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At Manor, RFID Keeps Food From Spoiling The Swiss company is using active tags with built-in sensors to measure and log the temperatures of freezers and refrigerators. Later this year, it hopes to expand the application to track perishable foods as they move through the supply chain.

Uruguay's RFID-Based Beef-Tracking Program Tags 2 Million The nation, one of the world's leading beef exporters, hopes to have all 12 million of its cattle tagged by 2012, though the initiative faces some challenges.

Cargo-Tracking System Combines RFID, Sensors, GSM and Satellite The developer, Siemens IT Solutions and Services, says a proof-of-technology test demonstrates the system can be used to monitor shipping containers remotely while at sea.

Unilever Hungary Looks for Weak Links in Ice Cream's Cold Chain Last summer, the company used temperature-sensing battery-assisted RFID tags to monitor storage and handling conditions at the factory, distribution centers and stores.

Daisy Brand Benefits From RFID Analytics The dairy products maker is now using RFID data to manage promotions and the introduction of new products, and has installed upgraded hardware while planning expansion to its new warehouse.

Mercy Medical Center Preps RFID-Enabled Gift Shop In an effort to streamline inventory management, purchases, theft reduction and sales promotions, volunteers working at the store will apply EPC Gen 2 tags to items for sale, and read them using RFID-enabled terminals.

Boeing Approves Intelleflex Chip, Weighs Higher-Memory Fujitsu Tag With the silicon needed for a 64-kilobit parts tag finally ready, the company is getting closer to achieving its vision for a parts-tagged plane.

Sam's Club Tells Suppliers to Tag or Pay The Wal-Mart division has required its suppliers to apply RFID tags to pallets by Jan. 31, or it will charge a service fee to cover its cost of tagging the pallets itself.

Wegmans Eyeing RFID for Prescription Management The supermarket operator is planning to test whether placing RFID tags on customers' prescription orders will make locating and ringing up the orders faster and more accurate.

Tracking Totes With RFID Gives Co-Op Fast Results To cut down on theft of high-value items, a U.K. retailer cooperative has adopted RFID-enabled totes to improve shipment visibility.