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IBM rfid Solution for Asset Tracking - Location Awareness and Safety: When workers are surrounded by highly flammable, corrosive or explosive materials, serious accidents can occur. Safety and security is of paramount concern. If a disaster strikes, immediate action is required and critical information on the location of employees must be gathered in real time. While this information is sought, minutes...; Tags: RFID tag, accident, RFID, IBM Corp., asset, worker, security, network; White papers
Beyond Compliance: rfid for the Pharmaceutical Industry: Radio Frequency Identification RFID is hardly a new concept. Until recently its impact in supply chain management has been limited to niche roles due to cost barriers as well as a lack of accepted standards, technology challenges and performance limitations. According to many of its proponents, RFID promises to save...; Tags: Supply chain management (SCM), RFID, supply chain, pharmaceutical company, health care, SCM, barrier, radio, performance, benefit, industry; White papers
Industry Spotlight: Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Gaze down the aisles of the local Wal-Mart or scan the listings at Amazon, and a person can easily imagine the technical expertise and wizardry demanded by logistics and supply-chain management. From Radio Frequency IDentification RFID chips to inventory management systems, IT professionals work behind the scenes to ensure Elmo...; Tags: Supply chain management (SCM), Enterprise software, Monster, SCM, logistics, RFID, supply chain, Inventory Management, radio, chip, industry; White papers
rfid for Automotive From IBM: Philips Semiconductor in Asia has undertaken a joint RFID project between its Kahhsiung site and its Regional Distribution Center in Hong Kong. The initiative provides near real-time inventory visibility into the Philips Semiconductor business units on all packaged quantities and boxes, all customer direct ships in Asia from the Kahhsiung...; Tags: Philips Semiconductor, Hong Kong, RFID, Asia, radio, IBM Corp., radio frequency; White papers
rfid for Aerospace and Defense From IBM: It is not unusual to have six or seven tiers between the systems integrator and the lowest member of a value chain. Most aerospace and defense companies lack the necessary infrastructure to seamlessly integrate the growing network of external partners and suppliers in their value chain. The key to integration...; Tags: Channel management, Aerospace & Defense, value chain, aerospace, RFID, IBM Corp., supplier, network; White papers

rfid for the Masses: Despite the benefits that Radio Frequency Identification RFID offers, most pharmaceutical manufacturers are still reluctant to invest in a costly, unproven technology. As more data are gathered on RFID's long-term costs and benefits, new smart-tag technologies offer manufacturers an "RFID Lite" offering many of the benefits of a full-blown active...; Tags: RFID, pharmaceutical company, integrated circuit, benefit, manufacturer, radio, survey, monitor; White papers
Food Processors Increase Demands on Packaging: This article focuses on how food companies are trying to take advantage of technology in packaging. New polymers and film combinations can offer improved functionality and shelf life. Radio frequency identification RFID offers the potential for heightened supply-chain efficiencies. New printing techniques can work in applications where top-notch graphics would...; Tags: Food & Beverage, Stagnito Communications, RFID, food, polymer, printing, radio, graphics, processor, software; White papers
Implementing technologies: Having problems with inventory accuracy? Implementing technologies such as bar coding systems, RFID, and pick-to-light are often assumed to be the solutions to inaccurate inventories. If properly implemented these technologies can help reduce errors, however, none of them will eliminate all errors, and a poorly implemented system can leave...; Tags: RFID; White papers
Jump Starting rfid in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: For pharmaceutical manufacturers and their distributors, the floodgates opened when FDA recommended that RFID be pursued as part of a "layered" counterfeit defense strategy, including better packaging and anti-theft measures. Although pharmaceutical companies usually test the waters with RFID pilot projects within a warehouse or on a manufacturing line, the...; Tags: RFID, pharmaceutical company, anti-theft, manufacturing, manufacturer; White papers
Can the Logistics of Schuitema (the Driver Behind C1000 Supermarkets) Achieve a Higher Service Level at Lower Cost With rfid?: Schuitema is a Dutch retail and wholesale company that owns supermarkets and also provides retail support to independent retailers and associated stores. Distribution is of vital importance to the food industry. Schuitema steps up to meet this challenge on a daily basis. Logistics is seen as an additional means to...; Tags: Supply chain, logistics, Capgemini, supermarket, RFID, food, industry; Case studies
