RFID Technology
Here comes the “New RFID”
By Gary Hartley, General Manager – GS1 New Zealand
The recession is over. Business decision makers can now think less about surviving the present and more about creating the prosperous future we all want. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) with its huge potential for gains in efficiency and customer service must be part of that thinking [...]
Supply chain discovery – the next step to total traceability
Mention the word Traceability to some and their eyes start glazing over orthere’s a collective sigh of irritation. So when I say that traceability is a great concept – I know this brings personal consequences for me.
So, I think traceability is a great concept. But for it to really work effectively, a producer or manufacturer [...]
RFID will not wait for you ! – RFID Master Class Register NOW !
Around the world, companies in every industry are cutting costs, boosting efficiencies and enhancing customer service with radio frequency identification – RFID. As momentum gathers globally around the use of RFID, so does the need for high qualify information, guidance and implementation support.
GS1 New Zealand and the New Zealand RFID Pathfinder Group are two independant, [...]
RFID to See Further Growth in 2010
In 2009, the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) market grew to US$5.56 billion, having almost tripled in five years. Being largely based on government backed military, identity card, financial card, passport and other projects and legally mandated requirements such as animal tagging. This market is recession proof, continuing to grow rapidly. Of the total, US$2.18 billion [...]
All Aboard for RFID
By Gary Hartley of GS1 New Zealand
RFID – Radio Frequency Identification is increasingly in the news, most recently in context of Air New Zealand’s technology revamp of airport check-in and flight boarding processes of the installation. Then there’s the adoption of RFID by key players in the NZ kiwifruit industry.
The future of logistics could be in your hands! Literally.
That mobile phone you carry around – in fact, you probably couldn’t work or socialise without it – could increasingly become a multi-purpose tool in the consumer marketplace – as well as for logistics. Before long, the mobile could enable you to see what’s available from a huge range of goods and services, and check [...]
Kiwifruit operator no longer green on EPC/RFID
EPC/RFID is no longer greenfields technology for kiwifruit company EastPack. The post-harvest operator has just come through its second export season with a fully operational EPC/RFID system (radio frequency identification using Electronic Product Code), and the benefits are now well embedded in this Bay of Plenty-based business.
EastPack grabbed the lead with EPC/RFID in New Zealand, [...]
The 5 cent tag … coming to a supply chain near you
The laws of physics and of economics don’t change. But the utility and cost of RFID sure do – and for the better!
RFID, radio frequency identification, is the coming technology for item tracking and tracing, and for huge advances in supply chain management. But coming when?
Over the years, RFID has been dogged by questions over [...]
