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News For The Week Of August 18
Wal-Mart Expands RFID Requirement
California Legislature Probes RFID
RFID Tracks Video and DVD Rentals
Sun Sees Big Benefits in RFID
RFID Help for Companies Using SAP
FEATURED STORY
Perfecting Just-In-Time Production
OPINION
What's Your Model?
SPECIAL SPONSORED SECTION
RFID Opportunities and Challenges
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Wal-Mart Expands RFID Requirement
If anyone still has any doubts that Wal-Mart is serious about deploying RFID technology in its supply chain, they should be dispelled by its latest revelation. The world's largest retailer says it will require all of its suppliers to put RFID tags carrying Electronic Product Codes on pallets and cases by the end of 2006.
Full Story
California Legislature Probes RFID
It was a landmark of sorts. Sen. Debra Bowen, chair of the California Legislature's Joint Committee on Preparing California for the 21st Century, held the first-ever hearings on the privacy implications of RFID technology on August 18th.
Full Story
RFID Tracks Video and DVD Rentals
Many companies that rent videos, DVDs and computer games struggle to track their inventory. Customers often pick up movies and put them back in the wrong place, and thieves find ways to spirit coveted titles out of stores. TVL, a software application development company that focuses on asset tracking, has integrated RFID with its Rapid Rental software to help solve both problems.
Full Story
Sun Sees Big Benefits in RFID
Speaking at Sun Microsystems' recent Software Media Roundtable in New York, Jonathan Schwartz, executive VP for Sun Software, said his company is committed to providing the technology and IT infrastructure to support RFID deployments, and that it's already seeing proof of the technology's potential.
Full Story
RFID Help for Companies Using SAP
Ever since Wal-Mart announced that its top 100 suppliers would have to put RFID tags on pallets and cases shipped to the retailer’s distribution centers and stores by January 2005, vendors have been devising new offerings to help the suppliers comply. This week, Acsis, a supply-chain systems specialist based in Marlton, N.J., launched an RFID consulting program to help Wal-Mart suppliers running SAP software.
Full Story
FEATURED STORY
Perfecting Just-In-Time Production
Johnson Controls' business is all about delivering what big automakers, such as DaimlerChrysler, Ford Motor Co. and General Motors, want, when they want it and in the order they want. That's one reason the $20 billion Milwaukee, Wisc.-based supplier of car and truck interiors decided to deploy an RFID system in its Livermore, Calif., production facility. The 13.56 MHz RFID system has proven to be 99.9 percent accurate.
Paid Content
OPINION
What's Your Model?
The Internet created new opportunities for companies to sell products and offer services in new ways. Radio frequency identification will do the same. Companies such as International Paper and Sony are already exploring the potential to create new revenue streams by creating new business models.
Full Story
SPECIAL SPONSORED SECTION
RFID Opportunities and Challenges
RFID can provide a wide variety of benefits across many different industries. But there are also major obstacles to overcome in deploying the technology. The two biggest hurdles: building an infrastructure that handles the data and then making use of the data.
Full Story
Wal-Mart Expands RFID Requirement
If anyone still has any doubts that Wal-Mart is serious about deploying RFID technology in its supply chain, they should be dispelled by its latest revelation. The world's largest retailer says it will require all of its suppliers to put RFID tags carrying Electronic Product Codes on pallets and cases by the end of 2006.
Full Story
California Legislature Probes RFID
It was a landmark of sorts. Sen. Debra Bowen, chair of the California Legislature's Joint Committee on Preparing California for the 21st Century, held the first-ever hearings on the privacy implications of RFID technology on August 18th.
Full Story
RFID Tracks Video and DVD Rentals
Many companies that rent videos, DVDs and computer games struggle to track their inventory. Customers often pick up movies and put them back in the wrong place, and thieves find ways to spirit coveted titles out of stores. TVL, a software application development company that focuses on asset tracking, has integrated RFID with its Rapid Rental software to help solve both problems.
Full Story
Sun Sees Big Benefits in RFID
Speaking at Sun Microsystems' recent Software Media Roundtable in New York, Jonathan Schwartz, executive VP for Sun Software, said his company is committed to providing the technology and IT infrastructure to support RFID deployments, and that it's already seeing proof of the technology's potential.
Full Story
RFID Help for Companies Using SAP
Ever since Wal-Mart announced that its top 100 suppliers would have to put RFID tags on pallets and cases shipped to the retailer’s distribution centers and stores by January 2005, vendors have been devising new offerings to help the suppliers comply. This week, Acsis, a supply-chain systems specialist based in Marlton, N.J., launched an RFID consulting program to help Wal-Mart suppliers running SAP software.
Full Story
FEATURED STORY
Perfecting Just-In-Time Production
Johnson Controls' business is all about delivering what big automakers, such as DaimlerChrysler, Ford Motor Co. and General Motors, want, when they want it and in the order they want. That's one reason the $20 billion Milwaukee, Wisc.-based supplier of car and truck interiors decided to deploy an RFID system in its Livermore, Calif., production facility. The 13.56 MHz RFID system has proven to be 99.9 percent accurate.
Paid Content
OPINION
What's Your Model?
The Internet created new opportunities for companies to sell products and offer services in new ways. Radio frequency identification will do the same. Companies such as International Paper and Sony are already exploring the potential to create new revenue streams by creating new business models.
Full Story
SPECIAL SPONSORED SECTION
RFID Opportunities and Challenges
RFID can provide a wide variety of benefits across many different industries. But there are also major obstacles to overcome in deploying the technology. The two biggest hurdles: building an infrastructure that handles the data and then making use of the data.
Full Story
