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News for the Week of June 2
Singapore Fights SARS with RFID
Group Examines RFID Retail Costs
Making RFID Payments Ubiquitous
Magellan Unveils Tunnel Readers
Temperature Sensors Down Under
FEATURED STORY: RFID, Privacy and Corporate Data
OPINION: The Electronic Frisk
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TOP NEWS
Singapore Fights SARS with RFID
Radio frequency identification is playing a role in the global fight to contain Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS. Two hospitals in Singapore are now testing an RFID system that tracks the movement of staff, visitors and patients so the hospitals can trace all of the people with whom a suspected SARS patient had contact.
Full Story
Group Examines RFID Retail Costs
The high cost of deploying RFID technology in retailing has been inhibiting its adoption. This summer, Descartes Systems Group, an Ontario supply chain software company, will run a pilot with three other Canadian companies to explore the costs and business benefits of deploying RFID technology in the retail sector. The aim is to determine whether the benefits justifying sharing RFID costs among partners in the supply chain.
Full Story
Making RFID Payments Ubiquitous
The folks at Visa International would like you to use your Visa credit or debit card to pay for everything, no matter where you are. Their counterparts at Royal Philips Electronics would like to sell millions of RFID chips used in smart cards. So the two companies have teamed up to try to make wireless payments as common as pocket change. The result could be more convenience for consumers.
Full Story
Magellan Unveils Tunnel Readers
Magellan Technology of Sydney, Australia, has introduced more advanced versions of its large tunnel readers, which are built to read many tags on items moving along high-speed conveyor belts. They can be used to sort airline baggage, parcels and other items in industrial settings.
Full Story
Temperature Sensors Down Under
Smart label specialist KSW-Microtec has signed an exclusive reseller deal covering Australia and New Zealand for its integrated RFID temperature sensor label. Global Licensing & Innovation will resell KSW’s TempSense label to the region's perishable goods industries. GL&I plans to integrate the labels with its existing packaging business. It will also sell the tags separately, or with consulting services.
Full Story
FEATURED STORY
RFID, Privacy and Corporate Data
Radio frequency identification offers tremendous potential to cut waste and boost efficiency across supply chains, once standards are adopted. But open standards also raise the specter of competitors being able to read data off of your tags or intercepting communications between tags and readers. That means competitors potentially could gain valuable insights about your product mix or the amount of business you are doing with a valued customer. This week's Feature looks at the issues surrounding the need to secure corporate data and the integrity of products.
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OPINION
The Electronic Frisk
Some people have concerns that RFID tags embedded in our clothes or in items carried on our persons will be used to identify and track us. Here's a look at exactly what it would take for one retailer to identify someone by the tag in clothes sold by another retailer.
Full Story
SPECIAL SPONSORED SECTION
Manufacturing Gains in Efficiency
RFID promises to profoundly improve key operational areas for manufacturers in many industries. Based on Accenture research, a typical manufacturer could expect to boost sales by 1 to 2 percent by reducing out-of-stock items; decrease inventory by 10 to 30 percent by cutting safety stocks; and reduce shrinkage by 10 percent. This article explains how. You can also download related white papers and view videos of RFID in action.
Full Story
Singapore Fights SARS with RFID
Radio frequency identification is playing a role in the global fight to contain Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS. Two hospitals in Singapore are now testing an RFID system that tracks the movement of staff, visitors and patients so the hospitals can trace all of the people with whom a suspected SARS patient had contact.
Full Story
Group Examines RFID Retail Costs
The high cost of deploying RFID technology in retailing has been inhibiting its adoption. This summer, Descartes Systems Group, an Ontario supply chain software company, will run a pilot with three other Canadian companies to explore the costs and business benefits of deploying RFID technology in the retail sector. The aim is to determine whether the benefits justifying sharing RFID costs among partners in the supply chain.
Full Story
Making RFID Payments Ubiquitous
The folks at Visa International would like you to use your Visa credit or debit card to pay for everything, no matter where you are. Their counterparts at Royal Philips Electronics would like to sell millions of RFID chips used in smart cards. So the two companies have teamed up to try to make wireless payments as common as pocket change. The result could be more convenience for consumers.
Full Story
Magellan Unveils Tunnel Readers
Magellan Technology of Sydney, Australia, has introduced more advanced versions of its large tunnel readers, which are built to read many tags on items moving along high-speed conveyor belts. They can be used to sort airline baggage, parcels and other items in industrial settings.
Full Story
Temperature Sensors Down Under
Smart label specialist KSW-Microtec has signed an exclusive reseller deal covering Australia and New Zealand for its integrated RFID temperature sensor label. Global Licensing & Innovation will resell KSW’s TempSense label to the region's perishable goods industries. GL&I plans to integrate the labels with its existing packaging business. It will also sell the tags separately, or with consulting services.
Full Story
FEATURED STORY
RFID, Privacy and Corporate Data
Radio frequency identification offers tremendous potential to cut waste and boost efficiency across supply chains, once standards are adopted. But open standards also raise the specter of competitors being able to read data off of your tags or intercepting communications between tags and readers. That means competitors potentially could gain valuable insights about your product mix or the amount of business you are doing with a valued customer. This week's Feature looks at the issues surrounding the need to secure corporate data and the integrity of products.
Paid Subscribers Only
OPINION
The Electronic Frisk
Some people have concerns that RFID tags embedded in our clothes or in items carried on our persons will be used to identify and track us. Here's a look at exactly what it would take for one retailer to identify someone by the tag in clothes sold by another retailer.
Full Story
SPECIAL SPONSORED SECTION
Manufacturing Gains in Efficiency
RFID promises to profoundly improve key operational areas for manufacturers in many industries. Based on Accenture research, a typical manufacturer could expect to boost sales by 1 to 2 percent by reducing out-of-stock items; decrease inventory by 10 to 30 percent by cutting safety stocks; and reduce shrinkage by 10 percent. This article explains how. You can also download related white papers and view videos of RFID in action.
Full Story
