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ABCs of RFID: Understanding and Using Radio Frequency Identification

whitepaper Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) is one of the fastest growing and most beneficial technologies being adopted by businesses today. Adoption of this Automatic Data-Collection (ADC) technology has recently been fueled by the establishment of key...

Tags: rfid, rfid, standards, adopted

[01 May 2008]

How to Choose the Best Data Capture Technology

whitepaper 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...

Tags: asset management

[01 May 2008]

Radio Frequency IDentification

whitepaper Zebra Senior Product Manager for RFID Systems, Matt Ream, delivers an informative presentation including an overview and history of RFID as well as a discussion of Zebra’s pioneering focus on Smart Label technology, one of the fastest growing...

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, rfid, smart label, considerations

[10 Apr 2008]

RFID Service Overview

whitepaper This paper provides an overview of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), which is a rapidly emerging technology that could benefit almost every part of our business and personal lives. Many private and public organisations are being forced to...

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, radio frequency identification, radio, forced

[10 Apr 2008]

It's All in the Wrist: Improving Patient Safety With Bar Code Wristbands

whitepaper Wristbands can be incorporated into physical security systems, which is often done by using wristbands with radio frequency identification (RFID) chips. RFID is the same technology used in hands-free key cards used to open doors and parking gates.

Tags: supply chain management, wristbands, radio, risk

[10 Apr 2008]

Conventional and Low Cost RFID: The Smart Label Revolution

whitepaper Nowadays Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a term used for any device that can be sensed at a distance by radio frequencies with few problems of obscuration or misorientation. The origins of the term lie in the invention of tags that reflect...

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, frequency, radio, hertz

[10 Apr 2008]

Personal Privacy and Use of RFID Technology in Libraries

whitepaper Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is the technology that is slated to replace barcodes in library applications. It is a form of identification that is contact-less and does not require line of sight.

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, library, identification, tags

[10 Apr 2008]

The Write Stuff : Understanding the Value of Read/Write RFID Technology   

whitepaper 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.

Tags: transaction management, rfid, benefit, range

[10 Apr 2008]

RFID Technology in Retail

whitepaper Read about RFID technology - radio frequency identification - and how this technology is already demonstrating measurable results that are dramatically transforming how business is conducted for both retailers and their suppliers.

Tags: transmission interference, retailers, rfid, reducing

[10 Apr 2008]

Beyond the Tag - Finding RFID Value in Manufacturing & Distribution Applications

whitepaper Radio frequency identification (RFID) has always been considered a forward-looking technology. Today, most of the focus is on how emerging Electronic Product Code (EPC) RFID tags can help connect trading partners and align supply chains.

Tags: asset management, chain, supply chain, supply

[10 Apr 2008]

RFID: Proceed With Caution

whitepaper Radio-frequency identification is quickly moving from hype to reality. At the first conference dedicated to the technology, researchers worldwide launched the Electronic Product Code Network, an open technology infrastructure that uses RFID.

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, frequency, characteristics, dedicated

[10 Apr 2008]

RFID: Rapidly Falling Industrial Demand?

whitepaper Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) has been a very hot topic recently, due in large part to Wal-Mart? s initial mandate that all major suppliers adopt the technology by January 2005 and Gillette? s reported purchase of 500 million units.

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, wal mart, suppliers, adopt

[10 Apr 2008]

RFID Profile Control System - Using RFID Beginner's Kit and NetIO

whitepaper Radio Frequency Identification or RFID is an identification technology with growing popularity. Implementation of RFID in access control, product identification and asset management have been mushrooming all over the places.

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, rfid, identification, kit

[10 Apr 2008]

The Green Mile

whitepaper Wireless networks for in truck database updates, radio frequency identification tags (? The number of features and functions that can be incorporated in YMS is as large as your imagination. RFID? gate readers and expanding .Net technology provide a...

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, yard, warehouse, vendors

[10 Apr 2008]

Complex Event Processing With DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows and Coral8: High-Speed XML Event Processing Requires a "Pure" Approach

whitepaper CEP engines are being used to drive a new breed of applications, such as low-latency financial market data analysis for algorithmic trading and trade compliance monitoring, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and sensor network analysis for...

Tags: xml

[09 Apr 2008]

Synchronizing Real-Time Product Movement to Improve Distribution Operation Productivity

whitepaper Tracking technologies such as Radio Frequency (RF) and Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) eliminate manual labor but by themselves cannot make up for awkward workflows, redundant handling, or errors.

Tags: erp

[03 Apr 2008]

Radio Frequency Identification: Little Devices Making Big Waves

whitepaper A major technical advancement, RFID tags are poised to stimulate growth; therefore it is important to embrace them rather than stall or halt them altogether. RFID tags, like barcodes in their own time, could provide quicker and myriad other uses...

Tags: rfid, tags, rfid tags, consumer

[08 Mar 2008]

Mitsukoshi Ltd. Changes the Retail Landscape With Intelligent Fitting Rooms That Increase Sales and Customer Satisfaction

whitepaper To start, Mitsukoshi is adopting Radio Frequency Identification Technology (RFID) and intelligent telephones to create "Intelligent Fitting Rooms," dressing rooms that give customers immediate access to sales staff and product information.

Tags: mobile - wireless communications

[04 Mar 2008]

RFID Sensor Technology for Global Business and Homeland Security

whitepaper This paper talks about Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). Sensor technology in the form of passive and active RFID tags has been recognized by the University of Alaska as a means for improving security of goods and inventory, and as a...

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, rfid, goods, radio frequency identification

[28 Feb 2008]

Mass Data Read/Write Technology for UHF?Band RFID Tags

whitepaper Passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags operating in the 860 to 960 MHz Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) band have a wider communication area than RFID tags operating in other frequency bands such as 13.56 MHz or 2.45 GHz.

Tags: mobile - wireless communications

[14 Feb 2008]

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