RFID Alert!

-- Modern Materials Handling, 9/27/2005

September 20 , 2005 | Volume 2, Issue 9

HP does RFID
In Sao Paolo, Brazil, HP is experimenting with RFID technology to improve its processes and supply chain for printers. That means moving beyond adding a tag on a carton or pallet to comply with a retail mandate. But now, HP is testing the technology in its own supply chain. One area HP is focusing on is the receiving dock.

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RFID moves from technology to a solution
For the past years, RFID has largely been a science project. Anyone who doubts that has only to look at the number of RFID labs that have popped up in recent years to test solutions. The industry appears poised to move from component pieces in the lab to deployable solutions. That may be the most important news to have emerged from the conference in Atlanta last week sponsored by EPCglobal US.

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What the private sector can learn from the military about RFID
When it comes to RFID, retailers may be getting all of the attention these days, but some of the most successful deployments of RFID have been by the military. Those include projects unrelated to the mandate by the Department of Defense to add passive RFID tags to cartons and pallets, now expected to get underway in 2006. For instance, in August the U.S. Army and IBM announced the completion of a sensor technology project involving the Army's tank automotive and armaments command (TACOM).

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EPCglobal Accredits Worldwide Network of Testing Centers
EPCglobal Inc, awarded to four testing facilities the first EPCglobal Performance Test Center Accreditation Marks during the General Session of the 2005 EPCglobal US Conference at the Georgia World Congress Center indicate that the sites use a standard set of performance test profiles to simulate real-world conditions in testing the readability of end-user products that are tagged with the Electronic Product Code.

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EPCglobal Certifies First Standards-Compliant Hardware
EPCglobal Inc. awarded to seven solution providers the EPCglobal Certification Marks during the General Session of the 2005 EPCglobal US Conference at the Georgia World Congress Center, certify that the hardware products have been tested and will work according to the EPCglobal UHF Generation 2 Air Interface Protocol Standard ratified in December 2004.

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RFID: Revolutionary Technology or Cost Burden?
Almost two years after Wal-Mart announced its radio frequency identification (RFID) initiative, thousands of companies have complied with mandates. No one denies that RFID is a revolutionary technology changing global business -- but many are asking if RFID can deliver tangible economic benefits. Read More

Unisys Predicts 2006 will be RFID's Inflection Point
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology will reach a significant turning point by the end of 2006, according to Unisys Global Visible Commerce experts. Read More

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