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Demystifying RFID in the Supply Chain: An Overview of the Promise and Pitfalls

Overview RFID is essentially a carrier technology that best fits under the umbrella of automatic identification. The Electronic Product Code (EPC) is the more specific term for an entire system that is planned for companies to more effectively track and manage assets. This new identification system has the characteristics of interoperability and open standards backed by EPC Global, a partnership of the Uniform Code Council and European Article Numbering International (EAN).

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Publisher	United Parcel Service of America	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	April 2004	Downloads	37
Format	White Papers
Topics	Supply Chain Management, Mobile - Wireless Communications, RFID

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Has Benetton taken a 'chips in clothes' U-turn?

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LANs

Privacy probe on RFID tags

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Law & Policy

Privacy groups call for RFID crackdown

Albrecht, who also testified Monday, is the head of Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering. But Dan Mullen, head of the trade group Association for Automatic Identification and Data Capture Technologies, said mass adoption of...

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Security Strategy

MIT bows out of controversial RFID tag research

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Security Strategy
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mit,
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Biometric passports: Sidekicks, sunglasses, smiles and scarves banned

Biometric passports and visas are intended to improve authentication of the documents themselves and not, at least in the short term, to identify potential terrorists by means of automatic comparison between the individual and a blacklist of...

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Law & Policy

RFID: Brussels wants your views

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Mobile & Wireless
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rfid

Live Webcast: Telecoms 2.0 - Where is telecoms heading?

In this webcast, our panel of experts will review where we are with next generation telecoms in the UK, working through the concept of 'Telecoms 2.0': - Realising the potential of Next Generation Networks - why it isn't just about the technology? - What attributes should firms be looking for in their telco partner? - Is the relationship between telco provider and customer changing? - What things need to happen to make next generation services a reality? - You say you want the supplier to change. Do you want to change too? - What is Telecoms 2.0?

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ZDNet UK

Telecom 2.0: Mind over matter

ntl:Telewest Business believes that the role of the telco is evolving. Gone are the days when it was enough to simply focus on circuits and minutes, customers now need a far higher degree of interaction and look for suppliers who will talk business solutions with them.

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ntl:Telewest Business

IBM Information Server Change Data Capture

In today's fast-paced world, access to real-time data has never been more important. To be successful, organizations need to be able to report and analyze corporate data quickly and easily, regardless of what applications created the data, what platform they're running on, or what database they're stored in.

Publisher:
IBM

An examination of server consolidation: the trends that can drive efficiencies and help businesses gain a competitive edge

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IBM

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