Microsoft RFID in Supply Chain

...Big software companies, like Microsoft, are backing the Auto-ID Center, a joint American/European organization that is setting RFID standards.

"We intend to make sure that all of our products related to inventory, retail management, manufacturing, distribution and point-of-sale include built-in support for RFID technology," says Satya Nadella, corporate vice president in the Microsoft Business Solutions Group.

Deploying RFID solutions that are connected to business management solutions will be straightforward plug and play. Still, the solutions won't show their full potential until RFID has been widely adopted...