Featured Articles

  1. Soccer Fans Use RFID Cards To Gain Admission And Buy Food 4/9/2008
    The Manchester City Football Club is issuing season tickets containing 13.56 MHz RFID tags, enabling them to unlock the stadium's turnstiles, and to function as contactless PayPass payment cards. This card is unique because it includes RFID-enabled capabilities that let cardholders not only gain access to the stadium but also use MasterCard's contactless PayPass technology to buy food, beverages, and other items during the games. Used with permission from RFID Journal, Inc.
  2. Open Minds, Closed Systems Yield RFID Benefits By Steve Park, Zebra Technologies 4/2/2008
    White Paper: Open Minds, Closed Systems Yield RFID Benefits By Steve Park, Zebra Technologies
  3. Lessons From The Front Line: RFID Integration 3/21/2008
    White Paper: Lessons From The Front Line RFID Integration
  4. RFID Helps Reward Consumers For Recycling
    Elisabeth Wenner, Director of Sustainability, Kraft Foods     2/28/2008
    Kraft Foods has signed up with a recycling program that uses RFID technology to track and reward consumers for recycling empty containers. Kraft is the "official food sponsor" of RecycleBank, which has been expanding its offering across the United States with technology to weigh recycling bins as they are lifted into the recycling truck, while also recording whose recyclables are being weighed. Submitted by RFID Journal
  5. Wal-Mart Spearheads Another Best Practice In Supply Chain Execution: Wireless Industrial Vehicle Management 2/19/2008
    In addition to holding the title of "world’s largest retailer" and being termed “most admired retailer” by FORTUNE magazine, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is also known for innovation in supply chain management. Wal-Mart invented the practice of sharing sales data via computer with major suppliers and has been a global innovator in the use of wireless technology—warehouse management systems (WMS) and radio frequency (RF) data communication systems to manage the flow of goods though its distribution centers. Submitted by I.D. Systems, Inc.
  6. The Market For Handheld Bar Code Scanning 2/12/2008
    This white paper presents certain top-level findings from the handheld bar code scanner volumes of VDC’s 2007 Automatic Identification/Data Collection (AIDC) Global Industry Business Planning Service. This research service covers major AIDC industry forces and trends, including product and technology development, competitive analysis, distribution analysis and end-user consumption analysis.
  7. Selecting An Approach For Industrial SAP Data Collection Solutions 2/4/2008
    Throughout the last 25 years, the use of industrial mobile terminals in warehouse environments has become one of the most popular methods of increasing efficiency and eliminating errors. The purpose of this paper is to provide guidance in selecting an approach for use in implementing an SAP Data Collection Solution in industrial environments. All of the technologies discussed in this paper are solutions created and maintained by SAP Labs, and are capable of creating real-time solutions for mobile devices in an SAP environment. Submitted by PEAK Technologies
  8. An Innovative And Sustainable Approach To RFID-Enabled Packaging 1/30/2008
    With consumer packaged goods (CPG) and other manufacturers struggling to find ROI in RFID projects, HIDEPack and Domino Integrated Solutions Group worked on developing a reliable and cost-effective method of implementing RFID technology in a wide variety of packaged goods. This joint development effort resulted in the HIDEPack concept, a truly innovative approach to integrated RFID-enabled packaging. Submitted by Domino ISG
  9. RFID Is Key To Car Clubs' Success
    Featuring Susan Shaheen, research director, Transportation Sustainability Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley     1/24/2008
    Members of car-sharing programs use online schedulers to reserve cars, which are parked at set locations throughout a particular city or town. Most clubs charge hourly rates, along with a small fee per mile. The clubs offer fleets of fuel-efficient models, and many feature hybrid or electric cars. To make it easy for members to borrow any car within a fleet, the clubs send them RFID cards or key fobs when they join. Used with permission from RFID Journal
  10. RFID Takes Root In Bangladesh
    Featuring Delwar Hossain, CEO and managing director, Deltech Ltd.     1/24/2008
    The People's Republic of Bangladesh might be one of the last places you'd expect to see RFID in action. But it actually boasts several implementations, in large part due to a startup RFID hardware provider and systems integrator determined to help modernize the small Southeast Asian country. Used with permission from RFID Journal