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Can Midsize Manufacturers Implement RFID?

Overview It has been hyped as the technology that will revolutionize manufacturing, boosting supply chain speed and visibility and solving asset-management issues. But is Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) really all that? And if it is, can small to midsize companies actually afford to implement it? For the uninitiated, RFID is an electronic tag containing a product code and unique serial number that can be matched to a pallet, a case of products, or even individual items.

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Publisher	Sun Microsystems	File Format	HTML
Date Published	June 2004
Format	White Papers
Topics	Mobile - Wireless Communications, RFID

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