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News For The Week Of Dec. 1
DOD Stresses RFID Cooperation
Estimating the Pace of RFID Adoption
SmartCode Readies RFID Production
Dexit Turns RFID Cards into Cash
HighJump Makes the Leap to RFID
FEATURED STORY
Brink's Arms Itself with RFID
OPINION
Trend Lines, Part II
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TOP NEWS
DOD Stresses RFID Cooperation
At a meeting with representatives from some 200 suppliers at a Fairfax, Va., hotel, senior officials of the United States military stressed that they wanted to engage suppliers in a constructive dialog over the Department of Defense's plan to use RFID to track supplies beginning in January 2005.
Full Story
Estimating the Pace of RFID Adoption
A new report analyzing the potential for international RFID deployment over the next 20 years estimates that tagging will be commonplace within four years as tag prices drop significantly. Entitled “Countdown to RFID,” the report by Insight Research is based on more than 50 interviews with senior executives from retailers, manufacturers and technology providers in the U.K., Europe, U.S. and Japan.
Full Story
SmartCode Readies RFID Production
SmartCode Corp., a Tel Aviv RFID systems provider founded by former Israeli intelligence RF experts, has unveiled a second-generation RFID tag assembly machine—dubbed FAST, for Flexible Area Synchronized Transfer—that it says can produce 10 billion units per year.
Full Story
Dexit Turns RFID Cards into Cash
To create a service that lets consumers quickly purchase goods, start-up Dexit has turned to RFID to underpin its cashless payments system. In September Dexit launched an electronic payment service in its home city of Toronto and says it is on the way to reaching twin targets of 50,000 contactless cards and 300 readers in operation in the city by April next year.
Full Story
HighJump Makes the Leap to RFID
HighJump Software, an Eden Prairie, Minn., provider of supply chain execution software, has added RFID-enabling modules for warehouse management, visibility and tracking, and manufacturing shop floor data collection systems. The modules include a wizard that helps companies quickly configure specific processes to utilize RFID, bar codes or both, depending on their specific requirements.
Full Story
FEATURED STORY
Brink's Arms Itself with RFID
RFID is not just for supply chain applications. To thwart robbers, Brink's Inc., the world's largest security transportation company, has worked with RFID systems provider EM Microelectronic to develop an innovative RFID-enabled money box that self-destructs when stolen.
Premium Content
OPINION
Trend Lines, Part II
There is a great deal of concern that the RFID industry could face a split similar to the one that occurred in the cell phone industry, with the United States adopting one technology (EPC) and the rest of the world using another (ISO). A single standard is not only crucial, but also inevitable.
Full Story
DOD Stresses RFID Cooperation
At a meeting with representatives from some 200 suppliers at a Fairfax, Va., hotel, senior officials of the United States military stressed that they wanted to engage suppliers in a constructive dialog over the Department of Defense's plan to use RFID to track supplies beginning in January 2005.
Full Story
Estimating the Pace of RFID Adoption
A new report analyzing the potential for international RFID deployment over the next 20 years estimates that tagging will be commonplace within four years as tag prices drop significantly. Entitled “Countdown to RFID,” the report by Insight Research is based on more than 50 interviews with senior executives from retailers, manufacturers and technology providers in the U.K., Europe, U.S. and Japan.
Full Story
SmartCode Readies RFID Production
SmartCode Corp., a Tel Aviv RFID systems provider founded by former Israeli intelligence RF experts, has unveiled a second-generation RFID tag assembly machine—dubbed FAST, for Flexible Area Synchronized Transfer—that it says can produce 10 billion units per year.
Full Story
Dexit Turns RFID Cards into Cash
To create a service that lets consumers quickly purchase goods, start-up Dexit has turned to RFID to underpin its cashless payments system. In September Dexit launched an electronic payment service in its home city of Toronto and says it is on the way to reaching twin targets of 50,000 contactless cards and 300 readers in operation in the city by April next year.
Full Story
HighJump Makes the Leap to RFID
HighJump Software, an Eden Prairie, Minn., provider of supply chain execution software, has added RFID-enabling modules for warehouse management, visibility and tracking, and manufacturing shop floor data collection systems. The modules include a wizard that helps companies quickly configure specific processes to utilize RFID, bar codes or both, depending on their specific requirements.
Full Story
FEATURED STORY
Brink's Arms Itself with RFID
RFID is not just for supply chain applications. To thwart robbers, Brink's Inc., the world's largest security transportation company, has worked with RFID systems provider EM Microelectronic to develop an innovative RFID-enabled money box that self-destructs when stolen.
Premium Content
OPINION
Trend Lines, Part II
There is a great deal of concern that the RFID industry could face a split similar to the one that occurred in the cell phone industry, with the United States adopting one technology (EPC) and the rest of the world using another (ISO). A single standard is not only crucial, but also inevitable.
Full Story
