Editor’s Notes
The Law of the Land
Legislation introduced in Utah and California will force companies in the United States to address the privacy issue.
Needed: Educated Investors
Venture capital is going to play a critical role in the growth of the RFID industry, so it's important for investors to understand the market.
Tag Cost and ROI
RFID Journal's analysis indicates that the price of simple license-plate tags will fall to 5 cents in 2007. But companies that wait until then to deploy RFID technology are making a mistake.
Patent Progress
Intermec's decision to sign EPCglobal's intellectual property agreement is a sign that the industry is moving forward.
In Pursuit of Excellence
RFID technology offers the potential to achieve sustained operational excellence, for those companies willing to take chances.
Where RFID Is Happening
From March 29 to March 31, experts in the forefront of RFID adoption will discuss all the issues—cost of compliance, data integration, standards, privacy and more—at RFID Journal's executive conference in Chicago.
Roll Up Your Sleeves
Before you deploy a state-of-the-art RFID system, you have to prepare your master file to make sure you have accurate information to associate with a tag's serial number.
The RFID “Revolution”
RFID will bring dramatic change and perhaps some upheaval, but talk of revolution is overblown and dangerous.
Mastering the Tool
As you read wildly optimistic and scarily pessimistic reports about RFID in 2004, it might help to keep in mind that RFID is simply a tool.