Previous
IBM Set To Bring US Bar Codes Into Line
News As an advancement of traditional bar code systems, companies are also developing radio frequency identification, or RFID, technology. Bar code technology is about to get a facelift, and IBM aims to be the surgeon of choice.
[July 13, 2004, 9:26]
Next-gen Bar Code Could Tag 'every Grain Of Rice'
News A group of academics and business executives is planning to introduce next month a next-generation bar code system, which could someday replace with a microchip the series of black vertical lines found on most merchandise.
[August 29, 2003, 16:40]
Information Integration Rewards Retailer
White Papers In the distribution center, warehouse, department stores and furniture stores, the company uses radio frequency data communications systems with integrated bar code scanning for real-time access to remote databases.
[June 11, 2004, 0:00]
Understanding RFID
White Papers Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a technology thatÂ’s been touted as a replacement for Bar Code. RFID tags resemble the size of a postage stamp that has contained within a minute microprocessor with storage capability, as well as an antenna...
[October 5, 2007, 0:00]
The Write Stuff: Understanding The Value Of Read/Write RFID Functionality
White Papers Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is attracting considerable attention as a complement or even replacement for bar code because of the significant range, speed and unattended reading advantages it provides.
[June 17, 2004, 0:00]
Ramifications Of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology For The Printing Industry: A Survey Of The Industry
White Papers Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a relatively new technology with the stated promise of substantially increasing the capability of tracking items well beyond the current limitations of bar code technology.
[January 10, 2006, 23:00]
Industrial-Style Technology Streamlines Library Operations
White Papers To resolve the issue, Farmington Community Library instituted an integrated Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) tag and bar code system using a dozen printers from SATO America. Farmington Community Library offers much more than well-lit...
[May 10, 2006, 0:00]
How To Choose The Best Data Capture Technology
White Papers As bar codes became commonplace, companies realized the advantage of carrying more data, leading to new symbologies such as PDF417 and matrix codes that convey far more information, and now radio frequency identification (RFID), which can serve as...
[May 1, 2008, 0:00]
Levi Strauss - Keeping Step With Jean Production
White Papers The LRT 3824 is a proven device which combines a non-contact, state-of-the-art laser bar code scanner, portable computing and on-line communications via the Symbol Spectrum One radio frequency network.
[June 11, 2004, 0:00]
SpecSavers Place Handsfree Operation In The Frame
White Papers The system allows users to have both hands to perform warehouse receiving and picking tasks while scanning bar code data. It uses the Symbol WSS 1040 Wearable System, which combines Symbol's laser scanning and radio frequency data communications...
[June 11, 2004, 0:00]
ID Chips Pressed Into Laundered Clothes
News RFID functions as an evolution of the bar code, but is more efficient and versatile because items can be identified wirelessly. The Laundry Transponder, from TI Radio Frequency Identification Systems, is a thin 13.56MHz radio frequency...
[August 12, 2003, 12:10]
Philips Adds 'off Switch' To RFID Tags
News The use of radio tags, considered by many to be the future for inventory tracking, has sparked some consumer fury, while those in favour laud its superiority over bar codes. However, the tags are now being used mostly to replace bar codes on boxes...
[May 6, 2003, 10:31]
Supermarket Shopping Gets Smart Tech
News With a user-programmable 64-bit code, they can record much more information than the standard bar code, including a unique identification code, where the item was manufactured, and where it was sold. At that price, it's unfeasible to embed the tags...
[January 9, 2003, 12:19]
Wal-Mart Plays Catalyst To RFID Uptake
News An RFID scanner can pick up signals from all the chips in the sealed box, something bar code systems can't do. RFID is expensive, but backers say it offers long-term benefits that could dwarf the impact of the bar code on inventory control and...
[June 6, 2003, 11:33]
Benetton To Track Clothes With ID Chips
News The process could be faster, more accurate and efficient than bar codes because it wouldn't require the unpacking and hand checking of each garment. Philips Semiconductor on Tuesday announced that it has provided partners with radio frequency...
[March 12, 2003, 10:53]
HP Rings Up Point-of-sale Terminal
News But it has also been beefed up with an improved cooling system as well as extra ports for attaching peripherals like bar-code scanners. The Dell terminal bundles one of the company's Optiplex desktop PCs with equipment such as a touch screen, a bar...
[June 9, 2003, 7:57]
MySAP Customer Relationship Management And MySAP ERP Supply Demand-Driven Agility By Streamlining Warehouse Operations, Boosting Sales, And Enhancing Customer Service
White Papers Intermec Technologies Corp.a UNOVA Inc.company, develops and manufactures wired and wireless automated data collection systems, Intellitag radio frequency identification (RFID) components, mobile computing systems, bar code printers, and label media.
[January 4, 2006, 23:00]
Hilton Hosiery Stays A Step Ahead
White Papers Using a Radio Frequency (RF) bar code-based system from Symbol Technologies and the integration skills of Leopard Systems, Hilton Hosiery has found the solution. Unlike many other manufacturers of consumer products sold through retail outlets...
[June 11, 2004, 0:00]
RFID Let Off The Royalties Hook
News The standard, which was finalised on Thursday, is designed to improve the reliability of RFID equipment, a wireless tracking technology that may someday replace bar codes. A cloud hanging over the future of radio frequency identification technology...
[December 17, 2004, 8:10]
IBM Expands Efforts To Promote RFID
News IBM's printing devices unit expects to announce plans to market a bar code printer and radio tag dispenser that checks the tags to make sure they are working before applying them to a product. Radio tags store far more data about a product than bar...
[June 14, 2005, 10:50]
