Earlier this week, Supply Chain Digest offered an in-depth look at aerospace giant Airbus’s massive RFID project, the largest of its sort ever attempted. Today, they offer an illustrated version.
CEITEC S.A. announced the final development of its integrated circuit for supply chain and manufacturing tracking: the CTC13000.
The CTC13000 offers a versatile, passive RFID chip the supports multiple logistic applications for asset tracking, from prototyping to final assembly, as well as inventory control and post-production. It can also be applied in end user applications such as airline baggage, grocery and medical assets.
TAGSYS RFID and Neopost ID announced a strategic alliance to provide RFID-based, item-level supply chain and retail tracking solutions for the fashion and apparel industry, according to Supply & Demand Chain.
It is inevitable, RFID will dominate the supply chain versus traditional technology such as bar codes, according to Supply Chain Digest, the only question is when.
International fashion brand DAZZLE has implemented an item-level RFID project in their China retail chain using UPM RFID inlays. The fashion brand collection will carry hang tags equipped with UPM ShortDipole and UPM Belt RFID inlays to improve supply chain and sales channel management.
Orange Business Services is working together with Auchan Group, the international food retail group, to offer a real-time tracking solution to monitor the routing of plastic creates which carry fruits and vegetables in its French supermarkets.
Several major wine producers are now using an NFC solution from eProvenance to monitor the temperature of their wine during shipment and storage, according to Point of Sale News.