Radio Frequency Identification Technology for Logistics, Tagging and EPC

RedPrairie adds RFID label capability to printing solution

Thursday, April 30, 2009

RedPrairie Corporation, a provider of productivity software solutions, has announced it will provide mobile label printing and RFID execution applications in its warehouse management solution. The solution, which enables individual warehouse workers to encode and tag shipments, supports the Zebra P4T Series mobile thermal transfer RFID printer/encoder, as well as other printing solutions.


Mobile RFID printing capability offers users a range of opportunities to increase efficiency in their supply chains. The new printers/encoders can be carried and mounted in locations ranging from an employee’s belt to a lift truck, allowing operators to execute transactions more naturally, efficiently and effectively. The RedPrairie application includes thermal transfer mobile label printing, RFID, voice recognition, and wearable computing to enable new business processes, and provide for easier tracking and organization.

The RedPrairie-designed, RFID-compliant software used to support SAM’s Club and Wal-Mart compliance mandates, a major force in the retail adoption of RFID technoloies, also supports the RFID mobile printing solution. [end] 

SML Group Ltd announced the launch of its new “ViziT” RFID item visibility solutions for the retail apparel and item tracking applications.

The ViziT solutions include a range of RFID/EAS enabled paper and woven labels, as well as tickets and sticker that can be attached to garments and stacked items. Using the SML ViziT IT cloud based data management software also provides for semi automated inventory control, as well as improved loss prevention by triggering alarms and item identification at the store exit.

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SICK Group, a producer of sensors and sensor solutions for industrial applications, announced a range of new RFID readers and labels designed for identification in the automotive industry.

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Leo InnoTech (LIT) and UPM RFID have carried out a large-scale item-level RFID implementation for a Chinese apparel company focusing primarily on warehouse logistics optimization.

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Operational Research Consultants Inc. (ORC), a subsidiary of WidePoint Corp., has been authorized to issue PIV-I as a certified non-federal issuer.

As a non-federal issuer, ORCs identity credentials, issued to government contractors, state and local governments, first responders and health care providers, have additional interoperability for customers who wish to conduct e-government and e-commerce transactions with other entities across the Federal Bridge.

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Proclaiming its entrance into the RFID space, Honeywell introduced part of a new product portfolio designed to bring efficiency to the retail industry, the Optimus 5900 RFID mobile computer.

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GAO RFID announced its handheld RFID reader series for animal identification and management, for applications such as stock breeding, animal control, or foodstuff tracking systems.

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