RFID Shipment Tracking and Detection

Pliant implements IBM-designed RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) platform pilot program, that tracks shipments between technical centers and customer sites. The RFID system detects tampering in shipped products and enables workforce mobility using handheld devices to track products. Potential tampering can be identified and addressed in real-time. ...

... "IBM Global Business Services consultants collaborated with Pliant to develop a comprehensive RFID technology roadmap, helping Pliant prepare and validate the RFID equipment in its labs. Pliant's IBM software and solution, which has been in place since December 2005, leverages IBM's Data Collection Server software and WebSphere RFID Device Infrastructure. The software installed on Pliant's network helped to create RFID labels which were printed and deployed on pallets and the pallets were tracked as they moved between the two Pliant technical centers in Newport News, Virginia and Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. IBM consultants worked with Pliant to create Web pages on a network database to track the content and movement history of each pallet so that its location was always known.



A wireless handheld RFID reader loaded with the WebSphere RFID Device Infrastructure used to scan the pallets within the plants to immediately look up pallet content information. With the support provided by the IBM Global Business Services team, Pliant now has a proven product concept to access to real-time tracking information for shipments between its two facilities. This setup allowed Pliant to download and monitor critical information which helped protect business-critical applications. " ...

Via Pliant Corporation: IBM Helps Pliant Design and Implement RFID System to Track Shipments and Detect Tampering ...

RFID Pharma Supply Chain: Track and Trace EPCIS Pilot

AmerisourceBergen announces innovative Track and Trace Program that will benefit the pharmaceutical supply channel. Its pilot program connects AmerisourceBergen's EPCIS directly to other business partner EPCIS systems and to specific pharmaceutical manufacturer systems. In Q1-2007, VeriSign will provide authentication services and enable visibility across multiple EPCIS systems. ...

... "AmerisourceBergen has been a leader in protecting the integrity of the pharmaceutical supply channel, first by pledging over one year ago to purchase 100 percent of its pharmaceutical and other products directly from the product manufacturer, and now by launching a unique Track and Trace initiative which will utilize RFID and Electronic Product Code Information System (EPCIS) technology to track and trace products throughout the entire distribution process. AmerisourceBergen plans to formally launch the Track and Trace pilot program at its largest distribution center in California by the end of 2006. In the pilot, AmerisourceBergen will use IBM's RFID middleware and embedded software on readers to read RFID tags currently used by certain pharmaceutical manufacturers as those products enter the distribution center. The unique product ID from each RFID tag will be electronically stored in IBM's EPCIS, which will be the platform for secure electronic communications back to the product's manufacturer. This secure information exchange will allow AmerisourceBergen and its trading partners to work collaboratively to share transaction information and further secure the supply channel. As new orders come into the AmerisourceBergen distribution center, the RFID system can monitor product placed in shipping totes as they move through the picking, packing, and shipping processes. As each tote leaves the distribution center the EPCIS software will record the time and location of each unit leaving the premises as well as its intended destination so that AmerisourceBergen has a complete record of the history of all RFID tagged drugs. " ...

Via AmerisourceBergen: AmerisourceBergen Announces Innovative Track and Trace Program for the Pharmaceutical Supply Channel

RFID Battery-Assist Passive Tag: Supports Logistics and Manufacturing ...

Intelleflex RFID tags can be used by logistics companies and in manufacturing in long-range, battery-assisted mode for real-time inventory tracking of assemblies in the warehouses. The RFID system can automatically generate a proof of shipment when assemblies are shipped. When used in maintenance operations in passive mode, companies can realize significant benefits from having actionable manufacturing and repair history data in the 64Kb user memory of the RFID tag at the point of use. ...

... "Intelleflex's InfoSure tags and the I-Beam reader are multi-protocol, ensuring global interoperability using EPC standards. InfoSure tags can be used as passive C1G2 tags with any other C1G2 reader or used in the battery-assisted passive mode at long ranges with the I-Beam reader. InfoSure tags offer up to 100-meter read/write range in free space, which translates to 100 percent read/write reliability at standard working ranges in industrial environments. They also offer 64 kb user memory, which is segmented into 1 kb blocks so they can be independently protected for read/write access through passwords. The I-Beam reader can read any EPC C1G2 tag as well as the Class 3 InfoSure tag. Initial product shipments of both the tags and readers are targeted for asset management, yard management, manufacturing and zonal access control applications. " ...

