RFID Standards and Protocols: EPC Gen2, ISO 18000, and Beyond
EPC Gen2, formally ISO 18000-63, is the reason a tag from one manufacturer answers a reader from another anywhere in the world. A guided tour of the standards stack behind…
The Walmart RFID mandate in 2026: what suppliers must do, who is exempt and what comes next
Walmart's item-level RFID programme now covers essentially all general merchandise, with compliance enforced through chargebacks in 2026. What the mandate actually requires, from ARC-approved inlays to GS1 serialisation, who is…
Gerald R. Ford International Airport switches on RFID-tracked tote baggage handling
Gerald R. Ford International Airport has opened a $135 million terminal expansion built around a baggage system that moves every checked bag in its own RFID-enabled tote, lifting capacity from…
Case Study: Southern Fried Cotton – 98% Reduction in Chargebacks with RFID
A two-second portal read at the packing station cut chargebacks by 98 per cent for Southern Fried Cotton, a small apparel brand with no dedicated IT department. Item-level EPC encoding…
NXP Semiconductors Breaks Ground on Assembly and Test Site Expansion in Malaysia
NXP has broken ground on a 500,000 square foot assembly and test expansion in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, taking the site to around 900,000 square feet and more than doubling its…
The Total Cost of NOT Implementing RFID
Barcode-only operations run at 65 to 75 per cent inventory accuracy, while RFID sites routinely sit above 95 per cent. That gap is stock you cannot sell, labour you keep…
RFID and Blockchain: Hype vs Reality for Supply Chain Transparency
The pairing of RFID and blockchain has attracted serious attention over the past few years. Vendors promise end-to-end supply chain visibility, tamper-proof records, and instant traceability from factory floor to…
DecisionPoint acquires AB&R out of Brady
DecisionPoint Technologies has acquired American Barcode and RFID (AB&R), the Phoenix, Arizona integrator that has been designing and deploying barcode, RAIN RFID and industrial IoT systems for supply chain operators…
Hansol Logistics expands logistics with RFID tracking
Hansol Logistics has started full-scale operations of a battery cell specialised logistics business in the United States, and it is leaning on RFID and GPS tracking to keep sight of…
RFID and GS1 Standards: Why Global Data Standards Matter
Every RFID tag carries a unique identifier, but without a common language to interpret that data, the information is only useful within a single organisation. This is exactly the problem…
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