Supplier News

  1. Wal-Mart, Best Buy Spearhead DVD-Tagging Pilot
    Featuring Gay Whitney, standards director, EPCglobal     10/23/2007
    Wal-Mart, Best Buy, and other members of EPCglobal's Media and Entertainment Industry Interest Group are conducting an item-level DVD-tagging pilot with EPC RFID tags to help ensure that DVDs are in stock and available on the store floor at the proper time. Upon completion of the eight-week pilot, the participants hope to have gained enough information to move toward a broader deployment of item-level RFID tags. Used with permission from RFID Journal
  2. U.S. Army Gun-Monitoring RFID Prototype Gets Upgrade
    Featuring Patrick Esposito II, president and COO, Augusta Systems     10/23/2007
    One year after developing a prototype system to track the rounds fired by U.S. Army battle tanks, the U.S. Army's Benét Laboratories, together with integrator and developer Augusta Systems, has completed a redesign incorporating new sensors and an RFID interrogator deployed at a weapons depot instead of in each tank. The revamped version, the lab claims, will make it possible for military personnel to monitor RFID data for its tanks out of regional central locations. Used with permission from RFID Journal
  3. Philip Morris Intl. Seeks To Make Serialized Bar Codes Work With EPC Network
    Featuring Brian Schulte, director of data and information management, Altria Corporate Services     10/23/2007
    Philip Morris International has designed track-and-trace and authentication systems using serialized, linear, and 2-D bar codes designed to fight product counterfeiting and contraband. The company hopes to extend these technologies so it can leverage the Electronic Product Code (EPC) network managed by EPCglobal, and plans to work with the nonprofit standards organization to make this goal a reality. Used with permission from RFID Journal
  4. RFID Gains Traction At John Deere
    Featuring Mark Moran, technology architect, John Deere     10/23/2007
    John Deere has been testing and using passive RFID in its manufacturing operations for at least two years. Now, the company is ramping up its efforts. In May, John Deere began using EPC Gen 2 RFID tags to ensure products meant for repair don't end up at retail stores. This month, the company is launching an EPC Gen 2 pilot in one of its factories, to monitor work-in-process (WIP) and ensure parts are at the right spot at the proper time. Used with permission from RFID Journal
  5. Staples Business Depot Sees Positive Results From Active Tag Test
    Featuring Joe Soares, director of process engineering, Staples Business Depot     10/23/2007
    Since May, Staples Business Depot, the 270-store Canadian unit of Staples Inc., has been tracking the location and number of roughly 1,500 stock-keeping units (SKUs) at one of its Montreal retail locations. To do this, the retailer has been using IntelliTracker active RFID tags and readers, a proprietary system made by RFID systems provider AbsoluteSky. Fujitsu Transaction Solutions provided installation and integration services for this platform. Used with permission from RFID Journal
  6. RFID Packaging: Domino ISG And HIDE-Pack Announce The Availability Of RFID Smart Boxes 10/12/2007
    Recently, HIDE-Pack, a packaging solutions group based in Montreal and Global Systems Integrator Domino Integrated Solutions Group announce the availability of RFID-enabled Smart Boxes through the HIDE-Pack system. HIDE-Pack is a patent pending technology that eliminates the need for a paper label by incorporating the RFID inlay within the packaging medium. HIDE-Pack allows suppliers to scale RFID compliance across multiple SKU's and improve supply chain visibility.
  7. Tracient Handheld RFID Reader Ideal For Apparel 10/5/2007
    Tracient Technologies’ handheld RFID readers are being used in an apparel stocktaking application in Singapore. SeeNow Pte Ltd, an RFID solutions provider, has collaborated with Tracient to deliver a comprehensive RFID solution for the apparel industry. Their “Smart Shop” system gives businesses real-time visibility of stock and improved on-shelf availability for in-demand items.
  8. RFID Card: American Barcode And RFID Launches A Restructured Card Division 10/4/2007
    American Barcode and RFID Inc. (AB&R) recently announced the launch of their newly restructured card division, AB&R Card, whose website is www.abrcard.com.
  9. RFID Expo: American Barcode And RFID Sponsors The 2007 Colorado RFID Expo 10/4/2007
    American Barcode and RFID Inc. (AB&R) is a major sponsor for the 2007 Colorado RFID Expo (CORFIDA)the 2007 Colorado RFID Expo, to be held on October 25th at the Marriott Denver Tech Center, will be the largest RFID event in Colorado this year.
  10. American Barcode And RFID Participates In The Komen Phoenix Race For The Cure 2007 10/4/2007
    American Barcode and RFID Inc. (AB&R) will participate in the Komen Phoenix Race for the Cure this year on October 14th in downtown Phoenix, Arizona.