Via Intelleflex Corporation: Intelleflex Announces Availability of its RFID Battery-Assisted Passive Tag and Reader Products ...

RFID Access Inventory Control: KeyWhere

KeyWhere applies RFID technology to the process of managing car delaership keys through it wireless system. ...

... "KeyWhere optimizes staff productivity and increases accountability using state-of-the-art RFID access cards and keytags to track each vehicle's activity history. " ...

RFID Access Inventory Control: KeyWhere: Via KeyWhere: KeyWhere Tracks Sales Activity Each Time a Key is Accessed ...

RFID Medical Device Management: Human Error Reduction ...

Wren Medical collaborates to deliver RFID-based management of medical devices. ...

... "Wren Medical and ETCOM have developed the best RFID solution for Wren Medical's applications, and is now employing the use of Active RFID technology to enhance its current software offering that guarantees accurate data collection and establishes a clearly defined process for cycling of a medical device - from location to utilization to biomedical service history. RFID technology has proven that by automating data collection the potential for human errors and inconsistencies is eliminated. Wren Medical has been providing unique software solutions to their customers for several years, and is currently managing tens of thousands of medical devices for health care providers all over North America. Their system offers a complete solution for asset management by addressing all of the following areas: location, utilization, preventative maintenance schedule, repair history, warranty information, depreciation, valuation, and more. " ...

RFID Medical Device Management: Human Error Reduction: Via Wren Medical: Wren Medical Systems, Inc. Initiates the Use of Active RFID with their State-of-the-Art Asset Management Network ...

RFID Hospital: Blood Tracking ...

IBM collaborates with Japan hospital to track blood samples using RFID technology. ...

... "At the Kyoto Medical Center, under the new project, RFID tags were attached to dummy samples of plasma derivatives (about 50 units) and successfully traced. Using these RFID tags, information on the distribution and use history of the products - from the pharmaceutical manufacturer via the wholesalers to the medical institutions through to use - can be shared (federated), and the basis for a tracking mechanism can be established. In the future, multiple users, beyond the boundaries of individual industries, can make use of this kind of historical information to provide a system for enabling safe medical care. IBM Japan has built a distributed information system for seamless operation of RFID tags, while protecting a variety of highly classified medical information, such as personal information. Moreover, from the point of view of privacy, it has become possible to provide access control technology, which strictly limits access to the database and displays only the information necessary for the business at hand in systems used by multiple businesses or departments. " ...

RFID Hospital: Blood Tracking: Via IBM: Japan's first RFID tag drug-shipment-to-in-hospital medication traceability successfully demonstrated ...

RFID Animal Tagging: Record Month ...

Digital Angel has record month due to RFID animal tagging ...

... "McGrath noted that the expanding move toward electronic RFID tagging by ranchers, prompted primarily by the need to verify the sources and history of livestock from birth to the processing plants, has also increased demand for visual tags, a product which Digital Angel pioneered more than 60 years ago. While ranchers need the electronic system to create a permanent history and database for livestock, visual tags also play a role in easily identifying the animals, particularly in the early years of their lives. " ...

RFID Animal Tagging: Record Month: Via Digital Angel: DIGITAL ANGEL CORPORATION REPORTS RECORD SALES MONTH FOR VISUAL LIVESTOCK ID TAGS IN U.S. ...

RFID GlaxoSmithKline Technology Test ...

GlaxoSmithKline tests RFID technology on HIV drug to combat counterfeiting. ...

