Organizations need to be proactive in shaping regulations, standards and public policies that will impact how RFID is deployed, say speakers at a seminar on the technology’s legal ramifications.
Wins include significant reductions in shipment-processing time and on-time receipt of almost all orders sent to its store test site.
RFID Journal’s sixth annual U.S. conference and exhibition, to be held in Las Vegas in 2008, will focus on business benefits, strategy and implementation of RFID.
Best Buy, Sears, HP and other retailers and manufacturers will explore RuBee and other alternative RFID technologies.
It’s not clear how much emphasis Motorola would give to Symbol’s RFID efforts, if the proposed acquisition goes through, but Motorola doesn’t exactly have a stellar track record in the RFID field.
The group’s IT security division offers practical advice on securing RFID systems, for government and non-government users alike.
To participate in Mexico’s federal Seguro Popular health-insurance program, which currently serves 4 million families, drug manufacturers and distributors will use UHF and HF RFID tags to track pallets, cases and individual containers of pharmaceuticals.
Ospedale Maggiore, a hospital in Bologna, Italy, has been using a system involving RFID-enabled seals to be sure patients are given only the blood intended for them.
This guest article from AMR Research’s Kevin Reale considers reasons for the automotive industry’s lagging adoption of RFID, while making the argument that once adoption finally takes off, auto manufacturers will need to deploy the technology to remain competitive.
Early reactions to Motorola’s acquisition of Symbol from the general business and technology press were favorable when the deal was announced last Tuesday. Since then, analysts with a closer view of the AIDC and RFID space have digested the news and issued their own comprehensive analysis of what it means, the highlights of which are discussed in this article.