Since we are on a theme this week exploring not only RFID, but also other technologies such as sensors and GPS, it seems like a good time now to talk about a rather interesting solution I encountered...
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Yet another industry adopts RFID: forestry. Identec, which offers an active RFID solution effective up to 300 feet away (100 meters), has been selected for an extensive forestry management...
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Tom Yager, a columnist at InfoWorld.com, recently wrote a piece about RFID called "RFID is stupid." His reasoning: an RFID tag is "incapable of learning, Logging, sensing the world...
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Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company has implemented RFID in tires, and passed a real life test recently. The RFID-tagged tires were used in a Nascar race, providing an excellent opportunity for field...
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If you are shipping relatively small quantities of product under a mandate for Wal-Mart, U.S. Department of Defense or other organization, and you need a fast solution for obtaining RFID smart...
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Heard on the street: "small is the new big" and "miniaturization, miniaturization, miniaturization." Actually, that was not heard on the street. It was heard at the CA World...
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Monday November 14, 2005 marked an important Department of Defense deadline for RFID here in the United States. As of that date supplier contracts must contain clauses requiring passive RFID tags to...
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"There is not one universal tag placement for all material. * * * Tag positioning on material: Vertical - Best, Horizontal - Good, Forward facing - Good, Backward facing - Fair, Top of material -...
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NOTE: This survey and free giveaway are now closed. Thank you. BIG REMINDER: There are just a few days left to take our survey and enter to win a free pass to Smart Labels USA!!!We had quite a few......
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This Friday, November 18, 2005, I am involved in a supply chain seminar: Global Supply Chain Strategy & Technology. It is being put on by the Center for Information Technology and eBusiness at...
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Filed in archive by Anita Campbell on November 15, 2005
Retailers spend considerable time and money trying to figure out foot traffic patterns in stores. How and where goods are displayed in a store can make a huge difference in how much a shopper will...
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When we say "supply chain management" we tend to think of it as managing physical things, i.e., raw materials or parts, which are then manufactured into products, which are then...
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Yesterday, at a business luncheon, someone at the table suggested that the majority of pets in the United States have RFID tags under their skin -- for identification purposes. However, when I came...
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On October 4, 2005, the book Spychips was published and made its way to Amazon.com. You get an immediate sense for the angle and approach the book takes from its extended title: Spychips: How Major...
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This week I kick off a brief 2-part series about privacy issues in RFID. Never fear -- we will remain focused on the application of RFID in the business setting. I have no intentions of turning this...
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On Wednesday, November 9th, I will be moderating a panel discussion on RFID at a local CIO Symposium. We've got a great panel lined up: Anthony Amaddio of IBM; Len Steinbach, CIO of the Cleveland...
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Filed in archive Retail
by Anita Campbell on November 04, 2005
From all the trees that have been killed to publish media reports on the Wal-Mart mandate and similar retailer initiatives, you might have the impression that RFID was in widespread use in retail...
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Over at MoreRFID.com, our content partner (and an excellent site by the way), I found a link to a good white paper about RFID issues in metal environments. The white paper, "How RFID Will Work in...
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TechRepublic's Bob Artner hosts a WhiteBoard Video over at ZDNet that explains the differences between RFID and smart cards. It is 4.29 minutes and definitely useful. He compares the differences...
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A colleague sent me the following news item about the University of California now offering a certificate program in RFID, as part of its business curriculum: University of California Irvine...
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