Fresh food represents a strong potential RFID market, but the adoption will come from true business value, not FDA regulation or congressional action. We expect RFIDs benefit will be generated from improving retailer and distributor revenue, while also lowering cost. Key components to adoption will be the development of a uniform set of data standards, [...]
The October 2009 edition of RFID Monthly is now available. The newsletter and historical versions are always available on the right-hand column of the website under “Historical Newsletter Editions.”
In the October edition of the newsletter, we cover several new industry developments, including the following:
Item Level Source Tagging – Getting Executive Buy-In Will Be Critical. GS1/EPCglobal published [...]
We have heard several positives recently regarding the use of RFID equipment, notably that several projects are resuming or beginning; annual tag volumes for many of these are 10M-20M at this point. We have also seen several indications of increased reader quoting activity and note that some additional equipment appears to have been deployed at [...]
TransCore was selected by the Georgia State Road and Tollway Authority (SRTA) to provide the RFID infrastructure to the new High Occupancy Tolling lanes on a 15 mile stretch of I-85 in Atlanta. We discussed this project, which includes 250,000 transponders and nearly 40 readers, in the September edition of RFID Monthly. TransCore is the [...]
As an update to our June report on AIMs RFID Experts Group (REG), Georgia Tech Research Lab announced it has begun the process of developing test protocols for RFID in the healthcare setting. Recall, the REG is overseeing the program, which will test if interference takes place from both active and passive products in a [...]
According to the Philippine Information Agency, The Philippines Land Transportation Office (LTO) is requiring that all vehicles carry an RFID- based sticker for registration purposes. The process is scheduled to begin for vehicle renewals beginning in October and the cost per sticker is P350 (roughly $7.50). Despite the plan from the LTO, there seems to [...]
XPresSystems has announced several improvements to its carwash industry technologies which utilize windshield mounted RFID tags to identify customers and corresponding wash packages. The system improvements include the ability to manage customer wash types & billing options and the ability to assign multiple tags to a single user for fleet accounts. The company has also [...]
Checkpoint announced it is partnering with METRO Group in Europe to develop an RFID based EAS solution. The solution will be based on the GS1 EPCglobal Strategic Overview and Implementation guide that we highlighted in our Government/Policy/Standards section. Checkpoint has been working with Metro for several years on a variety of RFID solutions.
FEIG has expanded [...]
Carnaval de Mexico, which produces children’s apparel in Mexico on a private label and branded basis, announced it is using Gen 2-based RFID to improve distribution center visibility. The company is currently tagging about one million items annually after the manufacturing process. Items are grouped and read, which builds up an association with a single [...]
VingCard announced a deployment of Signature RFID, a system of contactless electronic door locks, at the 325 room Grand Millennium Sukhumvit in Bangkok, Thailand. The locks are compatible with ISO 14443A/MiFare, ISO 14443B and ISO 15693 standards and can be used with cell phones. The system is designed to enable guests with expedited check-in and [...]