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Cisco Testing, Deploying RFID on Multiple Fronts The networking and communications equipment company has been exploring how RFID can help it to improve supply chain management, asset tracking and usage, and reverse logistics.

CASAGRAS Says the Internet of Things Should Be More Than RFID An interim report argues that the network linking the virtual and the physical worlds should make use of all automatic identification and data capture technologies, as well as other sensor and communication technologies.

DPT Tries a Dose of RFID The contract drug developer and manufacturer has been exploring both RFID and 2-D bar-code serialization, and is preparing an RFID pilot for one of its customers, dermatologic drug company Galderma.

Indian Conglomerate ITC Focuses on RFID Expansion The company's item-level RFID deployment is already yielding some significant benefits at two distribution centers and eight of its Willis Lifestyle stores.

EPAL Moves Ahead With RFID Pallet-Tagging Pilot The European Pallet Association is successfully using EPC Gen 2 passive RFID tags to track 1,000 pallets in Switzerland, and plans to expand the pilot to additional countries in 2009.

CHEP Tracks Auto-Part Containers in Europe The company is using EPC Gen 2 tags to track the shipment, receipt, inspection and repair of 150,000 returnable plastic containers.

Wood Companies Look to RFID to Raise Yield, Reduce Carbon Footprint Twenty-nine European partners are developing an RFID-based application and supply-chain analysis system that may be used to increase sawmill efficiency and raw materials usage, improve logistic operations and minimize environmental impacts.

To Glimpse RFID's Future Down Under, Gaze into the EPCmagic Mirror Co-developed by NEC Australia and GS1 Australia, the device reads RFID tags attached to items, displaying product information to shoppers and providing insights to retailers regarding customer shopping habits and preferences.

To Satisfy RFID Mandates, Normerica Uses Boxes With Embedded Tags The boxes have EPC Gen 2 tags imbedded in their seams to simplify the process the company employs to ship cat litter to Wal-Mart Canada.

RFID Journal LIVE! Canada Rescheduled to 2009 EPCglobal Canada and RFID Journal have announced that the next RFID Journal LIVE! Canada event will be held in 2009.