Wipro: Retail Technology
White Papers For RFID tags to be able to replace barcodes, the technology has to be one hundred times cheaper, or at around 5 cents to a dollar. It happened in the case of barcodes, and there is no reason to believe that it will not happen with RFID.
[December 21, 2004, 2:00]
Photos: Tracking People With VoIP And RFID
News Colm Shorten, IBM's RFID centre of excellence manager, said that RFID technology, which is actually 40 to 50 years old, will not replace existing systems such as barcodes for some time. Some people refer to it as a disruptive technology, but we...
[March 22, 2006, 14:25]
RFID: Are We There Yet?
White Papers The differences between the old technology of barcodes and the new RFID technology are astounding. RFID is not just some sort of incremental expansion in barcode technology. One of the main drivers for development and implementation of RFID...
[February 10, 2006, 0:01]
Implementing RFID For Rapid ROI And Long-Term Success
White Papers RFID technology replaces printed barcodes with electronic tags that can discretely identify individual items and can be automatically tracked as they move through distribution channels. Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is poised to...
[October 5, 2005, 3:00]
Radio Frequency ID Tags: What They Are, How They Can Be Used And How Production Costs Can Be Reduced
White Papers Radio Frequency ID (RFID) is a new technology that hopes to replace barcodes. This paper looks at the history of RFID, in what areas it can be put to use, and how, through redesigning the manufacturing process, the cost of these RFID tags can be...
[February 15, 2006, 0:01]
The Benefits Of Automating A Slap And Ship Operation
White Papers With RFID tags being much more fragile than traditional barcodes, the increased handling of the tags that occurs with "Slap and ship" may lead to tag malfunctions, something that most companies cannot afford with the current cost of RFID tags.
[November 16, 2006, 0:00]
RFID Applications In Manufacturing
White Papers The main obstacle to the spread of RFID in manufacturing is the success of barcodes, the previous generation of auto-ID technology. In most applications, reading barcodes requires human intervention, a clean, high-contrast environment, and often...
[February 10, 2006, 0:01]
RFID Privacy: A Technical Primer For The Non-Technical Reader
White Papers The focus here is on basic RFID tags of the type poised to supplant optical barcodes over the coming years, initially in industrial settings, and ultimately in consumer environments. RFID (Radio-Frequency IDentification) is a wireless...
[January 5, 2006, 0:01]
Prediction, Detection, And Proof: An Integrated Auto-ID Solution To Retail Theft
White Papers This is in contrast to barcodes that require unobstructed alignment with a reader. One of the primary advantages of Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) technology is that it does not require a direct line of sight between the reader and the tag.
[February 10, 2006, 0:01]
Microsoft Establishes RFID Council
News But the switchover from barcodes to RFID tags isn't happening as fast as some had hoped. In January, it added RFID technology to its Axapta Warehouse Management software for small and mid-sized businesses.
[April 6, 2004, 8:45]
The Future Of Radio Frequency Identification
News Further, an RFID reader can read multiple RFID tags simultaneously, which is not possible using barcodes. However, the cost of the RFID solutions is expected to fall in the next couple of years as supply chain vendors begin integrating this...
[August 18, 2003, 14:55]
BAA Prepares For RFID Rollout
News Much interest has focused on the use of RFID tags to replace barcodes on luggage, but it is likely that global standards would have to be in place before the technology was widely adopted by airlines.
[April 29, 2005, 16:50]
Civil Liberties Groups Demand Halt To RFID
News A number of major retailers are interested in using them as a high-tech replacement for barcodes, as they offer the possibility of improved stock control -- allowing a company to automatically count how many items it has in store, for example.
[November 20, 2003, 17:15]
Solving RFID's Image Problems
News The two areas where we are launching suits against Intermec are wireless and 2D barcodes. In the 1970s, people were concerned about the same privacy issue with barcodes. Are privacy advocates against RFID technology really blowing things out of...
[June 2, 2005, 19:45]
Pfizer Firms Up RFID Plans
News The devices offer several advantages over barcodes, Staver said. Tagsys, a French company, is supplying RFID tags for bottles, while Alien Technology, of Morgan Hill, California, is furnishing tags for cases and pallets.
[January 9, 2006, 9:00]
Drug Companies Prescribed RFID
News Many drugmakers use serial numbers and barcodes to keep track of their products. A number of major drug companies are studying how RFID technology, billed as a next-generation bar code, can help them detect counterfeit drugs and reduce the costs of...
[February 19, 2004, 11:05]
Revolutionizing Military Supply Chains And Shipping Ammunition At The Blue Grass Army Depot
White Papers The Savi Technology solution combines linear bar codes, Two Dimensional (2D) barcodes, and active RFID tags into a suite of AIT that resolves many of the problems and issues that encumbered the efficient and effective picking, packing, and...
[June 16, 2006, 0:00]
EU Passports Get Biometric Data
News RFID has a big advantage over barcodes because, for example, the individual contents of a box can be identified without having to physically open the box. RFID technology is also being used to improve luggage handling.
[July 18, 2003, 15:27]
