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News for the week of Aug. 9

• DOD Releases Final RFID Policy
• Self-Checkout Gets RFID Upgrade
• RFID Cabinet Manages Medicine
• VR Focuses on Slap and Ship
• Passive Tags Track Cars
• RFID News Roundup

Featured Story
• Models of Teamwork

Opinion
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DOD Releases Final RFID Policy
The U.S. Department of Defense has issued its final policy guidelines regarding requirements for suppliers to put RFID tags on shipments of pallets, cases and high-value individual items. Full Story >

Self-Checkout Gets RFID Upgrade
NCR demonstrates its RFID-enabled FastLane self-checkout register at Metro Group’s RFID Innovation Center. Full Story >

RFID Cabinet Manages Medicine
An RFID-enabled cabinet developed for hospitals can automatically track when medical equipment and pharmaceuticals are removed, and by whom. Full Story >

VR Focuses on Slap and Ship
With an eye to Wal-Mart suppliers, Venture Research offers three RFID tagging systems to let companies start small and expand to include more automation. Full Story >

Passive Tags Track Cars
IPico has developed and tested RFID passive tags and readers that can be used to monitor vehicles at a read distance of 17 feet traveling at speeds of 160 mph. Full Story >

RFID News Roundup
Automated vehicle tracking for carmakers; SAMSys offers Class 0 UHF reader; Acsis unveils QuickStart compliance packages; STMicroelectronics launches chip for e-passports; Intelleflex receives $11 million in funding. Full Story >

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Models of Teamwork
Collaboration is the key to getting RFID's benefits, but there's no one right way to work with supply chain partners on an RFID project. Here are three models that can work in many industries. Premium Content >

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