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Ultimate Control: RFID-Enabled Manufacturing
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11/28/2005
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At its semiconductor plant in East Fishkill, N.Y., IBM has used RFID to completely automate the manufacturing of advanced microchips from 300-millimeter silicon wafers. The high-tech facility optimizes production, speeds up product development and improves customer service.
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RFID News Roundup
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11/17/2005
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IBM, Intermec put full middleware suite in IF5; R and V Group guarantees Gen 1 labels, drops price; Bearing Point offering bag tracking consultation; study shows little change in consumer awareness of RFID; Plitek giving inlays the third degree; Cogiscan offering RFID for electronics manufacturing; OTI shipping 10 million RFID cards in 2005; Macau casino ordering 600,000 RFID gaming pieces; CISC creates products to simulate and measure portals; USDA offers grant program for NAIS trials, research.
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Process Controls for the Supply Chain
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07/17/2005
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RFID could bring to supply chains a level of automation and control similar to what process control devices brought to manufacturing decades ago.
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Understanding RFID Adoption in China
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02/06/2005
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Companies need to know the factors driving RFID adoption in the world's next major manufacturing center.
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ThingMagic Self-Manages Production
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12/13/2004
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RFID reader developer ThingMagic will control the manufacturing of its Mercury4 line of RFID readers, so that more companies can sell the devices.
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Man Vs. Machine: The New Battleground
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10/09/2004
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RFID technology promises to usher in a new era of supply chain and manufacturing automation. Does it spell the end of work for us humans?
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RFID Takes Wing in Aviation
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10/09/2004
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Airbus and Boeing are turning to RFID to give their supply chains and manufacturing operations a lift. Tagging of parts could reduce counterfeiting and provide other supplier benefits.
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October 2004
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10/23/2004
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This issue looks at BP's use of wireless sensors to monitor assets, the use of RFID in the airplane manufacturing industry, how to develop an RFID strategy based on whether a company uses it as a disruptive or sustaining innovation, and whether RFID will lead to widespread unemployment.
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IBM Bulks Up Its RFID Initiative
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09/26/2004
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Big Blue has made RFID a top priority, adding the technology to its manufacturing operations, rolling out industry-specific RFID deployment services and rolling out RFID test labs.
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Zeroing In on the Closed-Loop
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06/13/2004
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Since 1985, Escort Memory Systems has flourished by providing closed-loop RFID systems for manufacturing plants and industrial operations—a market that remains strong.
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