In this guest contribution, Leslie Downey of RFID Revolution interviews Robert Kashmer, the VP of information technology at H. D. Smith, the fourth largest pharmaceutical wholesale company in the US and widely-recognized pioneer in RFID adoption. Kashmer has guided the company’s RFID trials and implementations since 1995.
Baird has released its August report. The 15-page document is a worthwhile read for anyone requiring an overview of the industry’s last 30 days. For those without time to do so, we have reprinted here the report’s summary.
AMR Research’s Greg Aimi argues in this guest contribution that despite recent doubts about RFID in light of its slower-than-predicted uptake throughout the supply chain, the technology is in fact following a very predictable, natural lifecycle of adoption.
At Paris-Charles De Gaulle Airport, Air France-KLM is using EPC Gen 2 tags to track large containers for shipping passenger luggage.
The carrier hopes to use the technology to provide new services and to improve its ability to return checked-in luggage to its passengers.
The agency is requesting comments on using RFID and other auto-ID technologies to identify and track everything from bandages to insulin pumps.
Retailers and manufacturers from around the world shared experiences and discussed challenges at RFID Journal’s Apparel & Footwear Summit.
SmartCode expanding manufacturing with new plant; Dover to acquire Markem; NFC Forum issues first four specifications; NFC chipmaker releases white paper; ODIN offering global tag-testing software; small-business credit cards get RFID’ed.
Philips Semiconductors has long been expected to enter the Gen2 silicon market, competing with the likes of Impinj, Texas Instruments, STMicroelectronics, and others to sell the microchips that power Gen2 RFID tags. It appears that the company’s time has come.
Yes, they would like to find ways to encourage you to buy stuff, but legitimate retailers understand that their relationship with their customers is more important than one sale.