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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Supply Chain white papers
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Driving Costs Out and Efficiency In With Enterprise Bar-Code and RFID Label Management
Published January 2010TAKE Supply Chain discusses a scalable, rules-based bar-code label and RFID print-management platform that enables business users to effectively administer tagging output and compliance programs. By alleviating an IT staff of this burden, label compliance can be achieved at a lower cost and higher quality, thereby allowing an organization to be proactive in its use of auto-ID technology throughout the supply chain. (11 pages)
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Tag-on-Demand: The New Face of RFID
Published January 2010William Faulkner, president of Logopak Corp., discusses how the increased complexity of today's auto-ID environment can be addressed by the tag-on-demand model. Faulkner outlines the company's factory-floor printing and labeling system, the Logopak 920 PFR, which can label pallets on one to three sides using self-adhesive labels in large formats with scanner-readable bar codes coupled with clearly written dates and codes. The device was chosen for Metro Group's Future Store initiative, where RFID has reduced out-of-stocks by 9 to 14 percent, assuring a more consistent availability of goods for customers. (4 pages)
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Leveraging ERP for Supply Chain Execution
Published January 2010Companies considering supply chain execution systems to integrate shop-floor RF scanners and bar-coding within their enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems face a fundamental decision: Which data model will serve as the primary system of record for manufacturing and distribution transactions? In this white paper, TAKE Supply Chain outlines the impact the choice of system architecture has on critical aspects of running a supply chain and maximizing an ERP investment. (7 pages)
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Eliminate Seven Wastes from Your Supply Chain With Real-Time Asset-Management Solutions
Published July 2009Zebra Enterprise Solutions' David Phillips examines the impact of leveraging lean principles supported by the company's real-time asset-management solutions. This white paper identifies seven areas of manufacturing waste, and explains how such solutions can help to eradicate them. (10 pages)
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Plugging Profit Leaks in the Apparel Sector
Published February 2009Impinj explains how RFID technology can help identify and plug leaks in the apparel supply chain, as well as increase sales (and profit margins) by enabling new up-selling techniques, thereby ensuring the availability of sales floor inventory and providing store buyers with greater insight into product performance.
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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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An RFID Device to Improve Shelf Replenishment Efficiency
Published November 2007This paper from Brazil's Instituto Atlantico presents a feasibility analysis of RFID technology applied to item-level inventory, specifically for smart-shelf systems, to improve shelf replenishment efficiency and prevent out-of-stocks.
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ROI through RFID: An Attainable Goal
Published January 2006Eric Fleming, an RFID consultant with Rush Tracking Systems, measures the gains that a company can achieve by deploying radio frequency identification. In analyzing RFID's potential return on investment, managers must face a basic question: Can the technology improve a company's performance and strength through increased productivity, greater profitability and improved safety? (4 pages)
