RFID Best Practices: FIVE STEPS TO RFID DEPLOYMENT

From Ferret, Australia ... Matrics and Alien, the main EPC tag and reader providers today, will have to ... There are also interference issues since many traditional RF systems also use the ...

" ... WHETHER you are responding to EPC-based mandates or simply trying to gain competitive advantage through RFID, this five-step process will make for successful RFID deployment. Contrary to perceptions fostered by the recent buzz around mandates from Wal-Mart, Target, Albertsons, the Department of Defense (DOD) and others, RFID is not a new technology. It was first used more than 60 years ago by Britain to identify friend and foe aircraft in World War II. For more than 20 years, every railroad car in North America and many other countries have had RFID tags on them. And if you have an ExxonMobil Speedpass or use a tollway transponder in your car, you are using RFID technology. ... "

Alien Technology is a leading supplier of radio frequency identification (RFID) hardware that enables consumer packaged goods companies, retailers, logistics companies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and defense industries to improve their operating efficiency by implementing RFID solutions throughout their supply chain. Alien was the first company to deliver electronic product code (EPC) Class 1 hardware, and the company's unique patented manufacturing process, Fluidic Self Assembly™ (FSA), ensures the reliable and cost-efficient delivery of RFID tags in high volumes. With a manufacturing facility in Morgan Hill, California and a planned expansion facility in Fargo, North Dakota, Alien offers industry-leading manufacturing capacity to meet the rapidly growing market demand.