Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID Journal Live! highlights

Companies such as Tesco, P&G, Tyson Foods, and Best Buy took a practical look at RFID, including key issues like payback and privacy, at last week’s gathering.

March 31, 2005

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T&A takes RFID into the field

Tanimura & Antle’s program for Wal-Mart starts with bins of lettuce that are RFID-tagged in farm fields.

March 31, 2005

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To Slap and Ship or Not?

The experts from Cleritec Systems, an RFID consultancy, provide a five-step guide to this basic, crucial question.

March 31, 2005

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RFID talent pool needs filling

If the challenges of radio-frequency implementation weren’t daunting enough, it seems that companies are also facing a shortage of RFID expertise, according to a new survey.

March 31, 2005

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RFID World

The enthusiasm was as high as the attendance at the RFID World 2005 conference sponsored by Shorecliff Communi-cations. Held in early March in Dallas, TX, the conference drew 3000+ to hear key issues like Generation 2 and interoperability addressed by the likes of Wal-Mart, Kimberly-Clark, and Hewlett-Packard.

March 31, 2005

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Bioterror rule on food and packaging records confounds

FDA’s requirements for recordkeeping and tracking of packaging and products appear unclear.

March 31, 2005

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Portable RFID system

MPI Label Systems’ new RFID-on-Wheels system includes an industrial cart, an RFID-enabled thermal-transfer printer, EasyLabel Software, communication cable, and a power strip.

February 28, 2005

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Upgrade printers to smart labels

Now available from Brady is the WavePoint family of RFID printer-encoder solutions.

February 28, 2005

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RFID talent pool needs filling

A new study shows that 80% of companies see a shortage of RFID talent to implement, service, and support the technology, a concern shared by Kimberly-Clark.

February 28, 2005

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Reality refreshes IoPP's RFID meeting

The Institute of Packaging Professionals’ Wisconsin Chapter meeting in February informed attendees that RFID’s potential is enormous, but it’s not likely a packaging panacea.

February 28, 2005

Conveying & accumulation

MSU assesses readability problems

As research at Michigan State University shows, frequency, distances and angles, type of tag, location and orientation, influences of moisture and metals, and pallet patterns all play a part in readability.

February 28, 2005

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Printed RFID tags in development

Motorola’s technology for printed electronics for smart packaging applications includes economical RFID tags.

February 28, 2005

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Huge RFID case history database

IDTechEx maintains a database of more than 1괌 case studies, including 322 in the Consumer/Retail segment.

February 28, 2005