ODIN Wins $7m RFID Contract from DoD

RFID solutions provider ODIN technologies has been awarded a contract by the US Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to outfit the US Department of Defense’s worldwide network of distribution centers with passive RFID. The contract, which could amount to as much as $7 million, calls for 26 facilities to be RFID enabled by the end of 2007.

RFID Practices of Manufacturers and Retailers Diverge

ARC Advisory Group’s Chantal Polsonetti argues in this guest column that manufacturers should not necessarily emulate the RFID deployment practices of retailers but instead forge their own techniques that may include flexible RFID readers rather than fixed and moving beyond the use of printer/encoders.

Pfizer Invests in SupplyScape

Pfizer Invests in SupplyScape

The pharma giant, one of SupplyScape’s key customers, joins other companies in supporting the developer of RFID-enabled pharmaceutical network applications.

Item-Tagging’s Barriers and Benefits

Item-Tagging’s Barriers and Benefits

Drawing on the successful deployments of retailers, VeriSign, Vue Technology and Paxar share what they’ve learned about how to launch a effective item-level RFID program.

RFID Update Publishes Top 10 Rankings

RFID Update today released the , a first-of-its-kind research report that analyzes how the RFID audience responds to certain marketing tactics and messages. The report also includes top-10 rankings of those vendors voted to be best at awareness building and thought leadership, as well as those most desired to be associated with in RFID.