Learning From the Big Boys
Does RFID technology offer any real value for companies that aren’t behemoths? You bet it does, and midsize companies can learn from larger early adopters.
RFID Tracks Transatlantic Shipments of Jaguar Parts
Logistics provider Unipart is using radio frequency identification to monitor the security status and location of containers sealed with Savi Network’s active tags.
Pharma Label Maker to Test Tags That Record Temps
The credit-card-sized 13.56 MHz tags can measure and log up to 500 temperature readings, allowing drugmakers and other manufacturers to know the temperature at which their products were stored throughout the supply chain.
Tags Embedded in Discs Will Fight Piracy, Says Disc Maker
DVD and CD manufacturer U-Tech, along with RFID vendors RiRF and IPICO, have developed a means by which movie studios can manage digital rights to fight piracy.
Zebra Buys $10m in RFID Intellectual Property
Zebra Technologies broadened its RFID intellectual property portfolio by acquiring IP and patents from BTG, a technology transfer company. BTG, which has been involved in RFID for years and previously helped commercialize the Supertag for retail item tagging, is now fully divested of RFID technology.
Motives for Promoting RFID
Some people believe RFID Journal downplays the possibility that retailers will use RFID to infringe on the privacy of their customers for financial reasons. Here’s why that makes no sense.
Forrester Says RFID Security Falls Short for Some Apps
Companies deploying RFID for payments or other applications requiring strong security are taking risks today, the research firm reports, while users of RFID in small-scale, standalone tagging systems for supply-chain apps are less vulnerable.
RFID News Roundup
BEA announces RFID enterprise server upgrades; GS1 Argentina supply-chain center offers RFID learning; Puerto Rico’s RFID toll system exceeds expectations; Singapore Polytechnic developing EPC system for industry; 3M joins RFID Consortium; PEAK upgrades SAP software in solutions center.
RFID Industry Weighs In On California Bill
The AeA, AIM Global and Secure ID Coalition all advised California on proposed California Senate Bill 768 (SB 768), which places controversial new restrictions on RFID systems used by government agencies in the state. Representatives of those organizations share their concerns about the bill and point out its positives.
Jaguar Signs On as Savi Extends RFID Network to UK
Savi Networks has announced that the Port of Felixstowe became the first UK port outfitted with the SaviTrak RFID container tracking infrastructure, and Jaguar will track parts shipments from Felixstowe to the US. Now 50 percent of all cargo that enters the US originates from ports equipped with Savi tracking technology.