... "GlaxoSmithKline has begun distributing a medicine tagged with radio frequency identification (RFID) technology as part of a pilot project to help protect patient safety. The tags will be placed on all bottles of Trizivir (an HIV medicine) distributed in the United States. When scanned at close range, the tags will help verify that the medicine bottle contains authentic Trizivir. This specific medicine was selected for the project because it has been listed by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy as one of 32 drugs most susceptible to counterfeiting and diversion. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has asked the pharmaceutical industry to develop standards and pilot processes for RFID that may lead in the next few years to broad adoption and use of the technology. RFID uses a tiny silicon chip and antenna about the size of a postage stamp that is attached to each bottle of medicine. The chip stores a unique product code that reflects information about the drug's manufacturing and shipping history. The product code can be read by pharmaceutical wholesalers and pharmacists using a hand-held or stationary electronic device that is placed within 2-18 inches of the tag. The tag can be read by wholesalers when it is received from the manufacturer and when it is shipped to pharmacies, who would then record when they have received the medicine. This allows manufacturers to more precisely account for medicine as it moves through the distribution chain and to authenticate medicine at the point of dispensing. " ...

RFID GlaxoSmithKline Technology Test: Via GlaxoSmithKline: GlaxoSmithKline begins testing new technology ...

RFID Tracks Produce ...

ScoringAg addresses trackback needs in produce industry through RFID integration ...

... "ScoringAg's Point-to-Point Traceback system keeps the produce ID and/or RFID number from the field through the processing stage or storage, to the transporter's log through every processing stage, from the grower to the table, all for just pennies per record. Each produce label can carry an SSI-EID number and/or barcode that corresponds to that one item's total history of food handlers and its quality. " ...

Produce Handlers Using ScoringAg are Ready for FDA Traceback Regulations: Those nut, fruit, and vegetable operations that receive, hold, and ship raw agricultural commodities, such as sweet corn, green beans, carrots, alfalfa sprouts, peppers, apples and other crops, are mandated by the Bioterrorism Act of 2002 to register all their facilities, and keep proper records wherever food commodities and produce are received, cleaned, stored, blended, and processed, and then shipped again ...

Implanted RFID Microchips for Dogs ...

Digital Angel Corp's RFID microchips will be implanted into dog rescue teams. ...

... "Digital Angel Corporation, an advanced technology company in the field of rapid and accurate identification, location tracking, and condition monitoring of high-value assets, announced that the United Network for Worldwide Disaster Aid (UNWDA), an internationally-known, EU-based team of experts deployed at catastrophic events throughout the world, has selected the Company's implanted electronic RFID microchips for its specially-trained canine search and rescue teams based in diverse countries. To date, a total of 49 of the group's 178 dogs have been implanted with the Digital Angel microchip and many of the chipped dogs have recently been deployed in emergency aid areas including Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Caribbean and China. The UNWDA organization, which has canine units connected to 22 countries around the world and has deployed dogs to catastrophes of the magnitude of the New York 9/11 disaster and last year's tsunami in Asia, had previously used tattoos to identify their dogs. UNDWA switched to the implanted microchips because of the need for access to a variety of information about the individual animals, said Dr. S. Eynn, spokesperson for the organization's coordination center in Brussels. The Digital Angel microchip was selected after a careful review of other similar microchips available on the international market, she added. " ...

Implanted RFID Microchips for Dogs: Via Digital Angel: DIGITAL ANGEL CORPORATION ELECTRONIC RFID MICROCHIP SELECTED FOR SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL CANINE SEARCH/RESCUE TEAM; Need for Complete Canine History Prompts Use of Microchips; Chipped Team Deployed in Afghanistan, Pakistan ...

Wireless RFID Animal Tracking and Traceback System ...

ScoringAg leverages RFID to enable web-based animal tracking system and could replace NAIS cattle ID project. ...

... "Instead of waiting for hours or days for animal health history - which is the stated goal of the proposed NAIS animal ID consortium - all field data updates, including those that are available on the animal's public page, are displayed instantly - in real time - as they occur, when and where the data is collected and uploaded - in the field or in chutes at auctions, feedlots, packing plants, and elsewhere. Only ScoringAg's system is ready and able to deliver this level of secure information in just seconds to those in need during a catastrophic event. The animal's public records page can also show other tags, brands or tattoos, or a photo of the animal if needed. This gives an additional means of animal ID when RFID ear tags are lost or stolen and only the animal's unique identifying characteristics can give positive ID. ScoringAg's Web-based databank uses its secure Internet interconnections and servers to provide real-time traceup and traceback, as well as complete traceability and animal movement history, to geographically diverse livestock groups - from original producers through all production stages, using a system of checkpoints to account for tagged livestock as they move through the system. " ...

