Radio Frequency Identification Technology for Logistics, Tagging and EPC

$6,000 do-it-yourself pilot proves successful

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

by Marisa Torrieri, Contributing Editor, RFIDOperations

This article originally appeared in a 2005 issue of RFID Operations.

GOSHEN, Ind.—Think it’ll take a six-figure loan for you or the small businesses you work with to start using radio frequency identification technology?

You won’t if you follow the example set by Rollpak Corp. The mom-and-pop manufacturer of industrial trash can liners, which employs only 80 workers, and only three dedicated IT staffers, did it for only $5,900. Furthermore, installing the RFID system took fewer than 40 hours of dedicated work.

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