Getting results with tags: standard and lower price pave the way for RF: fresher food and less shrinkage within the supply chain. It is possible, for example by tagging products or product carriers. A global standard and a friendlier price tag should pave the way for RFID-tagging. Brewer Socttish & Newcastle and retailer Marks & Spencer are already obtaining results with this.(Logistics)
Tracking and tracing by using smart tags was long the domain of consultants who tried to make money out of it. Despite the obvious advantages offered by this state-of-the-art technology, the industry was hesitant to invest in smart tags. Basically, they were too expensive. Moreover, there was no

Publication: Food Engineering & Ingredients

Veterans' dog tags still finding way home.(News)
Byline: Stacy St. Clair Daily Herald Staff Writer Once sold as souvenirs by a Vietnamese street vendor, the dog tags of four dead American soldiers are a step closer to coming home. A Wheaton couple sent registered letters to the four families of the GIs Wednesday, informing them that they found

Publication: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)

Tags may show the way to beat sex offenders
PREDATORY paedophiles who stalk children's playgrounds could in future be identified and intercepted by the use of electronic tags. According to the Scottish company that makes the tags, technology already exists to allow the installation of receivers and transmitters in playgrounds. These would

Publication: The Scotsman

New regulations open the way for RFID tags for tracing food, Forrester believes.
M2 PRESSWIRE-15 December 2003-FORRESTER RESEARCH: New regulations open the way for RFID tags for tracing food, Forrester believes(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:12152003 AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Regulations that mandate the ability to trace the origins of food came into place to control

Publication: M2 Presswire

Send a Message to the World With a 'Dog Tag' Necklace; You Select a Positive Message Among the Tags, a New Way of Communicating That Represents One's Own Individuality.
NEW YORK, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Replicas of military dog tags, deliver your creative message on a stainless steel necklace. The communicative dog tags are the latest creations from Nomination, the original designer of the composable charm bracelet. Available in stainless steel and 18K gold, the

Publication: PR Newswire

Tag you're it: to stay ahead of the EPC game, converters should enter the playing field now. The Wal-Mart RFID ball will eventually be tossed their way.(RFID/EPC)(Radio Frequency Identification)
Last June, Wal-Mart Chief Information Officer Linda Dillman announced the company wanted its top 100 suppliers to start using radio frequency identification (RFID) on pallets and cases by 2005 and all suppliers to use the technology by 2006. Wal-Mart will use RFID tags based on Electronic Product

Publication: Paperboard Packaging