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Radio frequency
identification (RFID) is an enabler of tracking processes in the extended value chain.
An
RFID Primer For The Procurement Professional File
Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat ... An RFID Primer For The Procurement Professional
February 2004 Debbie Wilson The lure of order-of-magnitude improvement motivates
large-scale implementations. ...
Press
Releases ... This is Savi's third multi-year RFID procurement contract
with DoD since 1994, for a combined total contract value of $280 million. ...
DoD
enlists RFID tags in procurement battle DoD enlists RFID tags in
procurement battle ... The procurement initiative will require contractors to begin using
passive RFID tags on packaging by January 2005. ...
RFID
MAKING THE DECISION TO CHANGE. The analysis. Why we chose Checkpoint RFID. The procurement
process. Numerous meetings were held with ...
Government
Procurement: DoD announces Radio Frequency ID Policy ... ... Brief
Article Government Procurement, Dec, 2003. The Department of Defense (DoD) announced the
establishment of a Radio Frequency Identification Policy (RFID). ...
Aviation
Logistics - MRO, Procurement and Spares ... Calendar Inventory Mgmt
Logistics Related News and Newsites RFID Information Supply ... Logistics, procurement and
MRO in the aviation industry are very unique and ...
METRO
Group Future Store Initiative Procurement ... Procurement. When goods are
received at the Future Store, employees transport the pallets from the truck through an
RFID gate at the back-store entrance. ...
RFID
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Acrobat ... 2 of 3 RFID ADC 21 Attachment 5. REQUESTED CHANGE: a. Title: Storage ...
that is shared by multiple organizations (eg, ICPs, the Procurement, Maintenance and
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e-procurement
- an update File Format: Microsoft Powerpoint
97 ... EAN UCC statement on RFID. EAN & UCC will take a leading role in the
development of RFID technology for supply chain applications. ... RFID Application scope.
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Indiatimes
- Infotech Resource Center ... technology, urging suppliers and
manufacturers to get on the RFID bandwagon, lest ... After a rather slow start procurement
managers of Indian corporates, state ...
POLICY
PRINCIPLES FOR USE OF ACTIVE RFID TECHNOLOGY IN THE DOD ... File
Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat ... If the originating activity is a vendor
location, it is the responsibility of the procuring Agency/MILDEP to procure sufficient
RFID equipment to...
Individual
Protective Equipment Supply Chain Automatic ... File
Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat ... Develop system interface requirements (ie, tag
to interrogator, interrogator to AISs, etc.) • Procure RFID equipment (tags,
interrogators, interfaces ...
Precision
Dynamics Corporation's Smart Band RFID Wristbands to Help Combat Counterfeiting at the
South by Southwest Festivals Last year during SXSWeek
thousands of counterfeit wristbands were made and sold on the street with a face value of
as much as 500 000. Those involved in the counterfeiting were caught and charged with
forgery and trademark counterfeiting. This year the chance of counterfeiting the new RFID
wristbands will be almost impossible. Yahoo Entertainment - Pr Newswire, Mar
9, 2004
Power
Paper Announces Availability of First Battery-Assisted UHF RFID Chips
Business Editors High-Tech Writers TEL AVIV ISRAEL BURR RIDGE ILLINOIS BUSINESS WIRE 9
2004 Power Paper Ltd. Business Wire, Mar 9, 2004
Magic
Software Announces Rapid RFID Acceleration Support in iBOLT Integration Suite in
Compliance with Leaders in the Supply Chain Industry
Magic Software will offer the live seminar Integration for Logistics RFID EDI XML and
Beyond on March 9 2004 at Noon EST. Registration details are available on the company
website at . Supply Chain Mandates Will Strain Existing IT Resources Recent compliance
initiatives by Wal-Mart Target U.S. Department of Defense Food and Drug Administration and
others have made RFID an essential requirement in the integration
industry. Business Wire, Mar 9, 2004
WebMethods
Launches Starter Kit Tom Roberts The Starter Pack
includes webMethods Integration Server a component of its flagship Integration Platform
webMethods Modeler a graphical application for modeling how data will flow from RFID
readers to enterprise applications and databases and a pilot kit that includes prebuilt
data models based on specific business processes. For instance the kit includes a model
for scanning tags at receiving and transferring the data to inventory management and other
applications. RFID Journal, Mar 9, 2004
New
Reader Engine from Alien Technology Selected for Zebra Technologies' UHF Class 1 EPC RFID
Printer/Encoder ... announces today that Zebra
