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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The Benefits of RFID for Slab and Coil Logistics
Published March 2008ThyssenKrupp Steel's Loïc Feinbier and Accenture's Lars Schittko and Guillaume Gallais discuss how radio frequency identification can support the needs of the steel industry.
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Five Lessons to Consider Before Formulating a Demand Signal Repository Strategy
Published March 2008Retail Solutions explains how a demand signal repository (DSR) can provide retailers improved sales performance, product assortment and forecasting, as well as reduced out-of-stocks.
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RFID Industry Survey: Measuring RFID Use and Performance in the DOD Supply Chain
Published March 2008XIO Strategies discusses the results of an AIT-oriented industry survey it conducted in 2007 to determine the prevalence, common uses and process improvements enabled by automatic identification technologies (AIT) in the DOD supply chain arena.
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RFID-Based Waste Recycling
Published March 2008J.I. Schoenherr, M. Reichmann and T.A. Baloun explore how RFID systems are suitable for used in recycling programs, particularly for plastics products.
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Using Mobile Computers in Retail Stores
Published March 2008LXE examines how wireless mobile computers can make store-level tasks faster, more accurate and visible to all stakeholders, from in-store inventory, pricing and promotions tasks to customer service activities and manager dashboards that monitor transactions and enact decisions.
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Using RFID for Data Center Resource Management
Published March 2008IBM discusses how to leverage technology to make the inventory and tracking of IT assets easier, faster, more efficient, more accurate and less costly, despite increasingly stringent legal and regulatory requirements, such as Sarbanes-Oxley.
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The Case for Real-Time Location Systems
Published March 2008The white paper from Ekahau discussions the characteristics of a real-time location system and examines how the RTLS market is expected to evolve from a simple application that reports assets' location into a vital system component of the enterprise infrastructure.
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Integrating You-R OPEN and SAP
Published February 2008RF-iT Solutions explains how integrating SAP and You-R OPEN can help companies employing SAP as an ERP system cover their business processes by using and customizing their existing system, rather than implementing another isolated application.
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RFID and Privacy: Guidance for Health-Care Providers
Published January 2008Dr. Ann Cavoukian, information and privacy commissioner of Ontario, and Hewlett-Packard's Victor Garcia explain what the health-care sector needs to know to understand the current and potential applications of RFID technology, its potential benefits, its privacy implications and steps that can be taken to mitigate potential threats to privacy.
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Life-Cycle Management of Radioactive Materials Packaging
Published December 2007Authors Y. Liu, S. Bellamy and J. Shuler describe a framework of life-cycle-management (LCM) strategies for type-B radioactive and fissile material transportation packaging used for interim storage, as well as the key attributes in the programs for managing the aging degradation of materials and packaging components. This includes periodic inspection and monitoring, and the application of advanced technologies, such as RFID. (7 pages)
