: Combining voice and RFID technologies to provide a fast, foolproof method of gathering items. Full Story
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Partners to Offer Biometric IDs
Datacard Group, a leading provider of systems for producing and managing credit and identification cards, and Identix, the largest biometrics company in the United States, are teaming up to promote and sell fingerprint identification technology to government agencies, banks and corporations.
Full Story
FEATURE
Auto-ID Center Ponders Patent Pool
A pool could reduce the risk of lawsuits slowing the adoption of its RFID system. There seems to be little risk for patent holders, but it’s not clear whether the industry will go along.
Subscribers Only
OP-ED: Patently Obvious
The Auto-ID Center is considering creating a patent pool to reduce the risk of lawsuits derailing its technology. Patent holders must realize that it is better to compete head-to-head in a $100 billion market than to hold the patent on a technology for which there is no market.
Full Story
