RFID Tracking: Kabayan explores Mt. Apo slopes

From Minda News, Philippines ... Kabayan was fitted with an aluminum leg band and has a radio frequency identification (RFID) microchip implanted in its breast muscle...

Developed by International Paper, with tag and reader technology from Matrics, Inc., the WTS operates at the company's Texarkana, Texas mill and warehouse. Using proprietary technology developed by IP, the WTS is a fully functional warehouse management solution that covers all stocking, storage, movement and shipping within the facility. The system ensures inventory certainty, eliminates lost product, reduces operating costs and decreases inventory by providing real-time inventory routing instructions and movement confirmation to forklift operators without the need for manual intervention. It utilizes the EPCglobal Inc.'s Electronic Product Code (EPC(TM)) standards, ensuring compatibility throughout the supply chain.

Under the terms of the two-year contract, Matrics will supply at least 10 million passive, non-battery UHF disposable tags for International Paper's expansion of its WTS technology. International Paper plans to install the new WTS using Matrics' RFID tags at most of its U.S. mills over the next several years.

Matrics, Inc., based in Columbia, Md., is a provider of EPC(TM)-compliant RFID technology and visibility solutions for supply chain, asset management and security, a corporate sponsor of the Auto-ID Center and developer of PICA(TM), a new high-speed RFID tag assembly system. Patented wireless tracking technologies provide users with the most reliable and cost-effective solutions to provide the comprehensive visibility of assets throughout the enterprise. Matrics is presently engaged in rollout applications with several Fortune 100 companies. For more information, visit Matrics on the Web at http://www.matrics.com/.