By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor NFC is making a name for itself. After a number of high-profile trials last year and early this year, what is being heralded by many as the first commercial rollout of the near field communication technology launched recently with bus passengers in Hanau, Germany. Why Germany? “There was no deeper […]

Some issues cease after time. Without new technology and resources, patient safety isn’t one of them. The need to improve upon patient safety measures in health facilities is constant, hence the huge market for new technologies in that arena. Which is why Mission Viejo, Calif.-based Patient Care Technology Systems (PCTS), a provider of advanced charting […]

It’s the crucial question posted to RFID blogs, by news media and tech geeks everywhere. As Information Week’s Rick Whiting reports, “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is about to apply some pressure to speed things up,” with the FDA’s Counterfeit Drug Task Force putting out a report in the next few weeks that delves […]

RFID system. Check. Technical know-how. Check. Implementation strategy. Check. Managing data? Not so much. Here’s an idea: ABI Research just announced the launch of a new database as part of its RFID Research Service. The RFID Tag IC Market Sizing Database provides aggregated shipment data reported by leading RFID IC manufacturers worldwide. The database, which […]

Cardinal Health, Inc., an Energizer Bunny of pharmaceutical products and services in the health care industry, is moving to Phase II of its first “the “end-to-end pilot program” to test RFID in the drug supply chain. The pilot program will begin to tag medication with labels carrying unique data that can be captured and read […]

By David C. Wyld, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publishing Jan Carlzon, the former President of Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), wrote a best-selling business book in 1986, titled Moments of Truth. Carlzon defined the “moment of truth” in any service business as, “anytime a customer comes into contact with any aspect of a business, however remote, (it) is […]

ROI projected in 12 months (This article originally appeared in a 2005 issue of RFIDOperations) By Larry Moffi, Contributing Editor, RFIDOperations MINONG, Wis.—When Jack Link’s Snack Foods chose to meet Wal-Mart’s RFID compliance deadline, it did so within 60 days of beginning the project, at a cost of just $48,000 and by adapting its financial […]

(This article originally appeared in a 2005 issue of RFIDOperations) By Ronald E. Quirk Jr., Esq., Venable LLP, Washington, www.venable.com. WASHINGTON—The Federal Trade Commission says laws are already in place to protect consumer privacy and is urging the RFID industry to police itself. In a recently released report, RFID: Applications and Implications for Consumers, the […]

Near field communication technology continues to gain traction. The latest announcement is that INSIDE Contactless’ NFC-enabled chipsets will be combined with Esmertec’s Java software and Trusted Logic’s secure middleware to enable the three companies to enter the cell-phone-as-payment arena. DUEBENDORF-ZURICH, Switzerland, VERSAILLES and AIX EN PROVENCE, France–EsmertecT, a leading provider of world-class software solutions and […]

“In France, item-level RFID infrastructure provider TagSys, in partnership with FabricAuto and La Poste, have introduced a new RFID-based vehicle identification and anti-theft/misuse system called ‘TRI-Tag’ (Traffic Registration Identification). The TRI-Tag system effectively adds a layer of electronic identification to reinforce existing visual identification methods. TagSys RFID tags are integrated by FabricAuto into a vehicle’s […]