Some retailers love the idea of radio frequency identification chips, which they can use to easily track merchandise. Wal-Mart (WMT, news, msgs), for instance, wants its suppliers to tag items shipped to…
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Advanstar Technology Group, a division of Advanstar Communications, Inc., together with AIM Global, the trade association for the automatic identification and mobility industry, today announced the keynote and general session speakers line-up for this year’s […]
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As advocates battle retailers like Wal-Mart on the risks and benefits of radio frequency identification (RFID), Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner has published her view of what these standards should be – in the context of the province’s public libraries.
RFID is still an emerging technology and its regulation is a source of global debate. […]
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In its report, Users and Vendors are Beginning to Explore the Utility of RFID Technology In the Supply Chain, the Yankee Group estimates that during the next 3 years, manufacturers will spend approximately $2 billion on ePC Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags and $1 to $3 billion on infrastructure. The largest portion of infrastructure spending […]
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JS: We already deploy 3.5 million tags and that’s giving us business benefits. We are trialling item-level tagging. We can’t yet talk about the results but I feel passionately that this will deliver the extra efficiencies that our supply chain is looking for. Tesco and M&S both have efficient supply chains in a very competitive […]
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g2 Microsystems, an Australian venture in the Radio Frequency ID (RFID) market, is to receive an initial investment of US$500,000 ($715,000) from DB Capital Partners, through its Ericsson Deutsche Technology Fund. The cash is part of a US$1.3 million ($1.9 million) seed-investment round
g2 has been formed by former staff of Radiata, the Sydney wireless technology […]
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June 30, 2004—Automated labeling equipment specialist Panther Industries has developed technology to RFID-enable its new and existing machines for printing and applying labels. According to the company, its offering differs from rival RFID label printer-applicator systems because Panther has developed a way to locate the RFID antenna into a printer-applicator’s existing printer engine (the assembly […]
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AeroScout of San Mateo, Calif. — formerly Bluesoft, now renamed to take advantage of the brand recognition of its product — is one of a couple of “active tag” makers out there, using Wi-Fi technology for advanced asset tracking akin to what RFID is meant to do on a smaller scale. With Wi-Fi, the tracking […]
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Dozens of companies, from entrenched technology giants to fledgling startups, are hoping to capitalize on an emerging market that promises to give the business of inventory management its biggest shakeup since the arrival of the bar code three decades ago.
In an in-depth study of the radio frequency identification industry (RFID), released this month, Bear Sterns […]
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Most IT executives have not yet adopted radio frequency identification technology, but they’re learning about the technology and how they can use it, according to a study released today.
The online survey of more than 350 IT executives found that mandates from government and major retailers encouraged 46 percent to take the first steps toward […]
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