Packaging giant O-I has devised a method of embedding RFID inlays into pharmaceutical packaging for each of the four typical pharmaceutical dosage forms: solids, gelcaps, powders, and liquids. In addition, the solution works with either HF or UHF, enabling O-I clients to elect whichever technology best suits their needs.
Ken Porad related a personal experience illustrating the ROI airlines could achieve by tagging luggage.
Ken Porad related a personal experience illustrating the ROI airlines could achieve by tagging luggage.
The company’s RFID system, installed in Germany last summer, is already paying dividends, increasing worker productivity by almost 60 percent.
A system developed by the two companies uses public-key elliptic-curve cryptography (ECC) to encrypt a drug’s National Drug Code (NDC). Supply-chain partners can read the encrypted tags to authenticate that the goods are genuine.
The automaker sees open standards as key to achieving its vision of collaborating with the wider supply network.
Vue Technology today announced a solution for item-level tagging in retail pharmacies that uses UHF RFID. Based on the existing TrueVUE RFID platform, the solution represents what the company claims is the first UHF item-level tagging solution for pharmacies.
Companies attending RFID Journal LIVE! Canada heard numerous success stories and took note.
Steve Dean, director of business development at RFID systems integrator Franwell, says it can—and explains why.
RFID gives companies, for the first time, the ability to measure their supply-chain performance—and most are not even close to Six Sigma.