The supermarket chain is using a system of active RFID tags and readers to track cargo containers transported by shipping and logistics company Horizon Lines.
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Motorola Could Sell Symbol’s RFID Tag Business
There is an industry rumor that Motorola, which recently acquired Symbol Technologies for $3.9 billion, is considering a sale of the RFID tag component of Symbol’s RFID business. RFID Update spoke with Reik Read, leading RFID industry financial analyst and author of , about Motorola’s possible divestiture.
T3Ci Aims to Help Fight Drug Counterfeiting
Developed in conjunction with one of the world’s top drug companies, T3Ci’s future services will rely on newly patented software mechanisms.
Movie, Music Suppliers Opt for Simple RFID Compliance
Like several other Wal-Mart suppliers, Echo Bridge Home Entertainment and Handleman Co. both chose to implement a slap-and-ship tagging system using epcSolutions’ RFIDTagManager application.
Active RFID Tracks Alaskan Cargo
Shipping firm Horizon Lines has gained total visibility over all its cargo shipments to Alaska with an active RFID system that tracks shipping containers in terminals, on ships, in DCs, and as they travel on highways. Grocer Safeway uses data from the system to track incoming goods to its Alaskan supermarkets.
Summary of Baird RFID Monthly for January
Baird has released its January report. The 13-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.
Moving Forward on an HF EPC Standard
End users need a standard for high-frequency EPC tags, and EPCglobal is close to delivering it.
Social Security Moves Forward With RFID
The agency is using RFID to improve accuracy and reduce labor at its Maryland warehouses; in the future, it hopes to expand its use of RFID for asset tracking.
RFID Covers Durakon’s Assembly Operations
The manufacturer of cargo management and protection systems for pickup trucks uses passive RFID EPC tags to verify that it has packed the correct components into each box.
Nordic Researchers Aim for Multiprotocol Multisensor RFID Tag
Backed by government agencies and commercial vendors, the IntelliSense RFID initiative is developing a tag that will support several passive RFID standards and monitor temperature and other conditions.
RFID News Roundup
Axcess lowers tag price; Accu-Sort unveils self-tuning HF reader; Feig Electronic expands westward; SeeControl releases UID edition inventory software; OTA Training offers online RFID course.
Social Security Expects 70% Savings from RFID
The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) installed Gen2 RFID technology to support its automated warehouse management system (WMS) at a document distribution facility in Woodlawn, Maryland. SSA expects the RFID to produce labor savings of 70 percent at the facility, which already saved $1 million annually after implementing the bar code-based WMS.