The third-party logistics provider is upgrading its use of RFID to allow customers—including many Wal-Mart suppliers—to make their services more comprehensive and cost-effective.
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Top Announcements from RFID Journal LIVE!
Yesterday one of the industry’s leading events, RFID Journal LIVE!, opened its doors at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. A number of RFID vendor companies have already made announcements, the top three of which are discussed in this article.
A 5-Cent Breakthrough
The news that SmartCode is offering UHF RFID inlays for 5 cents a piece in volumes of 100 million marks a watershed for the RFID industry.
MIT and IESE Study Shows RFID’s Value
In a study involving Wal-Mart, Gillette and Kimberly-Clark, researchers find real financial benefits to deploying RFID EPC technology.
Symbol Announces Gen 2 Tags, Converter Program
The company is rolling out its first Gen 2 inlays, launching a line of asset tags and starting a certified converter program.
Mallinckrodt Revamps Its RFID Roadmap
The generic drugmaker says it will soon begin using Gen 2 tags, first for manual tagging and then, by year’s end, in its production line.
ThingMagic Unveils Mercury5 RFID Reader
The new interrogator offers the same functions as the Mercury4, plus added interference filtering.
SmartCode Offers 5-Cent EPC Tags
The Israeli company has announced it will sell Gen 2 EPC inlays for 5 cents apiece in volumes of 100 million or more, and that it plans to go public.
Wal-Mart “Next 300” RFID Event Wrap-Up
In an effort to continue its phased requirement for RFID utilization by suppliers, Wal-Mart last week hosted the Wal-Mart Supplier On-Boarding Forum & EPCglobal US Tech Expo. The event offered the “next 300” Wal-Mart suppliers insight into what it means to be RFID compliant. This guest article from ODIN technologies’ Michelle Reilly recaps.
The Right Environment
RFID is not always better than bar codes. It all depends on the deployment environment.
Report: Healthcare RFID Worth $2.1B in 2016
Research firm IDTechEx has released a report on RFID’s application in the healthcare market and its growth prospects over the next decade. This article lists the key findings from , which predicts the healthcare market’s consumption of RFID will grow to $2.1 billion by 2016.
GCS Focuses on RFID
Globe Composite Soluions, a manufacturer of high-strength composite materials, is focusing on making RF-transparent conveyors, containers and other objects used in conjunction with RFID.