G-Log adds automated transportation procurement functionality to its GC3 solution
G-Log has added transportation procurement functionality to its G-Log Global Command and Control Center (GC3) software platform. Leveraging carrier rates, inventory and geography constraints, and shipment history stored in the GC3 global data model...
METRO Group achieves 99% read rate on some RFID applications
While Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has gotten most of the headlines here in the U.S. for the radio frequency identification (RFID) initiative it launched in January 2005...
UK retailer Tesco to purchase 4,000 RFID readers
ADT, a provider of electronic security solutions, has signed a multi-year contract to provide UK retail giant Tesco with Electronic Product Code (EPC) radio frequency identification (RFID) readers and antennae...
RFID Cries Today Wal-Mart, Tomorrow the World!
True to its name, EPC Global has continued to push forward on standards that will allow radio frequency identification (RFID) to continue to expand globally...
Improve Transportation to Meet New Supply Chain Realities
According to a new report from Aberdeen Group, “New Strategies for Transportation Management,” those treating “transportation management as a critical platform...
American Port Services deploys RFID solution for yard management
American Port Services (APS), a third-party logistics (3PL) provider, has deployed an RFID-enabled visibility system at a 60-acre cross-docking facility...
Getting started with RFID
Companies cannot afford to ignore radio frequency identification (RFID) in the supply chain. This doesn't mean that every logistics operation should aggressively...
RFID 101
by Tom SingerDespite recent developments (see cover story, "Generation gap"), the future of radio frequency identification (RFID) in the supply chain...
Steps to success with a WMS implementation
The success or failure of a warehouse management system (WMS) implementation can dramatically affect a company's bottom line margin and market share,...
IBM to Invest $250 Million in RFID
With the announcement that it would invest $250 million, IBM disclosed it would dedicate approximately 1,000 staff members to supporting new products and services in the field of radio frequency identification (RFID)...
El Paso County tracks enterprise assets with RFID technology
Colorado's El Paso County has begun using a complete RFID (radio frequency identification) enterprise asset-tracking system. The system, which includes...
Managing Mobile Solutions
AIM unveils new RFID mark standard
With the growing use of RFID-enabled bar code labels in business, industry and military environments, it may be difficult for workers with hand-held readers...
New form factors in TI's transponders enable item-level RFID applications
Texas Instruments has introduced two additions to its line of 13.56 MHz Tag-It HF-I products: the 32.5 millimeter CD/DVD Inlay and the 24.2 millimeter...
HK Systems-Irista launches RFID compliance solution
HK Systems-Irista has launched its RFID Compliance Appliance solution, which provides a way for retail suppliers to meet the radio frequency identification...
