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Summary of Baird RFID Monthly for June
Baird has released its June report. The 21-page document is a worthwhile read for anyone requiring an overview of the industry’s last 30 days. For those without time to do so, we have reprinted here the report’s summary.
Used Batteries Tracked to Disposal
Can/U.S. Enviro-Energy employs RFID to track the new and used batteries it delivers to telecommunications companies.
The Brightest Star
The Mojix STAR system was voted the best new product at RFID Journal LIVE! because it has extended the limits of passive UHF systems.
The T5 Debacle
Airports don’t have to wait for a global system to benefit from RFID baggage tagging at individual terminals.
Business-Friendly Tools
An enhanced track-and-trace system will allow organizations to make sense of supply-chain and life-cycle information.
RFID Data Sharing Passes Test in Successful EPCIS Trial
The EPCIS RFID data sharing standard passed what may have been its largest test to date. EPCglobal announced more than two dozen firms participated in a pilot project that used passive and active RFID technologies and EPCIS-standard communication to track ocean shipments from China to the US.
RFID Improves Safety, Efficiency of Brisbane Tunnel Construction
As workers bore twin 4.8-kilometer tunnels, a system of active tags and readers allows the project’s contractor to know the location of each its 1,700 employees, as well as its construction vehicles.
New Tool for Finding RFID Products
RFID Journal is about to launch an expanded, searchable, online Buyer’s Guide to RFID Resources to help companies find the vendors that can provide the hardware, software and services they require.
Ambitious RFID Pilot Launches With a Single Reader
Spanish children’s apparel producer Bóboli installed an RFID reader at its distribution center to track about 200,000 individual pieces of clothing. The installation is the first phase of a project the company expects will eventually cover all of its inventory and extend to store-level RFID tracking.
Boboli to Use EPC Gen 2 Tags to Track Tyke Togs
The Spanish clothing company hopes the technology will make the receiving and shipping processes at its main DC more efficient and accurate, as well as speed up the apparel’s distribution to individual stores.
Cephalon Moves Ahead With Its RFID E-pedigree Plans
In the latest phase of its RFID deployment, the drugmaker is serializing cardboard shipping containers by means of EPC Gen 2 tags.