Technologies has selected the ALR 9930-A reader module for use in its new R4Mplus EPC UHF
Class 1 RFID printer encoder. Alien's module is a compact feature-rich RFID reader
designed for EPC labeling applications such as those performed by Zebra's
R4Mplus. Quote.com Capital Goods Sector New, Mar 9,
2004
ODIN
Lab Focuses on Wal-Mart Systems integrator ODIN
Technologies opens a new warehouse testing facility to try out solutions in a Wal-Mart-type
environment. By Jennifer Maselli March 8 2004 RFID systems integrator has expanded
its facilities and services with the addition of a 3 000-square-foot warehouse testing
facility in Dulles Va. Patrick Sweeney While ODIN?s original lab in Reston has focused on
testing various readers tags and architectures the new facility will concentrate on
testing how tags and readers perform when the tags are attached to specific products sold
by its clients. RFID Journal, Mar 8, 2004
RFID
Initiatives Up Market Forecasts Techweb News Wal-Mart
RFID Metro AG Target RFID Initiatives Up Market Forecasts March 8 2004 Advertisement RFID
Initiatives Up Market Forecasts March 8 2004 4 00 p.m. EST TechWeb News Major initiatives
among to use electronic tags to track inventory from warehouses to stores will drive
market growth for radio frequency identification technology to 37 percent through 2005 to
more than 2 billion a market research firm said Monday. Financial
Technology Network, Mar 8, 2004
Albertsons
Joins RFID Brigade Like those of retailers Wal-Mart
Target and Metro Group as well as the U.S. Department of Defense Albertsons suppliers will
need to tag all cases and pallets they ship with RFID tags. All of the retailers are
hoping that RFID will improve their supply chains and in-stock rates by making it easier
to locate products as they move from suppliers to distribution centers and ultimately to
individual stores We'll be able to instantly locate products as they flow through our
supply chain making sure the right products are in the right place at the right time as we
focus on making our customers lives easier Bob Dunst executive VP and chief technology
officer at Albertsons said in a... Yahoo! Most Popular Tech News, Mar 8,
2004
Tapemark
Announces New Chipless RFID for Brand Protection
Because Chipless ID uses a frequency well above conventional UHF no chip is needed
significantly reducing the cost of the RF tag as compared to traditional chip-based
solutions. Tapemark's patented Chipless ID is ideal for applications such as
authentication or product and package security and offers a unique serial number that can
be tracked and traced from creation of the product through distribution.
Manufacturing.net Materials Handling, Mar 8, 2004
Toppan
Matsushita Introduce RFID Tag Reading System with Rewritable Paper
Toppan originally developed such new printers by combining a reader to read data on IC
tags and a thermal head for rewriting and erasing letters on the paper. At the exhibition
site Toppan used a reader made by Omron Corp. Demand for easier techniques to visualize
data on IC tags is increasing among those who are starting to use IC tags for example from
the logistics industry a Toppan representative explained at the exhibition. NE
Asia Online Communications News, Mar 9, 2004
JAPAN:
GOVT. TO TEST RFID TAG SYSTEM The tests to be carried
out by the Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry are to see whether attaching integrated
circuit tags to the products rationalizes goods inspections and inventory counts at
factories distribution centers and shops. NamNews, Mar 9,
2004
Alien
Technology Corporation Announces Initial Operations in Fargo North Dakota
Business Editors High-Tech Writers MORGAN HILL Calif. BUSINESS WIRE 8 2004 Alien
Technology Corporation a leading manufacturer of RFID hardware systems announced today it
will commence its operations in Fargo North Dakota. Business Wire, Mar
8, 2004
InterAmerican
Resources Inc. to Acquire Allixon Co. Ltd. Ltd of Seoul
South Korea. Allixon Co. Ltd. www.allixon.com specializes in wireless Auto-ID technology
which allows non-contact identification using radio waves. These systems called Radio
Frequency Identification or RFID are effective in manufacturing and other hostile
environments where bar code labels could not survive or are impractical to use. The
Company intends to file shortly its Form 10SB with the goal of becoming a reporting
company under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended so it will
be eligible to be quoted on the NASD's OTC Bulletin Board. PR Newswire
via iWon, Mar 9, 2004
CL
Solutions Selected to Represent Symagery in Asian Markets; Will Distribute Symagery's
Advanced Image Reader Systems For AIDC Industry Under the
agreement CL Solutions will represent Symagery in China Hong Kong Korea Japan Singapore
Taiwan and other Asian markets. It will provide first-level sales engineering and support
functions. Based in China CL Solutions was selected to be Symagery's distributor based on
