Supply Chain News

This section includes articles about how companies are using RFID to improve their supply chain operations and collaborate with supply chain partners.

DHL Thermonet Tracks Drugs and Life-Sciences Goods With RFID Temperature Tag

The solution, employing UHF RFID tags with built-in temperature sensors applied to containers, will enable DHL's customers to maintain a record of shipping temperatures, and receive an alert if an exception occurs.

Tags: Health Care, Pharmaceutical, Transport, Logistics, Supply Chain, Sensors

• Daimler Truck Factory Boosts Productivity
• University of Derby Researchers Seek New Ways to Use RFID
• RFID Gets Boots on the Ground for Air Force
• Registration Opens for RFID Journal's Ninth Annual European Event
• Italian Purse Company Finds a Discreet Way to Prevent Gray Market
• Rug Company Tracks Its Wares Via New UHF Seal
• ATK Tracks Composite Aircraft Parts Manufactured at Its Plant
• Walter Knoll Boosts Accuracy for Product Shipment, Returns
• Russia's Future Store Seeks a Supermarket for Its RFID Solution

Supply Chain Case Studies

Parker Hannifin Embeds RFID Tags in O-Rings

The solution was developed to prevent counterfeiting, but businesses also can use the technology to identify and track assets.

Tags: Chemical, Aerospace, Health Care, Supply Chain, Asset Tracking

• Lufthansa Technik Automates Supply Management
• Portuguese Port Operator Relies on RFID for Vehicle Loading
• Marks & Spencer Rolls Out RFID to All Its Stores
• Argentine Winery Harvests Crops With RFID

Supply Chain Features

RFID Journal LIVE! 2013 Report, Part 1

At RFID Journal's 11th annual conference and exhibition, attendees learned how to use RFID technologies to track and manage a wide variety of assets. View the presentations from the event's keynotes, general sessions, preconference seminars and post-conference workshops.

Tags: Defense, Aerospace, Health Care, Pharmaceutical, Retail, Apparel, Supply Chain, Innovation, Inventory / Warehouse Management, Inventory / Warehouse Management

• Car Makers Steer Toward RFID
• Game Changer?
• RFID Journal LIVE! Europe—UK Report
• RFID Journal LIVE! Europe—Scandinavia Report

Supply Chain Editor's Notes

Perfect Information Within Our Lifetime

RFID, in combination with other technologies, will offer companies the ability to track and manage everything—but what does it mean?

Tags: Supply Chain, Innovation

• Can Anyone in the Obama Administration Spell 'RFID'?
• Watch What You Eat
• 2012: A Year of Progress
• RFID in Brazil

Supply Chain 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

• 15 Minutes of Fame
• RFID-Labeling Apparel Items
• Omnichannel Retailing
• Managing Big (RFID) Data

Supply Chain 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

• Plan an RFID System With People in Mind
• Thinking Inside the Box
• Seven Reasons to Act Now
• Using RFID Tags to Prevent Theft

Supply Chain How To Articles

How to Develop an RFID Training Program

Preparing workers to use a new or upgraded RFID system is essential.

Tags: Retail, Supply Chain, IT/Infrastructure, RFID Channel

• How to Select a Real-Time Locating System
• How to Write a Request for Proposal
• How to Track IT Assets
• How to Choose RFID Middleware

Supply Chain Videos

• Supply Chain/Logistics: Serialization and Traceability - What It Takes to Pilot
  Preparing to pilot serialization and traceability with your wholesale distributor presents many challenges. Learn how McKesson worked with manufacturers to test products and processes within a seriali...
  Tags: LIVE 2013 Track, Pharmaceutical, Supply Chain
• Item-Level Retail and Apparel Workshop: Supply Chain Applications
  RFID technology can dramatically improve supply chain operations. This session will cover outbound audits to ensure 100 percent shipping accuracy, receiving, electronic proof of delivery and other app...
  Tags: Apparel, LIVE 2013 Preconference, Retail, Supply Chain

Supply Chain White Papers

• Yard Management: An Operator's Perspective
  Published June 2013
  Zebra Technologies' Charles H. Kerr reviews the major segments of yard-management systems (YMS) and discusses key points that should be considered when choosing such a solution. The application of real-time locating system (RTLS) and RFID tech¬nologies is supported by some YMS products, which enhances solutions for larger and more complex yard operations. Kerr discusses gate management, yard operations, switcher productivity and dock-door management, and explains how an effective YMS provides planning, management and execution in the yard, facilitating increased flow velocity of goods moving through the supply chain. (6 pages)
  Tags: Supply Chain, Asset Tracking, Operations, Inventory / Warehouse Management
• 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