White Papers
Each month, RFID Journal receives numerous white paper submissions from outside experts. We read each paper carefully and select the most informative articles. Please note that we cannot guarantee the accuracy of facts or claims in these papers.
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most recent white papers
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Omaha Public Power District
Published October 2009AutoCrib explains how its automated inventory-control system reduced the Omaha Public Power District's spending by 15 percent, while increasing productivity and tracking accuracy, and also decreased the incidence of stock-outs on such key items as hand tools, first aid kits and batteries.
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The Promise of Organic Electronics: Previously Unimaginable Innovative Products
Published October 2009Theorem's Forrest Sass discusses organic electronics, exploring a number of products utilizing the technology, including RFID tags, e-paper, organic transistors and memory, disposable electronics, paper substrates and OLEDs. Sass examines the market dynamics and size of organic electronics, as well as the improvements needed for organic cell technology, bilateral charge transport, AM and PM OLEDs, electroluminescence and more. (10 pages)
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End-to-End Encryption and Chip Cards in the U.S. Payments Industry
Published September 2009In this position paper, the Smart Card Alliance clarifies and defines end-to-end encryption, detailing which types of problems such encryption can help address. This document explores the advantages of an alternative strategy for protecting cardholder data—moving data protection to the payment card itself, using chip-card technology—and proposes the use of contactless chip cards, including a dynamic cryptogram with each transaction and authorizing transactions online. (12 pages)
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Cost-Benefit Analysis of an RFID Asset-Tracking System
Published September 2009Ramp RFID Solutions' Shayne Pidding outlines a cost-benefit analysis of using UHF RFID technology in an asset-tracking application. Pidding conducted an experiment comparing RFID to bar coding, and here analyzes the findings in order to ascertain the time and cost savings that can be achieved through the use of RFID in asset tracking.
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RFID Journal Fashion Retail ROI Calculator
Published August 2009RFID can help apparel and footwear retailers reduce out-of-stocks, improve inventory management and boost sales, while cutting labor costs. This report explains the assumptions behind RFID Journal's Fashion Retail ROI Calculator, which debuted at RFID in Fashion 2009.
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How to Design a Low-Power Wireless Sensor Network
Published August 2009GreenPeak's Wim de Kimpe discusses a "green" approach to wireless networks, using no network cables or power lines, and requiring little or no maintenance over the life of a device, for use in machine-to-machine networks, as well as for industrial, control, health, security and other applications. (4 pages)
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Optimizing Sales With Bi-Directional Phased Array RFID (Bi-PhAR)
Published August 2009Accordus UK's Stuart Benjamin, in association with RFID Resolution Team, explains how phased array technology can be adapted for use with passive UHF RFID, offering a number of advantages over conventional passive UHF RFID systems, and helping to optimize sales through the delivery of real-time object identification data. (6 pages)
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Secura Key e*Tag Technology
Published August 2009e*Tag is Secura Key's brand name for its 13.56 MHz contactless smart cards. e*Tag cards, key tags, labels, interrogators and reader-writers employ 13.56 MHz ISO 15693 technology and are suitable for a variety of applications, including access control, time and attendance, membership and loyalty programs, logical access, storage of biometric templates, parking and ePurse, fuel management, data retrieval, asset and inventory management, data collection and more. This document provides an overview intended to familiarize applications providers, consultants, resellers and end users with the capabilities of e*Tag. (11 pages)
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Secura Key Radio Key Technology
Published August 2009Radio Key is Secura Key's brand name for its 125 kHz proximity cards. Radio Key cards, key tags and interrogators employ proximity technology and are suitable for a variety of applications, including access control, time and attendance, membership, parking, fuel management, and more. This document outlines basic operation, credentials, control applications and uses for non-access applications, to familiarize applications providers, consultants, resellers and end users with the capabilities of Radio Key. (9 pages)
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RFID File Tracking for Military Personnel Records
Published August 2009The U.S. military is exploring several applications of RFID for file tracking. A 3M pilot conducted by the Personnel Administrative Center on the records of more than 8,000 soldiers at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) suggests the use of RFID can help improve productivity, reduce administrative errors and speed the accepting, deploying and reassigning of personnel. 3M explains how its File Tracking System and procedures can be adapted and implemented to integrate with a company's existing computer hardware and software applications. (6 pages)
