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An inside view of RFID R&D at MIT

RFID research at MIT’s Auto-ID Labs includes custom tags for bottles of water, RF graphical simulation, and the study of the effect of air gaps and metal.

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Hype or Reality? Achieving end-to-end supply chain integration using RFID

Three of the shortcomings of RFID-enabled applications are not with RFID technology, but need to be addressed for successful implementation.

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Sidebar: CCI's RFID lessons learned

Asked what he has learned thus far as his company implements RFID, Cesar Castillo’s Dr. Rafael Moreno responds with the following observations:

June 30, 2005

Flexible packaging

Rx distributor turns to internal RFID

In-house UHF RFID at Cesar Castillo marries item identification with storage location to address inventory errors and inefficiencies.

June 30, 2005

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IBM's RFID man in Europe

Thierry Mottaz, IBM’s Integrated Supply Chain quality and customer support manager, server engineering, is leading a team developing an in-house RFID track-and-trace solution in Europe.

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Secondary Packaging

RFID 'a la cart'

Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc., Thomasville, NC, has partnered with Odin technologies to lead its RFID compliance program for its Creative Interiors division where products are shipped to retailers such as Target and Wal-Mart.

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Companies

CompaniesAmpac Packaging has completed its acqusition of Kapak Co.

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Smart Packaging: Printed RFID tags in test

Direct-print RFID technology in pilot in Europe uses no silicon or transistor.

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Labels

IFCO's asset tracking produces results

A digital-based color wheel track-and-trace technology for IFCO’s RPCs brings ‘tremendous’ benefits.

June 30, 2005

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Enterprise transaction module

Online Development’s xCoupler™ enterprise transaction module for Allen-Bradley® ControlLogix® controllers provides two-tier data exchange between plant floor devices (sensors, actuators, drives, bar-code scanners, robots, RFID controllers) connected to the controller and enterprise servers.

May 31, 2005

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Tag-and-ship RFID

InfinID Technologies has introduced EZ-EPC, an intelligent EPC-compliant Tag and Ship RFID labeling and verification solution.

May 31, 2005

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RFID-enabled pallets

There’s keen interest in an RFID-enabled pallet CHEP offers customers for a 50¢ premium.

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RFID-enabled vial seal

West Spectra[tm] from West Pharmaceutical Services uses overt, covert, and HF RFID technologies to ensure authenticity for pharma products.

May 31, 2005