BT Auto-ID will offer four basic services for companies planning an RFID implementation: a starter pack for evaluation support; yard management tools to automate the management and identification of trucks; an asset manager; and a supply chain...
The company said the bulk of its testing will focus on RFID readers and tags used for different merchandise categories, packaging units and applications. Last year, the retail firm announced an RFID mandate requiring its top 100 suppliers to begin...
Philips Semiconductor on Tuesday announced that it has provided partners with radio frequency identification (RFID) chips that they'll use in efforts to improve Benetton's supply chain management system.
RFID tags, which combine chips that carry descriptive information and radio frequency technology to track inventory, could make it easier for businesses to track products and raw materials, and therefore reduce their operating costs over time.
According to the report, the next three years will see users spending $2bn on the tags themselves and up to $3bn on infrastructure. While RFID might be bad news for warehouse staff, it will certainly be good news for the vendors.
The way it works is that RFID tags, which contain a special radio frequency-emitting microchip, are attached to each carton or box of goods. The company has added radio frequency identification technology, which combines silicon chips and radio...