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War Game Exposes Cargo Threat
A dirty bomb is discovered at a US port. The result: all US ports are closed for eight days, causing a 92-day backlog and $58 billion in losses. Companies need to adopt new technologies and new business practices to avoid this devastating scenario, which was played out in a strategic simulation.
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Michelin Embeds RFID Tags in Tires
Michelin this week revealed that it has begun fleet testing of an RFID transponder embedded in its tires to enable them to be tracked electronically. The transponder was specially developed to improve performance and protect the tire.
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Manhattan Associates Gets RFID
The supply chain software company says that it will enhance its PkMS warehouse management system so that it can accept RFID data from tags and readers made by Alien Technology and Symbol Technologies. Manhattan Associates also announced that it has joined the Auto-ID Center.
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Yellow Corp Takes RFID on the Road
Transportation companies have been conspicuously absent from all the news about RFID over the past year. But this week, Yellow Corp., a freight carrier based in Overland Park, Kan., demonstrated an RFID application at its conference in Las Vegas. The company says it wants to drive adoption in the supply chain.
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Army Tests RFID for Access Control
The U.S. Army has hired TransCore, a Dallas company that makes RFID transportation systems, to establish a testbed for access control technology at Fort Monmouth, NJ, for the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command's Research, Development & Engineering Center. The system will use TransCore's passive UHF eGo RFID tag for automatic vehicle identification.
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FEATURE: Sun Shines on Automatic-ID
Sun Microsystems was among the first high-tech manufacturers to see the value of ubiquitous RFID. Dirk Heyman, head of Sun's global consumer goods industry segment and the chairman of the Auto-ID Center's technology board, spoke to RFID Journal about the benefits to manufacturers and about the challenge of creating the needed infrastructure.
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OPINION: Now the Hard Part
Low-cost UHF tags are about to hit the market, and a number of hardware manufacturers are working on multi-frequency, multi-protocol readers that can pick up the Auto-ID Center's Electronic Product Code (EPC). So we're all set for the RFID revolution, right? Not quite.
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News for the Week of Jan. 13, 2003
War Game Exposes Cargo Threat
Michelin Embeds RFID Tags in Tires
Manhattan Associates Gets RFID
Yellow Corp Takes RFID on the Road
Army Tests RFID for Access Control
FEATURE: Sun Shines on Automatic-ID
OPINION: Now the Hard Part
War Game Exposes Cargo Threat
A dirty bomb is discovered at a US port. The result: all US ports are closed for eight days, causing a 92-day backlog and $58 billion in losses. Companies need to adopt new technologies and new business practices to avoid this devastating scenario, which was played out in a strategic simulation.
Full Story
Michelin Embeds RFID Tags in Tires
Michelin this week revealed that it has begun fleet testing of an RFID transponder embedded in its tires to enable them to be tracked electronically. The transponder was specially developed to improve performance and protect the tire.
Full Story
Manhattan Associates Gets RFID
The supply chain software company says that it will enhance its PkMS warehouse management system so that it can accept RFID data from tags and readers made by Alien Technology and Symbol Technologies. Manhattan Associates also announced that it has joined the Auto-ID Center.
Full Story
Yellow Corp Takes RFID on the Road
Transportation companies have been conspicuously absent from all the news about RFID over the past year. But this week, Yellow Corp., a freight carrier based in Overland Park, Kan., demonstrated an RFID application at its conference in Las Vegas. The company says it wants to drive adoption in the supply chain.
Full Story
Army Tests RFID for Access Control
The U.S. Army has hired TransCore, a Dallas company that makes RFID transportation systems, to establish a testbed for access control technology at Fort Monmouth, NJ, for the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command's Research, Development & Engineering Center. The system will use TransCore's passive UHF eGo RFID tag for automatic vehicle identification.
Full Story
FEATURE: Sun Shines on Automatic-ID
Sun Microsystems was among the first high-tech manufacturers to see the value of ubiquitous RFID. Dirk Heyman, head of Sun's global consumer goods industry segment and the chairman of the Auto-ID Center's technology board, spoke to RFID Journal about the benefits to manufacturers and about the challenge of creating the needed infrastructure.
Full Story
OPINION: Now the Hard Part
Low-cost UHF tags are about to hit the market, and a number of hardware manufacturers are working on multi-frequency, multi-protocol readers that can pick up the Auto-ID Center's Electronic Product Code (EPC). So we're all set for the RFID revolution, right? Not quite.
Full Story
