Orion Pharma Tests Item-Level Tagging
The Finnish drugmaker is using RFID to authenticate individual bottles of Marevan as they move from the factory to the consumer.
The Tower of RFID Babble
Standards bodies need to communicate with one another to ensure that end users don’t have to deal with different standards for different applications.
Wrap-Up of RFID World News
This week’s RFID World saw a flurry of announcements as the many exhibitors jostled to make an impact at what was, by all informal accounts, the biggest RFID show ever. This article highlights those announcements RFID Update deems most newsworthy.
RFID News Roundup
TrueDemand releases forecasting tool; Identec Solutions releases new rugged tag; RFIP launches online RFID Shop; GlobeRanger expanding reach; Sybase announces middleware upgrades; ADT European test center gains EPCglobal accreditation; label maker demos clipped smart label; Cisco, RedPrairie collaborate with Intermec on forklift system.
RFID to Simplify Demand-Driven Future
AMR Research’s Greg Aimi argues that the roadmap to the eventual demand-driven enterprise will be made simpler by the use of RFID technology.
Congress Weighs Drug Anticounterfeiting Bill
Recently introduced legislation would compel the FDA to require drugmakers to incorporate counterfeit-resistant technologies, such as RFID, into the packaging of prescription drugs.
SAP, Comtrol Integrate Sun RFID Software
Sun’s Java System RFID Software is now certified for integration with SAP’s AII middleware; Comtrol is adding the software to its edge controllers.
Compliance No Longer Industry Obsession
RFID World just wrapped up here in Dallas, Texas, and there was one theme that was undeniable across the conference floor: the diminished importance of mandate compliance as the driver of RFID adoption.
IBM Upgrades WebSphere RFID Platform
Big Blue is adding new capabilities to its RFID middleware and opening a new RFID test and demo center in Ireland.
TI, Smurfit-Stone Demo RFID-Enabled Cases
Texas Instruments and packaging manufacturer Smurfit-Stone have jointly devised a prototype cardboard case with an integrated RFID tag for the consumer packaged goods sector.