Radio Frequency Identification Technology for Logistics, Tagging and EPC

The Wine Supply Chain

Thursday, February 3, 2005

David C. Wyld is the Mayfield Professor of Management and is the Director of Strategic e-Commerce Initiative at Southeastern Louisiana University.

The E.&J. Gallo Winery is the leading winery in the United States and the second largest wine company in the world. The Gallo Winery is among the “second wave” of Wal-Mart’s major suppliers that must comply with the retailer’s mandate requiring RFID-labeled cases and pallets of goods by January 2006 to significant portions of its distribution network. Due to the consolidation that has occurred in the American wine industry, more and more of the leading wine producers (such as Constellation Brands, Diageo, and the Chalone Group) will be compelled by the bargaining power of their buyers to comply with retailer mandates.

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Impinj introduced Monza Self-Serialization, a chip-based EPC serialization method supported on ultra-high frequency RFID inlays powered by the Monza 5 tag chip.

Monza Self-Serialization generates a unique Serialized Global Trade Item Number (SGTIN) directly from each tag chip. This chip-based serialization simplifies EPC serial number management, giving retail brand owners the flexibility to decide when, where and how they manage the item-level tagging process across their supply chain.

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Axios Mobile Assets Corporatio partnered with Canadian logistics firm, J.D. Smith and Sons, on a six-month pilot program using Axios’ RFID-enabled pallets and tracking technology.

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UPM RFID announced the new UPM Web ultra-high frequency (UHF) and UPM Trap near field (NF) UHF inlays based on the Monza RFID chip from Impinj.

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Portable Technology Solutions (PTS) announced the availability of its front end data collection tool, ClearStream RFID, designed for real-time inventory and asset tracking.

Complementing the release, Eplica Services in San Diego, Ca. said it will use ClearStream RFID for security tracking and attendance for thousands of workers entering and exiting remote construction work sites throughout North America.

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Canadian company Blackbird International Corp. has announced its acquisition of Insight ID, a real-time authentication service that verifies a person through a Web browser and Internet connection.

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