Container Technology is testing passive RFID tags on its reusable liquid containers and drums so that its customers can better track the whereabouts of those containers within their supply chains. The ...

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, ...

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 ...

May 26, 2003 – Kraft Foods, the largest food company in the US, plans to use RFID to improve the handling of intermediate bulk containers at its North Lawrence, New York, facility. The company has ...

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 ...

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 ...

When former U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Robert Bonner was asked how technology could help improve supply chain security, he answered in two words: smart containers. Smart ...

Using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to track cargo containers on a global basis can improve productivity, save money and boost security – but only if RFID systems can be ...

During the past decade, a host of government agencies and technology vendors have developed wireless solutions to help improve cargo security and container management. Cargo containers are expensive ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...