Wireless RFID Animal Tracking and Traceback System; Via ScoringAg: NAIS Cattle ID Pilot Projects Not Needed, Since Proven Advanced Technology Already Exists: While NAIS regional pilot projects merely promised some limited animal ID and tracking results after a few years of study, ScoringAg's Web-based traceup / traceback database system delivers real time results in seconds – in operation now for all livestock species, using high-speed, wireless RFID and precise premises locations ...

RFID Emergency Card: Enables Electronic Health Record ...

MedicAlert will show its RFID-enabled smart-card for enabling emergency medical care through the use of identification and electronic health records. ...

... "MedicAlert will be showcasing technology products - the MedicAlert® E-HealthKEY, the Health Enhancement System (HES), and the RFID Emergency Card in response to the federal government’s goal to give all Americans electronic medical records in the coming years. Within a few years, one-third of all Americans will be elderly – about 77 million people – the single biggest demographic group in the country. Globally, the U.S. will have the largest population of elderly people in the history of the world. " ...

RFID Emergency Card: Enables Electronic Health Record: Via MedicAlert: MedicAlert® to showcase technology at the White House Conference on Aging ...

MedicAlert® is committed to providing technology-based solutions and is an active member and a leader in developing interoperability standards with all the major Healthcare IT standards organizations. The MedicAlert® repository uses Web service interfaces to support standard Electronic Health Records (EHRs), including electronic drug prescriptions and for patient record interoperability. These activities will ensure the rapid development and deployment of standards to improve the quality of care, lower healthcare costs while increasing patient safety. MedicAlert® is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1956 with a mission to protect and save lives, is headquartered in the United States and has international affiliates in nine countries.

Additional resources on uses of RFID to support emergency health care or electronic health care identification:

Health Care CIO Runs Internal RFID Test - Computerworld: "Halamka said this month that when the chip is scanned by an RFID reader, an identifying number directs physicians to his medical records, which are stored electronically at CareGroup's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. "

VeriChip launches secure database to consult health care data stored on implantable RFID chips: "VeriChip is a miniaturised, implantable, radio frequency identification device (RFID) which can be used in a variety of security, emergency, and health care applications. About the size of a grain of rice, each VeriChip is composed of FDA-accepted materials and contains a unique verification number which can seamlessly integrate to the GVS Registry."

RFID can be a matter of life and death in the medical world | WTN: "Radio frequency identification technology is often touted as a way to improve supply chain management. But in the health care world, the technology is bringing other, perhaps more important benefits: safety and security."

RFID Technology Enables Hospital Efficiency and Effectiveness ...

RFID technology can enable efficiency in hospitals through asset management and increase effectiveness, such as patient safety, through real-time patient information access that lower patient errors. Marisa Torrieri's article explores hospital RFID scenarios. ...

RFID Technology Enables Hospital Efficiency and Effectiveness: Via SecureID News: FDA-approved RFID technology eases E.R. visits, reduces wrong-site surgery ...

... "But let's say she's tagged with RFID and the hospital's medical staff is equipped with a reader that can pick up her medical history in one wave. Her diabetes would be detected immediately, and she'd get the right treatment right away that would decrease her emergency room stay. That's just one scenario made possible by RFID. " ...

RFID Art Party ...

Art reception was held using RFID tracking technology where party-goers were given RFID tags. People's viewing history was traced and analyzed using Alien RFID readers.

RFID Art Party: Via Engadget: Partygoers get RFID tagged for art's sake ...

... "RFID Tracking Party held at San Francisco's Museum of Modern Art earlier this week was to make some kind of clever, artsy, postmodern statement about privacy, society and art. " ...

Significant RFID Growth Expected By Samsys ...

Significant RFID Growth Expected By Samsys: SAMSys Technologies Reports 2005 Q3 Financial Results and Holds Investor Conference Call ...

SAMSys expects signficant growth in RFID revenue as new product adoption rates accelerate ...

