Wal-Mart-Commissioned Study Shows RFID Improves Store Inventory Accuracy
University of Arkansas researchers found that RFID can reduce the degree of understated perpetual inventory by 13 percent, thereby helping retailers to lower their costs.
METRO Expands RFID to 200 More Locations
METRO Group announced plans to equip 200 of its Real stores with RFID readers to identify incoming goods, and to expand RFID receiving applications to its Metro Cash & Carry stores in France.
Printable RFID Research Gets $23M Investment
A public-private partnership in Germany is investing €15 million (about $23 million) for research to develop improved materials and production techniques for printable RFID. The MaDriX project is scheduled to run for three years and is led by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
Printer-Encoder Order Represents New DOD Milestone
Lowry Computer’s $8.7 million contract for 1,804 EPC Gen 2 RFID printer-encoders will enable defense distribution depots to extend RFID use further down the supply chain.
Metro Expanding Use of RFID, for Both Pallets and Cases
The retailer says it is seeing positive results across its various RFID initiatives, and it plans expansions in 2008.
University of Arkansas Study Finds RFID Can Add Value to EAS
The researchers compared RFID-based theft-deterrent applications with traditional electronic article surveillance technologies, both RF and acousto-magnetic.
AMR Research: RFID Adoption’s Tipping Point is Here
AMR Research analyst John Fontanella issued a briefing this past weekend proclaiming that RFID adoption has quietly crossed a threshold that many industry observers have been anticipating for the last couple years: the tipping point.
RFID Helps Keep Nick on the Go
CR Media uses active RFID tags to track entertainment players loaded with Nickelodeon programming and provided to Hertz customers at locations across the United States.
Taiwanese Seafood Producer Tracks Fish to the Dish
Tekho’s Ubiquitous Live Fish Traceability program employs 13.56 MHz passive RFID tags and BizTalk RFID to provide restaurant patrons with the life history of farm-raised grouper.
RFID Journal Announces Winners of Second Annual RFID Journal Awards
Airbus, Agence Métropolitaine de Transport, Interface receive top honors; 10 finalists selected for Best in Show award; winner to be selected at RFID Journal LIVE! 2008.