Altria, FedEx Stress Collaboration, Standards
Altria’s Jim Noble said the company has its eyes on item-level tagging. He and FedEx’s Kevin Humphries stressed the need for technology standards to enable widely deployed RFID applications.
Saddle Creek Expands Its RFID System
The third-party logistics provider is upgrading its use of RFID to allow customers—including many Wal-Mart suppliers—to make their services more comprehensive and cost-effective.
Wal-Mart “Next 300” RFID Event Wrap-Up
In an effort to continue its phased requirement for RFID utilization by suppliers, Wal-Mart last week hosted the Wal-Mart Supplier On-Boarding Forum & EPCglobal US Tech Expo. The event offered the “next 300” Wal-Mart suppliers insight into what it means to be RFID compliant. This guest article from ODIN technologies’ Michelle Reilly recaps.
MIT and IESE Study Shows RFID’s Value
In a study involving Wal-Mart, Gillette and Kimberly-Clark, researchers find real financial benefits to deploying RFID EPC technology.
Symbol Announces Gen 2 Tags, Converter Program
The company is rolling out its first Gen 2 inlays, launching a line of asset tags and starting a certified converter program.
Mallinckrodt Revamps Its RFID Roadmap
The generic drugmaker says it will soon begin using Gen 2 tags, first for manual tagging and then, by year’s end, in its production line.
ThingMagic Unveils Mercury5 RFID Reader
The new interrogator offers the same functions as the Mercury4, plus added interference filtering.
SmartCode Offers 5-Cent EPC Tags
The Israeli company has announced it will sell Gen 2 EPC inlays for 5 cents apiece in volumes of 100 million or more, and that it plans to go public.
The Right Environment
RFID is not always better than bar codes. It all depends on the deployment environment.
A 5-Cent Breakthrough
The news that SmartCode is offering UHF RFID inlays for 5 cents a piece in volumes of 100 million marks a watershed for the RFID industry.