... "Early adopters of the technology, including retail and consumer packaged goods companies, continue to move toward meeting the various mandates defined by numerous North American and European retailers and the U.S. Department of Defence. As a result of these trends and the introduction of new products, SAMSys expects to see growth and expansion in the adoption and deployment of RFID technology in the remainder of fiscal 2005 and beyond which should result in significant growth in the Company’s revenues. The current order book is approx $1.5 million and represents the highest level in the history of the Company. " ...

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Hospital RFID Bracelet Integrated Medical Record ...

Hospital RFID Bracelet Integrated Medical Record: Exavera Technologies Incorporated - Insight Comes from Information: eShepherd™ Combines WiFi and RFID Technologies to Maximize Patient Safety and Optimize Hospital Workflow ...

... "eShepherd's RFID bracelets contain a subset of the patient's electronic medical record, including a photograph for positive identification and medical history such as insurance information, vital signs, physician contact data and current medications. In addition to this intelligence, the bracelet communicates automatically with the hospital's information system through Exavera's wireless broadband premise router, eliminating the need for scanning and making the flow of data transparent to patients and caregivers. Working with a hospital's HIS and wireless input devices such as PDAs, tablet PCs, and laptops, eShepherd enables real-time, point-of-care read and write access to information contained in the bracelet and the hospital's database." ...

Printronix RFID Growth Bright Spot ...

Printronix RFID Growth Bright Spot: Printronix Announces First Quarter Results for Fiscal Year 2006 ...

... "Although we were disappointed with the slowdown in sales for our core business, we were very encouraged by the progress we made in our growing RFID segment, said Robert Kleist, President and CEO of Printronix. This quarter we achieved $943 thousand in RFID printer sales, the highest in our history, which we believe is indicative of the tangible traction we are gaining in the early deployment of RFID. In addition, we also recently announced strategic RFID partnerships with IBM and Microsoft, two key leaders and developers in the RFID space. " ...

Vessel History RFID Tag

Vessel History RFID Tag: Vats of Wine and Brandy - SACO Systems (Pty) Ltd.

... "The company came up with a simple answer whereby each individual vat was fitted with a passive RFID tag containing information about the vat's history, as well as its contents. " ...

RFID Digital Healthcare Transformation

RFID Digital Healthcare Transformation: McKesson Executive Retreat to Highlight Role of IT in Healthcare Transformation: Nation’s top healthcare leaders will share best practices and explore key issues ...

McKesson's retreat will explore the digital healthcare transformation, enabled by RFID technology, among others ...

... "Building Digital Healthcare Communities – IT leaders will discuss how healthcare organizations will soon be able to triage patients before they enter the emergency room by blending traditional communication networks with WiMax and RFID technologies to link to local emergency, fire, police and other municipal services. " ...

McKesson Corporation is a Fortune 15 healthcare services and information technology company dedicated to helping its customers deliver high-quality healthcare by reducing costs, streamlining processes, and improving the quality and safety of patient care. Over the course of its 170-year history, McKesson has grown by providing pharmaceutical and medical-surgical supply management across the spectrum of care; healthcare information technology for hospitals, physicians, homecare, and payors; hospital and retail pharmacy automation; and services for manufacturers and payors designed to improve outcomes for patients.

RFID Shipping Warehousing Operations

RFID Shipping Warehousing Operations: ClearOrbit Harvests Supply Chain Efficiencies for Paramount Farms - the World's Largest Pistachio and Almond Supplier: ClearOrbit's Solution Will Enable Real-Time, Precise Tracking of Inventory, Shipping and Deliveries from Standard-setting Warehouse and Cold Storage ...

... "Paramount Farms is the world's largest vertically integrated supplier of pistachios and almonds, managing 175,000 square feet of cold storage with up to 190 million pounds of capacity. ClearOrbit's G.SI for Oracle Process Manufacturing (OPM) solution enables companies running OPM to leverage bar code, RF scanning and RFID to dramatically improve inventory, warehousing and shipping operations. " ...

Paramount Farms is the world's largest vertically integrated supplier of pistachios and almonds. Paramount Farms, a company with a long established history building successful produce brands including Sunkist® California Pistachios, a top seller; and Sunkist® Almond Accents®, the leading flavored, sliced almond topping. Sister brands include POM Wonderful®, the l