rfid for Chemical and Petroleum From IBM: One can streamline operational efficiency by tracking production processes and monitoring feedstocks, raw materials, finished products, logistics and transportation, as well as fixed assets throughout the supply chain. The IBM RFID solution for chemical and petroleum framework can help one to manage high value assets and inventory to improve labor...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Supply chain management (SCM), Asset management, petroleum, supply chain, asset, quality control, logistics, transportation, RFID, IBM Corp., monitoring; White papers
rfid Integration: Trying to Connect: Radio frequency identification RFID is ready for the pharmaceutical industry. The question is, are pharmaceutical manufacturers ready to incorporate RFID into their businesses? Better yet, do they fully understand the challenges inherent in making this new technology mesh with their manufacturing processes and systems? The article outlines that inserting a...; Tags: RFID, pharmaceutical company, systems integration, middleware, manufacturing, radio, industry, software; White papers
Radio Frequency Identification Will Revolutionize Business Performance Across Supply Chains: RFID and Electronic Product Tagging EPC have the potential to force radical change in a number of industries. These technologies uniquely identify every product in a value chain. Benefits include streamlining the supply chain by increasing visibility and enabling greater collaboration. RFID/EPC will enable many of the benefits retailers are...; Tags: Supply chain management (SCM), Retail, Accenture Ltd., RFID, supply chain, value chain, retail company, benefit, R&D, collaboration, radio, performance, industry; White papers
The Planning Behind an rfid Pilot Project: Nancy's is a manufacturer and distributor of gourmet food products, producing more than 35 tons daily. Nancy's uses a bar code-based inventory management system to track finished products and ingredients as forklift drivers move products and ingredients to and from the production and storage areas. The bar code scanners often...; Tags: Integrated Solutions Magazine Inc., RFID, Inventory Management, cold calling, food, storage; Case studies
Europeans Test Drive Point-of-Use rfid: The paper depicts that Drugs in the Virtual Enterprise DRIVE, a $4-million research project funded by the European Commission, is now studying the use of collaborative logistics and smart labels using Radio Frequency Identification RFID technology. Key elements of the program are a web-based collaborative IT platform connecting drug manufacturers...; Tags: RFID, logistics, radio, Web; White papers
Do You Know Where Your Assets Are? Maximizing ROI with rfid Asset Management: Companies today are making millions of dollars' worth of decisions based on data that is only about 70% accurate. They may have an existing procedure for how assets move through their internal or external supply chains. But when they get an opportunity to look at actual data about that process,...; Tags: Asset management, Intermec Technologies Corp., RFID, asset, supply chain; White papers 2007-12-01
How to Choose the Best Data Capture Technology: In 1974 when Intermec invented Code 39, data capture technology was pretty simple: Print out a linear bar-code label and read it with a batch laser scanner. As bar codes became common place, companies realized the advantage of carrying more data, leading to new symbologies such as PDF417 and matrix...; Tags: Intermec Technologies Corp., RFID, data capture, laser, scanner, radio, database; White papers 2007-07-01
Future rfid Events In Australia And Worldwide: This is a template for future RFID events in australia and worldwide.; Tags: RFID, Australia, RFID tag; Tools & templates 2006-07-20
Why Wal-Mart Needs Help: What’s wrong in Bentonville? The world’s largest retailer learns that being big is no guarantee of long-term success.1. Domestic Saturation The Summary: After years of U.S. expansion, Wal-Mart is running out of real estate. The Challenge: Opening new markets by overcoming opposition in U.S....; Tags: Retail, Sales strategy, Joseph De Avila, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., same-store sales, saturation, retail company, consultant, sales, U.S., real estate, shareholder, analyst, income, career, brand, stock, job; Articles 2007-08-08
A Combinatorial Methodology For rfid Benchmarking: Nowadays advances in wireless technologies, RFID Radio Frequency Identification becomes an important enabling technology for logistics and supply chain management systems and beyond. Effective deployment of these systems requires careful selection and seamless integration of RFID components such as tags, readers, middleware and standards. To serve these purposes, benchmarking is...; Tags: RFID, benchmarking, SCM, wireless technology, middleware, logistics, supply chain, radio, performance, wireless; White papers 2006-10-26