Feature Articles

The RFID Financial Shakeout

By Dr. Peter Harrop

IDTechEx's Dr. Harrop offers his analysis of the RFID industry's big profits, losses, acquisitions, and fundraising in 2006, and how it all fits into a pattern with lessons for the future. [more]

Making Informed Decisions

By Martin Brewer

By employing technology to applications based on merit rather than hype, businesses can yield the best returns from their existing investments while applying RFID in a pragmatic manner. [more]

Wal-Mart Timeline

By HaLeigh Boutin

Take a trip through time with Wal-Mart to see where the company's far-reaching RFID initiatives began and where they are headed. [more]

Future Trends

By Bill Arnold

Omron RFID's Chief Strategist shares his seven predictions for RFID in 2007, touching on the topics of RFID in the healthcare, pharmaceutical, and retail industries. [more]

The Next 12 Months in RFID

By Kevin MacDonald

In 2007, we will see an RFID foundation being built for much larger scale adoptions. The past has shown that tag read accuracy and confidence in a robust RFID system are needed for ROI to be realized or for a system to be expanded. This adds up to expansion of RFID in 2007 and beyond. [more]

Cardinal Health Releases RFID Pilot Results

Testing RFID in real-world conditions shows its promise to add safety and security to the pharmaceutical supply chain. [more]

FDA: Today and Tomorrow

By Eric Van Osten

The FDA's Counterfeit Drug Task Force has continued to drive efforts to combat drug diversion and counterfeiting. [more]

Departments

New Products

Moore Wallace's RFID tags for item-level pharmaceutical tagging; Metalcraft's RFID converting service; ODIN's tag testing software; and Impinj's Gen 2 chips with specialized storage.

• Featured New Product: SkyeTek's SkyeModule

• Antennas

• Anti-Piracy Solutions

• Inlays/Labels/Tags

• Printers/Applicators

• Readers

• Software

• Turnkey Solutions

• Pharmaceutical

• Palletizers

• Pallet Solutions

Ask the Expert

Clarke McAllister of ADASA talks about what suppliers to the DoD can expect regarding RFID in 2007, the DFARS clause, on-pitch labels, and some of the biggest problems the DoD faces when tagging. [more]

Conference Review

Over 1,000 companies from around the world participated in EPCglobal's annual conference. [more]

News Desk

The concern for recycling the metal materials embedded with RFID; RFID Tribe's examination of the RFID education process; and Intermec supplying Hong Kong International Airport with RFID. [more]

The Legal Side

By Kevin R. Davis

Federal government mandates, policies, and spending decisions helped to drive RFID adoption in 2006. However, just as the government can promote sector growth, industry watchers observed initiatives—including privacy and data protection legislation—that could temper the growth of the RFID industry and its applications going forward. [more]