Rfidjournal.com Manufacturing RSS Feed http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/rssheadlines/vertical/9/ RFID Journal News en International Group Tests RFID for Food Safety to Hawaii http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/view/9216/ The project is using radio frequency identification and GPS technologies to track the temperature and location of produce as it is shipped from Taiwan and California to Armstrong Produce, a food company in Honolulu. GS1 US Offers "EPC Item-Level Readiness Program" Aimed at Retailers, Suppliers http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/view/9178/ The program, consisting of webinars, discussion groups and support tools, is intended to help U.S. consumer goods suppliers and retailers pilot and deploy EPC-based UHF Gen 2 item-level RFID technology. Kid's Clothing Company Uses RFID From Factory to Store http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/view/9169/ Trasluz's manufacturing plants apply EPC tags to all products, enabling the company's warehouse to track their arrival and departure, and its franchise-operated stores to employ RFID for inventory tracking, at the point of sale and for security. Lipa Betoni Uses Bluetooth-Based RTLS to Manage Production http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/view/9142/ The Finnish precast-concrete manufacturer says 9Solutions' Indoor Positioning and Communication Solution is helping it to become more efficient. Enterprise Deployments Gain Momentum http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/view/9139/ 2012 is unlikely to be a year of great economic growth, but more companies are expected to deploy RFID as architecture that delivers benefits across an enterprise. Alliance One Turns Over a New Leaf in Tobacco Handling http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/view/8901/ In Brazil, RFID brings new efficiencies to product sorting and storage. PigTracker Project Finds UHF Tags Effective for Swine http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/view/9129/ The Danish Agriculture & Food Council conducted a three-year pilot at five farms to learn how well EPC passive UHF tags performed for tracking pigs. Apparel Retailers Get RFID http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/view/9119/ The VICS Item Level RFID Initiative's recent meeting and dinner revealed that great progress is being made toward the technology's adoption in retail apparel. A New Approach to Pharmaceutical E-Pedigrees http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/view/9115/ EPCIS can support chain-of-custody verification—without a cumbersome data burden. Zebra, OAT Partner on Solutions Combining Passive and Active Tags http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/view/9110/ The companies will incorporate OATSystems' passive RFID middleware into Zebra Technologies' existing RTLS products, enabling customers to track goods and assets using active and passive RFID on a single platform.