Researchers have developed a prototype for an RFID system that could prevent sudden infant death syndrome.
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EPCIS Benefits Manufacturers
By sharing data with retail partners using the Electronic Product Code Information Service, manufacturers can cut costs and increase sales.
Karstadt Readies for RFID
After years of sitting on the sidelines, Germany’s largest fashion retailer has decided to launch a six-month pilot involving the tagging of 50,000 items.
Spotlight on Five Hot Apps
When you think outside the supply chain, amazing RFID applications will be possible.
Mercy Medical Tracks Cardiovascular Consumables
The Des Moines, Iowa, hospital is employing passive HF tags to inventory its supply of stents, balloons and other devices used in its catheterization lab—and, eventually, to bill patients.
Slow Down, You’re Moving Too Fast
RFID is giving new meaning to the term “snail mail.”
Is Your Company At Risk?
The SAFETY Act could protect companies that sell or use RFID anti-terror solutions from tort liability.
Crash Course
When you’re involved in a car crash, waiting to be rescued can be a matter of life or death.
German Automakers and Suppliers Track Industry-Wide Supply Chain With RFID
A multiyear project involving several automakers and their suppliers, academia and the German government, is testing RFID to improve supply chain visibility and efficiencies.
In Search of Excellence
The seminal management book In Search of Excellence explains why companies such as Wal-Mart, Metro and Kimberly-Clark are pushing ahead with RFID plans.
Tulsa to Deploy RFID Automated Bike Rental Racks
QI Systems, a Canadian provider of contactless solutions, last week introduced an innovative RFID-based bicycle rental automation system that will allow the public to check out and return rental bikes from unattended bike racks. Dubbed Cyclestation, the system will be initially deployed in the Tulsa, Oklahoma metropolitan area.
Pfizer Manager Discusses the Viagra RFID Pilot
A few weeks ago RFID Update published a contributed article from Pfizer that revealed key data and findings from the giant drug maker’s RFID pilot to tag all bottles of Viagra sold in the US. This follow-up article discusses what Pfizer manager Tim Marsh thinks the pilot indicates about RFID and the pharmaceutical supply chain.