Cephalon Inc. has selected OAT’s RFID solution for serialized shipment container tracking, extending its SAP Auto-ID Infrastructure for RFID reach to operational processes and workflows. Cephalon is an international biopharmaceutical company that has been testing RFID technology for the past three years to improve supply chain efficiency and visibility. RFID serialized container tracking will support […]

By Jerry Banks, Co-author of RFID Applied The issues of privacy and security, although interrelated, are different. With respect to RFID, we define these issues as follows: Privacy: the ability of the RFID system to keep the meaning of the information transmitted between the tag and the reader secure from non-intended recipients. Security: the ability […]

Officials in Finland are using RFID technology to test the efficiency of a decidedly less state-of-the-art communications system, their postal system. Finn-ID, a developer of auto-identification solutions in the Scandinavian nation, has designed a system using envelopes embedded with Gen 2 RFID tags and Sirit Infinity 510 UHF readers to monitor the speed and accuracy […]

Sirit Inc has announced a new firmware version of it INfinity 510 RFID reader. The upgraded reader features enhancements on several fronts. The new INfinity 510 includes advancements in Sirit’s proprietary tag acquisition algorithms, increasing performance capabilities and reader sensitivity, and the Dense Reader Mode interference tolerance has been improved. The reader’s firmware also supports […]

Axcess International has announced its Micro-Wireless RFID system will be used by the U.S. military to enable automatic inventory accounting and perimeter security for ordnance assets. Using the Axcess’ Dot tag design, the system uses ultra-small, low cost RFID transmitters assigned to each asset, enabling automatic tracking and automatic security monitoring. As part of the […]

iDTRONIC has introduced a new multi-tag UHF RFID reader, the UHF Long Range Reader SDK. It is designed to offer a range of configurations enabling a variety of applications, from baggage handling and item-level inventory management to large scale warehouse logistics. iDTronic’s new reader allows reading distances of up to 10 meters and is capable […]

Car logistics company Assistor expects to import around 370,000 vehicles into Finland, the Baltic countries and Russia this year. The company will use an RFID system developed by Digia to keep track of the vehicles. As the cars are unloaded from container ships, each one will be equipped with UPM Raflatac’s UHF Gen2 DogBone RFID […]

Zebra Technologies has announced its selection by Amer Sports, parent company of Wilson Sporting Goods, to execute Wilson’s RFID compliance labeling project. Wilson, the global leader in ball sporting goods manufacturing, will use Zebra’s EPC Gen 2-standard labeling system to meet the current RFID requirements of its customers. As the company implements a new software […]

William Frick and Co., producer of custom labeling products, has expanded their SmartMark line of durable RFID tags to include rugged floor tags. Designed to handle the rigors of warehouses and high-traffic retail environments, the floor tags can be used to identify critical areas and track pallets, displays and inventory. The tags use passive UHF […]

By Jerry Banks and David Hanny, co-authors of RFID Applied RFID implementations are becoming very numerous as they offer an expected benefit over the present way of doing things. Used in the proper situation, RFID can provide a better way of doing business or enable a much more convenient procedure for the consumer or user […]