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News for the week of March 29

Suppliers Must ‘Slap and Ship’
Checkpoint Buys 100 Million Tags
Alien Cuts Tag Price
DOD Updates RFID Policy
Power Paper Gets Semi-Passive
Startup Seeks Organic RFID Chip
RFID Gets More Out of Mines

Featured Story
Vendor to Foxhole Tracking

Opinion
The Long March Begins

Guest Column
The Need for Corporate Identities

Special Sponsored Section
Achieving Supply Chain Visibility

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Top News
Suppliers Must ‘Slap and Ship’
Forrester Research advises Wal-Mart suppliers to devote their initial RFID deployment solely to meeting the retailer’s requirements. Full Story >

Checkpoint Buys 100 Million Tags
Security and label maker Checkpoint Systems announced a multiyear contract to buy EPC tags from Matrics for deployment in the retail supply chain. Full Story >

Alien Cuts Tag Price
The EPC tag and reader maker has dropped the price of its Class 1 label to less than 20 cents each for orders of 1 million. Full Story >

DOD Updates RFID Policy
The Department of Defense sets deadline for contractual clause and initiates supplier tagging incentives. Full Story >

Power Paper Gets Semi-Passive
The developer of thin-film batteries says it plans to deliver its first EPC-compliant battery-assisted tags next month. Full Story >

Startup Seeks Organic RFID Chip
Research firm ORFID is developing technology to make cheaper, thinner, more flexible chips out of plastics, instead of silicon.
Full Story >

RFID Gets More Out of Mines
Software developer Emergent Technology teams with RFID supplier Axcess to increase productivity by tracking trucks and transactions in quarries and yards. Full Story >

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Featured Story
Vendor to Foxhole Tracking
The U.S. Military's Combat Feeding Program pilot shows that RFID can be used to provide real-time visibility of rations as they move from the manufacturer to units in the field. Premium Content >

Opinion
The Long March Begins
RFID Journal's sold-out executive conference this week marks a beginning in the journey toward the successful use of RFID technology. Full Story >

Guest Column
The Need for Corporate Identities
Widespread deployment of RFID tags will prove difficult without the introduction of unique identities for corporations around the world, according to Clyde McElman, senior adviser on logistics and e-commerce for Canada's Department of Transport. Full Story >

Special Sponsored Section
Achieving Supply Chain Visibility
RFID can play an important role in helping companies know what's in the supply chain and better match supply to demand, but companies have to change their processes and culture to maximize the benefits of the technology. Full Story >

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