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Equipment Inspectors Find Safety in RFID Construction equipment suppliers use N4 Systems' RFID-based solution to track inspection records of equipment in the field, at work sites and mines.

U.S. FDA Seeks Research for Medical Device Tracking System The organization's Center for Devices and Radiological Health is requesting input from RFID vendors and end users regarding the effects RFID has on other transmissions in a hospital setting, and on the devices themselves.

New RFID Technology Helps Kraft, P&G, Kimberly-Clark Go the Distance The three CPG manufacturers have been piloting Mojix's RFID system, which employs a single interrogator to read tags from up to 600 feet away.

Sam's Club, P&G Discuss Sharing RFID's Value At this week's RFID Journal LIVE! 2008 conference, more than 3,300 attendees came to learn how to put RFID to work.

Airbus Trials Showing Strong Results The aircraft manufacturer has decided to permanently roll out an RFID application for tracking jigs, and has also launched other RFID pilots for tracking work orders and tools.

Suppliers Find No Incentive to Adopt RFID for Direct Store Delivery A report issued by international trade association Global Commerce Initiative recommends suppliers and retailers initially focus instead on using RFID for products shipped to distribution centers.

Weyerhaeuser Offers High-Volume Source Tagging, But Demand Still Low The company is supplying pretagged cardboard boxes to several of its customers, and plans to license its process for manufacturing RFID-tagged cardboard to International Paper and other firms.

German Study Shows Companies Dissatisfied With RFID's Ability to Meet Goals Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology and P3 say businesses don't appreciate how RFID can help improve the efficiency of numerous business processes.

RFID Helps Continental Clean Up Its Operations The automotive parts supplier is using passive HF tags to make sure components are properly cleaned prior to assembly, helping to speed production flow and improve quality.

Four Italian Hospitals Use RFID to Share Blood and Monitor Transfusion To help avert errors, the system uses EPC Gen 2 tags to not only identify patients and bags of blood, but also the staff members who draw samples and administer transfusions.