Supply Chain

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

EPCglobal US Survey Finds Strong RFID Foundation in CPG Sector
A report indicates that consumer goods suppliers are pleased with the performance of their RFID deployments, but that they are not yet generally using the technology to improve business processes.

Korean Clothing Company Adds RFID to Its Supply Chain
The Basic House is applying EPC Gen 2 tags to garments at its manufacturing plants, and is also deploying RFID interrogators at two of its DCs and, initially, at 159 of its stores.

Iveco to Expand RFID System for Managing Replacement Parts
The truck and bus manufacturer is using EPC Gen 2 tags to process the receipt, picking and shipping of replacement parts, and to guarantee their authenticity.

Liverpool Achieves 100 Percent Case-Level Tagging
The Mexican department store chain is receiving RFID-tagged shipments from all 2,500 of its suppliers, and says it enjoys improved, streamlined order management and excellent inventory accuracy as a result.

Wiley Studies RFID Use to Manage Textbook Returns, Halt Piracy
The publisher's printers have tagged a half million textbooks shipped to colleges and universities worldwide.

RFID Journal LIVE! Europe 2009 Report

At RFID Journal's fifth annual European conference and exhibition, held near Frankfurt, Germany, 250 attendees learned from innovative companies using radio frequency identification to improve their manufacturing, supply chain and retail operations. View the presentations from the event.

The Decade Ahead

Here are my predictions for how RFID will be adopted over the next 10 years.

Canadian Beef Processor Deploys RFID for Food Safety

Levinoff-Colbex instituted a monitoring system to quickly identify and track any animal products from potentially contaminated or diseased animals.

UPM Keeps Its Eye on RFID

Now part of UPM's Raflatac label-stock division, the company formerly known as Rafsec says it retains its commitment to meet the global demand for low-cost inlays and tags.