U.N.’s Universal Postal Union Gears Up for Large RFID Pilot
A test involving the postal systems in Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates demonstrated RFID’s suitability for measuring the performance of mail delivery services.
Japanese Publisher Manages Book Sales with RFID
A Japanese publisher is tagging individual books as part of an innovative effort to reduce returns and waste. To encourage better demand planning and ordering, the publisher offers retailers flexible payment terms, which are encoded in a tag applied to each book in the order.
RiteCare Says RFID Helps Cure Its Warehouse Woes
The drug retailer slashed inventory and errors, thanks to an EPC Gen 2 UHF solution provided by S3Edge that uses Microsoft’s newly release BizTalk RFID Mobile middleware.
The Need for Collaborative Threat Modeling
To make a logical determination of an RFID system’s privacy and security risks, rather than one based on potentially biased perceptions of each individual part, we need to work together to view a security objective in a contextual environment.
A 12-bit EPC?
More companies are seeking to use RFID tags with Electronic Product Codes (EPCs) at the item level but find the cost of the tags a barrier. RFID tags made with printed electronics—both the antenna and the circuitry in a microchip are printed—promise to be a fraction...Microsoft’s Mobile RFID Software Now Available
Microsoft announced general availability of BizTalk RFID Mobile software, which was released in beta form in April. The software simplifies connectivity between mobile RFID devices and back-end systems.
ODIN Technologies Opens New RFID Lab
The company says the new facility will be used to test equipment, simulate real-world environments and develop new applications.
Malaysian Propane Supplier Fills Up on RFID
The system, specially designed for use in explosive environments, has enabled the company to increase worker productivity by 93 percent.
Learning to Do More With Less
The current economic crisis offers companies a rare opportunity to fundamentally change their cost structure and enhance their competitiveness.
Clothing Designer Brings RFID to Its Shoppers
NP is expanding its RFID system to fitting rooms, store shelves and sales counters, to improve customers’ shopping experience and speed the payment process.