Survey Says Manufacturers Drive RFID Uptake
An NCR-sponsored poll of manufacturers and retailers indicates manufacturers have taken the lead in RFID implementation, spurring adoption by retailers.
RFID News Roundup
Teradata offering RFID data analytics; AEA criticizes DHS report on RFID; MicroTrak acquires RFID company Fibergrations; HID acquiring card printer-encoder company.
Summary of Baird RFID Monthly for May
Baird has released its May report. The sixteen-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.
RFTrax Adds RFID to Railcar Tracking
The company is rolling out an RFID-enabled hardware and services platform, initially to the rejuvenated rail industry and companies shipping by rail.
DOD Grants ODIN $14.6 Million Contract
ODIN is tasked with outfitting all the military’s Defense Distribution Centers with RFID hardware to collect data from RFID-tagged military consignments.
Honeywell Launches Sensor Network Kit
As its first foray into wireless sensor mesh networking, the technology company is selling development kits with wireless sensor network technology developed by Crossbow.
Analyst: Sense and Respond Goes Beyond RFID
In this guest column, Manufacturing Insights’ Bob Ferrari argues that while RFID will be the most significant disruptive technology for enabling the sense and respond supply chain, it is but one piece of the overall solution, and a piece whose current costs still present an ROI challenge.
Tagsys Raises $35 Million
The RFID equipment provider says it will use the funding to add offerings for the luggage-tracking and postal and courier markets, and to increase its manufacturing capacity.
Orion Pharma Finishes RFID Trial
The Finnish drugmaker says it learned a lot about how to tag and track individual items, and has gained insight into how to use RFID to track raw materials and packaging.
Item-Level RFID Firm TAGSYS Lands $35m
Item-level tagging specialist TAGSYS today made two major company announcements: the first that it received $35 million in financing, the second that it will relocate its headquarters from France to Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the United States.