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Enabling Smart Objects: Breakthrough RFID-Enabled Supply Chain Execution Infrastructure

Overview This paper provides an overview of the Auto-ID specification and its components, what Sun has learned from initial trials, and what products and technologies can be used to create an Auto-ID implementation. Taking advantage of more than five years of research and development investment and proactive collaboration with Auto-ID and its key members, Sun Microsystems and its iForce Partners deliver a breakthrough RFID enabled supply chain execution infrastructure that will help global enterprises dramatically improve the visibility, velocity, and value of their supply chains.

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Publisher	Sun Microsystems	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	September 2003	Downloads	12
Format	White Papers
Topics	Supply Chain Management, Mobile - Wireless Communications

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