its extensive automated data collection experience. CL Solutions markets bar code and RFID
reading equipment hand-held computers and radio frequency data communications
systems. Manufacturing.net, Mar 9, 2004
IBM
to buy supply-chain company In a move to bolster its
RFID push Big Blue says it will acquire privately held Trigo Technologies a supplier of
data synchronization software used to streamline supply-chain
operations. CNET News.com, Mar 9, 2004
Helping
Hand For RFID Adoption Making sense of the deluge of
data that radio-frequency identification systems are expected to generate could be the
biggest obstacle to widespread RFID adoption. ConnecTerra Inc. said Monday it's now
offering RFTagAware 1.0 software for monitoring and managing radio-frequency
identification readers and RFID data. RFTagAware filters and aggregates data generated by
RFID systems and integrates it with enterprise resource planning supply chain and
warehouse-management applications. Information Week Software News, Mar
8, 2004
Privacy
Fears Create Roadblocks For RFID Fear is a potent emotion and
it has been used to rally people to oppose many well-meaning but poorly understood
initiatives. Radio-frequency identification proponents are beginning to understand that as
they fight legislative efforts to clamp restrictions on a technology that's just beginning
to be deployed by a few businesses. Information Week Hardware News, Mar
8, 2004
Wincor
Nixdorf's Future Lab Retail Store Features Texas Instruments RFID Technology
Working with Texas Instruments RFid Systems a worldwide leader in RFID technology Wincor
Nixdorf designed the Future Lab to showcase how RFID creates efficiencies in key areas
within a retail clothing store including when a shipment is received at the dock door as
items are labeled with prices in the back room for in-store merchandising in the fitting
rooms and at the checkout. Quote.com Technology Sector New, Mar 8, 2004
Data
Synchronization Consumer Focus Among Keys to Managing Transition to RFID According to A.T.
Kearney Since 2001 the company has led three studies
for the Grocery Manufacturers of America and the Food Marketing Institute examining the
impact of common data standards across retailers and manufacturers. A November 2003 A.T.
Kearney study was the first to calculate the cost of RFID adoption for CPG manufacturers
pinning it at roughly 33 million annually for a 5 billion manufacturer.
MSN Money Computer Software News, Mar 8, 2004
Albertsons
Launches RFID Technology Program BOISE ID Albertsons
announced that it is launching a Radio Frequency Identification RFID program and will be
using the technology to improve efficiencies in consumer demand chain management. The
company is currently in the testing phase using RFID technology with select partners at
the case and pallet level. Albertsons expects its top 100 suppliers to be participating in
the RFID program at the case and pallet level by April 2005. Retail
Merchandiser News, Mar 8, 2004
Nestlé
UK Safeway See RFID Gains By Jonathan Collins Companies at
the forefront of RFID deployment in the United Kingdom are confident that a mix of
corporate attitudes and government initiatives has helped push the U.K. ahead of Europe
and the United States in terms of RFID implementation. Nonetheless the companies worry
that a lack of RFID skilled engineers may stifle that jump-start. RFID Journal
ConnecTerra
promises to separate the noise from the news for RFID AM By
An RFID-tagged case of razor blades is sitting on a warehouse shelf transmitting
information three to four times a minute. In most instances that information says The case
is on the shelf the case is on the shelf the case is on the shelf What you want to know is
when the case has been removed from the shelf says Dave Douglas senior vice president of
products for ConnecTerra. Mass High Tech-Software
Leading
regional networking distributor sees strong adoption of Zebra desktop label printers in
healthcare and warehousing Zebra Technologies is one of the leading global
providers of thermal bar code label and receipt printers card printers RFID smart label
printer encoders supplies label design integration software and the widest range of
thermal printer connectivity and networking solutions.
Zebra
Technologies Corporation Invites You to Join Its 2003 Fourth Quarter And FY 2003 Analyst
Conference Call on the Web More than 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies
use Zebra R printers. A broad range of applications benefit from Zebra-brand thermal bar
code smart label card and receipt printers resulting in enhanced security increased
productivity improved quality lower costs and better customer service. The company has
sold more than 3 million printers including RFID printer encoders and wireless mobile
solutions and also offers software connectivity solutions and printing supplies.
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