RFID’s Payback Stretches Beyond 2 Years, Analyst Says

It’s inevitable that people deploying radio-frequency identification systems will see cost increases before savings roll in. Companies have to pay for the new infrastructure, after all. But some companies may not see RFID efficiencies for at least two years, says one analyst firm.
In fact, ARC Advisory Group suggests that delayed returns on investments could […]



Scoping Out The Real Costs of RFID

Much of the focus surrounding the cost of RFID has been on the price of RFID chips or tags. But implementing a fully functional RFID system incurs multiple costs, including tags, readers, printers, middleware, infrastructure, consulting, R & D, system changes, implementation, training, change management, and service provider fees. There is also the cost for […]

RFID: Moving beyond the mandate

A year ago, the question confronting supply chain professionals was how to meet the RFID mandates from Wal-Mart and the Department of Defense by January 1, 2005?
As that date approaches, people like Bob Spieth, CIO of third-party logistics (3PL) provider, Ozburn-Hessey Logistics (615-401-6400), are facing an even bigger question: how do we move beyond […]

Managing Automation Launches the RFID EVAL Center

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ — Managing Automation, a Thomas Publishing Company, LLC publication, has launched the RFID EVAL Center, a comprehensive online product directory featuring over 1,000 radio-frequency identification (RFID) products, in categories such as Transponders, Antenna, Readers, Transceivers and Printers/Encoders…
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TEKLYNX First to Offer Closed-Loop RFID Label Printing Software; CODESOFT 7.1 Label Design and Integration Software Adds UHF RFID Label Printing

MILWAUKEE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 20, 2004–TEKLYNX(R) International, the world’s leading developer of software products for the AIDC marketplace, today announced CODESOFT(R) 7.1. The Enterprise edition includes the industry’s first closed-loop RFID label printing solution to enable read/write printers to read the data back from the label at print time to log the exact information stored on each […]

Georgia 400 To Upgrade Cruise Card RFID Toll Collection Technology to TransCore’s eGo Tags; Technology Eases Migration from Aging Battery-powered Tags

HARRISBURG, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 20, 2004–Georgia’s State Road and Tollway Authority (SRTA), which operates the GA 400 toll road in Atlanta, will be the first toll facility within the continental United States to upgrade their radio frequency identification (RFID) toll collection technology to TransCore’s paper-thin eGo(R) tags, a lower-cost, battery-less windshield sticker tag. Almost a million […]

Wireless barcode’s broad appeal

BOULDER, Colo. (CBS.MW) — Radio Frequency Identification, or RFID, has become a popular buzzword in the high tech tracking industry and was recently thrust in the media spotlight with headlines that read: “FDA Approves RFID Microchip for Humans…
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NCSC and RFID Journal Co-Host World’s First Major RFID Seminar on How RFID Addresses Supply Chain and Homeland Security Threats

The National Cargo Security Council, the leading organization for supply chain security professionals, announces the world’s first comprehensive seminar focused on how Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and related wireless technologies are helping to combat a wide range of commercial cargo and Homeland Security threats, including…
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Tag it: RFID technology signals changes for businesses

Radio frequency identification, a technology that allows a device to read data stored on a microchip using radio waves, has become a buzzword in today’s technology marketplace…
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Deloitte Consulting LLP Enhances RFID Capabilities, Hires Technology Pioneer Chris Hook

NEW YORK, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ — Deloitte Consulting LLP announced today that Chris Hook has joined the firm as a senior manager in the RF Solutions group and will represent the firm as a subject matter expert in radio frequency identification (RFID) systems. Hook will lead broad RFID strategy projects with Fortune 100 clients, as […]