Although most retailers use RFID, it seems that because retailers like Wal-Mart, Target, Home Depot use it, it must be good for the supply chain too. And because firms like Maersk, GE, Siemens, IBM, ...

Nonprofit group Reusable Pallet & Container Coalition (RPCC), representing members of the reusable transport packaging industry, is conducting a field test of RFID technology by attaching tags to ...

Yes, yard management is one of the technology’s main applications. A.S. Shipping Agencies, a container freight-station operator based in Chennai, India, is combining RFID with GPS and GPRS ...

A new ISO (International Organization for Standardization) technical specification will help to ensure the functioning of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags on freight containers despite the ...

Unfortunately, smart containers still have problems, including a high number of false positives on choppy oceans, high costs and security concerns. Customs says this is one reason it hasn’t rolled out ...

Dr. Jim Giermanski, chairman of Powers Global Holdings, gives us a break down of both RFID and Satellite Communications, two container security device technologies. In January 2009, Customs and Border ...

In a move aimed to improve the tracking capabilities of CHEP, a global pallet and container pooling system, Infosys Technologies has implemented SAP solutions for RFID. The new system provides ...

April 27, 2009 — ODIN, (www.odintechnologies.com), the leader in the physics of RFID solutions for healthcare, aerospace, financial services, and government agencies, introduces the ODIN ...

Dulles, VA, August 15, 2007 — ODIN technologies, the leader in RFID solution design, testing and deployment was recently awarded another RFID patent, which related to a project dubbed the Secure ...

GS1 EPCglobal released new guidelines providing guidance on how to use RFID technology to identify pallets and containers in the supply chain, according to logisticsmanager.com. The guidelines advise ...

A new ISO (International Organization for Standardization) technical specification will help to ensure the functioning of radio frequency identification A new ISO (International Organization for ...

Unlike RFID tags used in products and pallets that are read in controlled distribution systems, active RFID devices in containers that move around the world through uncontrolled environments, require ...