12 examples of RFID across industries

Manufacturing - A major tire manufacturer is going to insert RFID tags into its tires ... from a tag on a driver's keychain, while Wal-Mart is requesting that all their suppliers apply RFID tags ... vehicle identification number. Pharmaceuticals - Pharmaceutical companies have embedded RFID chips [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 20:12:52

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Wal-Mart's Digital Health Push

As the largest public company and private employer in the world, Wal-Mart's massive size makes it an incredibly influential early adopter ... , it's not only its network of suppliers and customers that will take notice. So will many Fortune 500 companies ... previously written about "the Wal-Mart factor" in relation to its energy effiency and RFID programs [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 12:17:33

You Scratch Our Back, We’ll Break Yours

Maybe Wal-Mart doesn’t understand how products are made ... is now demanding that suppliers implement radio frequency identification (RFID) to replace bar codes. According to reports, implementing RFID will increase the cost burden on suppliers by 20 times the cost [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 19:51:41

Fight Continues: Wal-Mart vs. (Real) Carbon Reduction

Remember back in August when we wrote about Wal-Mart’s lobbying effort against carbon offset guidelines? ... to squeeze its foreign supplier every chance it gets, whether its over RFID technology [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 18:15:20

Is Amazon the Wal-Mart of Cloud Computing?

John Pescatore, information security analyst at Gartner, ... its industry and supply chain to adopt more efficient practices such as RFID and supplier-managed inventory [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 19:08:41

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