Filed in archive Retail
by Anita Campbell on November 30, 2004
To Catch a Thief is a new RFID-based product offering that promises to end scams involving returns of stolen goods for cash refunds. (And if you're financing your way through college -- or your...
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Did you know that the sultry actress from the 1940's, Hedy Lamarr, invented RFID? Neither did I. But that's who Tom Brady, Vice President of the Uniform Code Council, attributed the invention...
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Filed in archive Retail
by Anita Campbell on November 20, 2004
As we get closer to Wal-Mart's deadline for requiring suppliers to implement RFID, the real status of compliance is coming out -- via unidentified sources. Sound like the warehouse manager's...
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Some industry insiders are suggesting that warehouse management systems vendors may emerge as strategic powerhouses due to RFID. For instance, I heard this quote by an IBM representative who appeared...
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Recently I discovered a new publication called RFID Product News. The site has a useful approach to presenting information. For instance, there is this page containing facts and figures about RFID...
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The "RFID in the Supply Chain" conference that I've been helping out with is now SOLD OUT. 'Nuff said.......
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Mark Roberti's column at the RFID Journal this week refers to an article about RFID being a disruptive technology. The article is written by Mark Raynor, author of The Innovator's Solution:...
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I found this downloadable article over at Bitpipe (free registration required): Is RFID a Disruptive Technology?The authors, Sandhya Sule and Suhil Avhad say the answer to the question is...
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Filed in archive Retail
by Anita Campbell on November 11, 2004
The next few years are going to be busy times for CIOs and IT execs in the retail industry. Especially for IT executives who understand the potential cost savings and efficiencies to be gained from...
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Check out this interesting diversion. It's a site called Businessworks Inc -- a Dotcom in the Making. The site is building an RFID and GPS transportation tracking business -- on paper. That's...
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Here's an interesting suggested solution to the RFID privacy concerns: give consumers the ability to disable or mask output from RFID tags on consumer goods at home. That way consumers will have...
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Intermec has announced that "it would suspend for 60 days its intellectual property (IP) licenses to stimulate RFID manufacturers to create and test systems. A next-generation standard to allow...
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In my spare time -- of which there is precious little -- I have been working behind the scenes to help put on an RFID seminar later this month. It's called "RFID in the Supply Chain." It...
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Third-party logistics providers have to get on board with RFID to meet their customers' demands. So concludes a recent study of 650 logistics executives by Capgemini, sponsored by fedex. The...
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