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Companies, Agencies Use Clandestine RFID Systems to Catch Thieves The NOX system includes RFID readers embedded in walls, surveillance cameras and—in some cases—luminescent dust to track the movement of personnel and assets.

Cost Plus World Market Finds RFID Sweet Spot in Yard Management The specialty retailer has deployed an RFID-based real-time location system to monitor trailers arriving at its main distribution center in Northern California, and to expedite the receipt of goods.

Apparel Manufacturer Suits Up With RFID A Japanese clothing maker places garments on hangars fitted with EPC Gen 2 tags, enabling it to track the items during their final stages of production.

Wal-Mart-Commissioned Study Shows RFID Improves Store Inventory Accuracy University of Arkansas researchers found that RFID can reduce the degree of understated perpetual inventory by 13 percent, thereby helping retailers to lower their costs.

Printer-Encoder Order Represents New DOD Milestone Lowry Computer's $8.7 million contract for 1,804 EPC Gen 2 RFID printer-encoders will enable defense distribution depots to extend RFID use further down the supply chain.

RFID Paves the Way for Road Construction Road crews are piloting an application using battery-assisted UHF tags to track asphalt from the time it leaves the plant to when it arrives at a work site.

Tyco Electronics Uses Wi-Fi for Trailer Tracking The electronic products manufacturer is using OATSystems software and its existing Wi-Fi access points to track truck trailers with active tags at its distribution center.

Wal-Mart Using RFID to Monitor Vehicles at Its DCs The system is helping the retailer increase productivity at a dozen of its distribution centers, through improved utilization of the vehicles and their drivers.

Internorm Finds RFID Does Windows The Austrian window and door manufacturer is using RFID to track containers of its products as they move between the company's three production facilities.

GE-Aviation Moves Tote-Tracking Pilot to Production The company has streamlined its shipping and receiving process for parts kits used in the production of commercial aircraft engines.