AbsoluteSKY, Inc. says its target retail customers are elated with positive market news now coming out of the University of Arkansas’ RFID Research Center that detail even better-than-predicted RFID performance at Wal-Mart. The huge decrease in out-of-stocks is particularly good news for the Montreal company, which had its fingers crossed – like everyone else affected […]

SupplyScape Corporation is buiding something big: secure software and expertise that will safeguard the pharmaceutical supply chain. To secure this “safety net” (and prevent fraud), the Woburn, Mass., company’s adding some hefty manpower to its Board of Advisors: Bill Hubbard, former FDA senior associate commissioner, was often called to Capitol Hill to educate government officials […]

Meet the man who will decide if you are Gen 2 compliant (This article originally appeared in a 2005 issue of RFIDOperations) WHETHER YOU ARE selling or buying Gen 2 products, the readers and tags under development are about to be put to the test. RFID Operations decided to speak to the man in charge […]

Ford Motor Company of Canada will deploy the standards-based WhereNet® active RFID real-time locating system (RTLS) technology at Ford’s Oakville Assembly Complex (OAC) in Ontario, Canada. This means, in essence, parts delivered on steroids: just-in-time parts coming in 24/7, via the WhereNet automated “Fast Gate” check in/out system. The anticipated result: dramatic improvmeints the efficiency […]

Frozen food industry distributor Atlas Cold Storage is teaming with Ship2Save to use the latter’s RFID system. The goal: to move frozen food faster, offering more “value-added” services to clients that need to meet Wal-Mart (and other mass-market retailer) mandates. “With this new RFID installment, we continue to expand our RFID services offering,” said Darryl […]

RedPrarie’s press releases brag that theirs is “the fastest growing” supply chain company in the world. And they have a lot of evicence to back it up: The company recently launched an automated RFID labeling system at one of Ocean Spray’s warehouse facilities. That’s a lot of cranberry juice, but more importantly, represents the need […]

MicroTRAK GPS, a provider of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) wireless location services will acquire Fibergrations LLC, a privately held Nashville, Tennessee, company that provides end-to-end Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) integration solutions and hardware, RFID Reader Portals and warehouse management consultants. The acquisition “creates a collaborative platform to develop the first world-class, end-to-end solutions combining RFID […]

The headline reads, “The Healthcare RFID Market is Expected to Continue Growing due to New Tagging of Drugs for Anti-Counterfeiting.” As if we didn’t know that already, right? But thanks to the new report plugged in a handy press release, you now have the figures to prove this is the direction the industry – and […]

Pharmaceutical industry security software makers SupplyScape got a boost of confidence Friday from Pfizer and other investors interested in the company’s RFID ventures. The belief fueling the investments is that RFID will make the supply chain more secure, deterring counterfeiters and drug thiefs in an increasing black market for controlled substances. SupplyScape, which calls itself […]

What makes an RFID product “revolutionary,” and not just a victim of their PR flak’s lack of creativity for choosing one of the most overused buzzwords? Supposedly, RedPrairie’s latest a suite of solutions that enable companies to directly respond to consumer demand is “revolutionizing” the supply chain. We’re talking about RedPrairie’s new “end-to-end (E2eTM) solutions […]