Logistics News

RFID Journal covers RFID logistics technologies and applications, which enable companies to better track shipments and assets.

Rug Company Tracks Its Wares Via New UHF Seal

A U.S. importer of fine rugs is using Cybra's new Lock & EnCode passive UHF RFID seal to identify, authenticate and locate its high-value merchandise.

Tags: Transport, Logistics, Supply Chain, Security

• Coster Group Boosts Logistics Efficiency
• Russian Tag Company Reaches for a Worldwide Audience
• Bloomingdale's, Carrier Top Keynote Speaker Lineup at RFID Journal LIVE! 2013
• Turck USA's Customers Install UHF RFID Solutions in Factories
• DropTag Knows When a Package Has Been Handled With Care
• Bereket Doner Tracks Its Meat Products Via RFID
• Online Grocer Tracks Orders Via RFID
• RFID Helps IKEA Furniture Maker Eliminate Shipping Errors
• Avery Dennison Expands Its Monza 5 Tag Family

Logistics Case Studies

Sesa Goa Automates Mining Logistics Operations

India's largest producer and exporter of iron ore in the private sector deployed an RFID solution to speed up customers' deliveries, saving time and money.

Tags: Manufacturing, Logistics, Operations

• Lufthansa Technik Automates Supply Management
• Portuguese Port Operator Relies on RFID for Vehicle Loading
• Global Logistics Company Monitors Shipments' Temperatures
• 2011 RFID Journal Award Winner: Best RFID Implementation—Gerry Weber's Pain-Free RFID Revolution

Logistics Features

RFID Journal LIVE! Europe—UK Report

At RFID Journal's first event in London, presenters explained how businesses can employ radio frequency identification technologies for a variety of applications in retail, manufacturing, supply chain and marketing. View the presentations from the event.

Tags: Automotive, Chemical, Defense, Aerospace, Health Care, Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing, Packaging, Labeling, Retail, Consumer Packaged Goods, Transport, Logistics, Apparel, Supply Chain, IT/Infrastructure, Asset Tracking, Security and Access Control, Payment Systems, RFID Standards, Privacy, Innovation, Operations, Environment, Inventory / Warehouse Management, RFID Channel, EPC Technology, Sensors

• RFID Journal LIVE! Europe—Scandinavia Report
• Europe Is Rolling Out RFID
• RFID Journal LIVE! 2012 Report, Part 2
• RFID Journal LIVE! 2012 Report, Part 1

Logistics Editor's Notes

RFID in Brazil

RFID Journal's inaugural event in that country revealed great enthusiasm for the technology.

Tags: Defense, Manufacturing, Retail, Logistics, Apparel, Supply Chain, IT/Infrastructure, Asset Tracking, Innovation, Inventory / Warehouse Management, EPC Technology

• Still Crazy After All These Years
• The Year That Was
• Reducing Risk With RFID
• Why I'm Running for President

Logistics Expert Views

Checking Services

A new GS1 standard will make it cost-efficient for retail pharmacies and distributors to verify e-pedigree data.

Tags: Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing, Transport, Logistics, Supply Chain, RFID Standards

• Managing RTIs
• RFID Goes Bananas
• RFID and Global Warming
• A New Approach to Pharmaceutical E-Pedigrees

Logistics Best Practices

Best Practices: RFID Change Management

Six steps can ensure a smooth transition as you deploy or expand a radio frequency identification system.

Tags: Health Care, Manufacturing, Logistics, Supply Chain, IT/Infrastructure, RFID Channel

• Seven Reasons to Act Now
• Using RFID Tags to Prevent Theft
• RFID, Privacy and Corporate Data

Logistics How To Articles

How to Select a Real-Time Locating System

These four steps will help you determine the most cost-efficient solution for managing assets and improving the bottom line.

Tags: Defense, Health Care, Manufacturing, Logistics, Supply Chain, IT/Infrastructure, Asset Tracking, Operations

• How to Evaluate Competing Tag Technologies

Logistics Videos

• Visual Tagging: The Next Generation of Auto-ID
  Automatic-identification technology has traditionally relied upon machine-readable identification (bar codes and RFID) to track assets and ensure that processes remain reliable and repeatable. Today, ...
  Tags: Aerospace, Asset Tracking, Inventory / Warehouse Management, Logistics, Manufacturing, Webinars
• MetraTec RFID Reader Modules
  During RFID Journal LIVE! Europe 2011, RFID Journal Editor Mark Roberti interviewed Klaas Dannen, Managing Director of metraTec, a German engineering company that develops, manufactures and sells acti...
  Tags: Logistics, Vendor Videos

Logistics White Papers

• The Explosion of Retail Item-Level RFID: A Foundation for the Retail Revolution
  Published April 2013
  This white paper, authored by ChainLink Research's Bill McBeath in collaboration with Tagsys, provides a comprehensive overview of what to look for in an end-to-end item-level inventory implementation. It uses Tagsys' holistic system approach, with its FiTS integrated hardware and software offering, as well as real-world experiences from retailers and logistics suppliers, such as Port Logistics Group, to outline best practices for deploying a system that maximizes the benefits of RFID-based inventory management. (24 pages)
  Tags: Retail, Logistics, Supply Chain, Inventory / Warehouse Management