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News For The Week Of July 21
Toppan Gears Up for Low-Cost RFID
Passive, Active RFID Tags Linked
V3 Teams with Alien, Xterprise
Industry Vets Launch ePC Group
CEOs Get the Message About EPC
FEATURED STORY
Asset Tracking in Big Organizations
OPINION
Big Brother's Enemy
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TOP NEWS
Toppan Gears Up for Low-Cost RFID
Toppan Printing, a $10 billion Japanese printing, electronics and industrial products manufacturer, will begin volume production in December of dual-band RFID tags that it says will cost about 5 cents. The company also plans to sell reader modules that cost less than $20.
Full Story
Passive, Active RFID Tags Linked
Savi Technology, a maker of battery-powered transponders and supply chain software, is collaborating with EPC tag producer Matrics to develop a new line of readers that will enable companies to combine long- and short-range RFID tags for "nested visibility" within the supply chain.
Full Story
V3 Teams with Alien, Xterprise
Logistics and warehouse management software vendor V3 Systems is teaming up with RFID equipment vendor Alien Technology and systems integrator Xterprise to jointly market and implement RFID technology for consumer goods manufacturers and suppliers. The partners say their solution is a low-cost way to meet Wal-Mart's RFID tagging deadline.
Full Story
Industry Vets Launch ePC Group
Pete Abell and John Greaves have teamed up to offer high-level consulting services to suppliers trying to meet Wal-Mart's deadline for tagging cases and pallets, to retailers that want to be fast-followers behind Wal-Mart and to product developers looking to create new products that take advantage of RFID data.
Full Story
CEOs Get the Message About EPC
Adopting Electronic Product Code technology is going to require a significant investment in readers, tags, software and integration services, so companies will first need to get support from top management. For that reason, the Auto-ID Center took its message directly to CEOs last week.
Full Story
FEATURED STORY
Asset Tracking in Big Organizations
Huge organizations are not known for innovation, especially huge organizations that happen to be government agencies. But every now and then, even in government, a spark of an idea catches fire. After watching a presentation of an RFID system in action, Gary Orem saw the technology's potential benefits for the Social Security Administration, one of the nation's biggest government bureaucracies. Low-cost pilots proved that RFID could help track laptops and other assets, better manage vehicle use, reduce paperwork and save the SSA a lot of money.
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OPINION
Big Brother's Enemy
Some believe that RFID is going to usher in an age of government control. In fact, RFID is just another form of information technology, and history has shown us that information technology is Big Brother's biggest enemy.
Full Story
SPECIAL SPONSORED SECTION
Visibility, Efficiency and Logistics
RFID, combined with telematics, can provide supply chain visibility, boost operational efficiency and give companies the flexibility to react on the fly to changes in demand. The only question is whether logistics companies will invest in the technology.
Full Story
Toppan Gears Up for Low-Cost RFID
Toppan Printing, a $10 billion Japanese printing, electronics and industrial products manufacturer, will begin volume production in December of dual-band RFID tags that it says will cost about 5 cents. The company also plans to sell reader modules that cost less than $20.
Full Story
Passive, Active RFID Tags Linked
Savi Technology, a maker of battery-powered transponders and supply chain software, is collaborating with EPC tag producer Matrics to develop a new line of readers that will enable companies to combine long- and short-range RFID tags for "nested visibility" within the supply chain.
Full Story
V3 Teams with Alien, Xterprise
Logistics and warehouse management software vendor V3 Systems is teaming up with RFID equipment vendor Alien Technology and systems integrator Xterprise to jointly market and implement RFID technology for consumer goods manufacturers and suppliers. The partners say their solution is a low-cost way to meet Wal-Mart's RFID tagging deadline.
Full Story
Industry Vets Launch ePC Group
Pete Abell and John Greaves have teamed up to offer high-level consulting services to suppliers trying to meet Wal-Mart's deadline for tagging cases and pallets, to retailers that want to be fast-followers behind Wal-Mart and to product developers looking to create new products that take advantage of RFID data.
Full Story
CEOs Get the Message About EPC
Adopting Electronic Product Code technology is going to require a significant investment in readers, tags, software and integration services, so companies will first need to get support from top management. For that reason, the Auto-ID Center took its message directly to CEOs last week.
Full Story
FEATURED STORY
Asset Tracking in Big Organizations
Huge organizations are not known for innovation, especially huge organizations that happen to be government agencies. But every now and then, even in government, a spark of an idea catches fire. After watching a presentation of an RFID system in action, Gary Orem saw the technology's potential benefits for the Social Security Administration, one of the nation's biggest government bureaucracies. Low-cost pilots proved that RFID could help track laptops and other assets, better manage vehicle use, reduce paperwork and save the SSA a lot of money.
Paid Content
OPINION
Big Brother's Enemy
Some believe that RFID is going to usher in an age of government control. In fact, RFID is just another form of information technology, and history has shown us that information technology is Big Brother's biggest enemy.
Full Story
SPECIAL SPONSORED SECTION
Visibility, Efficiency and Logistics
RFID, combined with telematics, can provide supply chain visibility, boost operational efficiency and give companies the flexibility to react on the fly to changes in demand. The only question is whether logistics companies will invest in the technology.
Full Story
