To Win RFID Talent, Be Creative
The growth in RFID is creating a shortage of RFID professionals, but you can use inventive hiring strategies to beef up your workforce.
Serialized Bar Codes or RFID?
Serialized bar codes are not a replacement for RFID, but they should be considered for applications where line of sight is not an issue and a lot of labor isn’t needed to scan items.
RFID Adoption Following Hype Cycle to a Tee
If we take a step back and look at the RFID adoption as just another high-technology sector, it follows Gartner’s famed “Hype Cycle” to a tee.
Most RFID Users Believe RFID Lacks ROI
An AMR Research survey of 500 RFID Journal readers shows that spending on RFID is being hampered by high cost and immature technology.
Australia’s UHF Readers Get a Boost
The nation’s communications regulator has issued an experimental license that raises the allowable radiated power of RFID UHF readers to 4 watts.
RFID News Roundup
Moore Wallace announces production capacity for millions of Gen 2 smart labels; Thompson to get tagged with VeriChip; Paxar Canada and IDVelocity link up; OTI’s Saturn OK’d for Visa RFID; RFID kits from Barcoding Inc.; RFID industry groups join forces.
Four Lessons of the Wal-Mart Mandate
Modern Materials Handling has an article this week on what has thus far been learned from the Wal-Mart mandate, considered the catalyzing event for the RFID industry as it exists today, almost two years after its initial announcement.
Keeping Track of Cadets’ Togs
Texas A&M University is deploying an RFID system to track rented uniforms for its Corps of Cadets.
Tag Data Standard Supports DOD Codes
A revision to EPCglobal’s tag data standard includes the Department of Defense’s legacy product code formats.
ABI Research: Impending RFID Software Market Shakeout
ABI Research today released as part of its RFID Research Service a warning that the RFID software market will experience a shakeout in the next six to nine months.