Six Sigma and the Single Tag
How do you achieve flawless read performance from your RFID system? By making sure it interrogates only one tag at a time.
Golfing for a Good Cause
RFID Journal LIVE! will include a golf outing to raise money for the Mike Sullivan Memorial Scholarship.
Merck KGaA Funds Printable RFID
The German pharmaceutical and chemical company is partnering with the Technical University of Darmstadt to develop printable RFID chips based on inorganic materials.
Report: RFID Market Worth $2.7B This Year
Research firm IDTechEx has released the 2006 version of its annual comprehensive report on the RFID market. The report makes strong predictions for most of the RFID market segments, with significant ramp-up occurring in the next few years. This article from outlines the highlights.
GS1 Germany Holds RFID Forum at CeBIT 2006
The aim is to educate attendees about RFID’s potential in a variety of areas.
Tipping Point Is Closer, Says Alien CEO
Stav Prodromou, CEO of Alien Technology, says declining tag prices are making it possible for companies to achieve a return on investment for more and more applications.
Updates in Pharma, Retail, and Library Systems
This week has seen a handful of stories about RFID’s steady and global march into the pharmaceutical, retail, and library management sectors. This article from recaps the developments.
Kimberly-Clark Deploys Gen 2 Readers
The consumer packaged goods manufacturer is using Alien’s ALR-9800 interrogator in its RFID tagging system after picking it from a test group of other Gen 2-compliant machines.
2006: The Year RFID Vanished, Part 2
This is the second article in a four-part series from Dennis Báthory-Kitsz, who predicts that this year will be the one RFID vanishes. This article considers pharma, vertical applications, the RFID business case, and the demise of “mandate psychology”.
Wal-Mart Explores New RFID Form Factors
The retailer is deploying handheld RFID interrogators and considering wearable interrogators, and is close to adopting forklift readers.