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National Defense September 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Defense Dept. Begins New Effort to Better Track Military Supplies The Defense Department expects to unveil this month its latest plan to improve the management and distribution of combat supplies, repair parts and materials that make up the Pentagon's $162 billion logistics chain.
National Defense October 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Pentagon Officials Refining Requirements For Smart Tags on Military Shipments The Defense Department is banking on the success of a new smart-tag technology to improve the management and tracking of shipments moving in and out of major depots.
National Defense May 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Tracking Military Supplies No Longer Requires RFID The Defense Department has relaxed a mandate that all food, equipment and other provisions to the U.S. military have radio-frequency identification tags on their products.
National Defense July 2004 Harold Kennedy	Services Need to Share Logistics Information The lack of accurate information about supply requirements, shipments and deliveries has hurt military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Learning how to fix those information gaps is one of the most important lessons of the war.
National Defense May 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Commanders Ponder How Best To Mend Battlefield Logistics A team of about 100 logistics experts dispatched to Iraq earlier this year pinpointed serious problems in the distribution of military supplies in the war zone, and is taking steps to solve them.
National Defense July 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Tagging War Shipments: Far More Complicated Task Than Expected By January 2005, all shipments of military equipment and supplies destined for Iraq or other battle zones must be labeled with an electronic tag that helps track the content of each box or package.
National Defense January 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Contractors Struggling To Comply With Pentagon Smart-Tag Mandate As the deadline nears for contractors to install smart tags on shipments of critical military supplies, an industry survey reveals that many companies have yet to come to grips with the new regulations.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2005 Ben Ames	Pentagon continues its push on suppliers to use RFID All Defense Department suppliers are required to attach radio-frequency-identification (RFID) tags to all their products and technology by 2007.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2004	Logistics for the Transformational Force The need for information dominance, as well as for smaller, lighter weapon systems on the battlefield, is pressing logistics to the forefront as military officials search for the most promising technologies that will speed crucial supplies to fast-moving forces.
National Defense September 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Central Command Reports Improvements in Logistics As a new round of troop rotations gets under way in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. military transportation officials expect fewer logistics hassles than seen previously.
Entrepreneur May 2007 Amanda C. Kooser	Tag, You're It You can be RFID-compliant, even on a tight budget.
National Defense January 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Logistics Reforms Aim to Fix Supply Bottlenecks A team of logistics experts from the U.S. Transportation Command and other agencies will be heading to Iraq this month, in an attempt to break long-standing logjams in the distribution of supplies to forward-deployed units.
National Defense February 2011 James R. Giermanski	Military Supply Chain Tracking System Both Inefficient and Dangerous The U.S. system of technology and regulations falls apart because the Defense Department uses RFID systems to control and monitor its global container movement. The application of this technology to track cargo overseas is inefficient, dangerous and fundamentally flawed.
CFO September 1, 2004 John Goff	Dude, Where's My Printer? RFID technology may someday revolutionize how companies track their products. But problems still lie ahead in adopting workable systems.
IndustryWeek January 1, 2008 David Blanchard	Lack of Standards Is Slowing Adoption of RFID for Cargo Security The U.S. government has been slow to issue any kind of mandate regarding the implementation of RFID on cargo containers.
Food Processing January 2005 Judy Rice	RFID on your package: No pain, no gain? Implementation of radio frequency identification technology isn't as simple as just slapping an RFID tag on a shipping case or pallet. Here are the critical considerations before implementing this technology ... and some available outside help.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005	Researchers try to build a better RFID reader Pentagon leaders are requiring radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags for most materials delivered to the U.S. Department of Defense after Jan. 1, 2005.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2006	Demand Expected to Jump for RFID Tags The spread and use of RFID in most sectors will largely be determined by cost, and the cost is dropping quickly.
IndustryWeek April 1, 2005 John S. McClenahen	Wal-Mart's Big Gamble Wal-Mart's mandate that manufacturers adopt RFID to improve supply-chain management has clear benefits for Wal-Mart, but the payoff for manufacturers is less certain.
IndustryWeek April 1, 2005 John S. McClenahen	Supplier Scenarios The experiences of three Wal-Mart suppliers illustrate how manufacturers are working with Wal-Mart's radio-frequency identification mandate.
InternetNews November 18, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Fine Times For RFID Wal-Mart jump started the RFID industry. Albertsons Stores and the U.S. Department of Defense soon joined in the demand.
Food Processing January 2005 Jack Neff	RFID: Track and (t)race The key for most companies to get ready for RFID isn't necessarily to hop on the bandwagon, but to re-examine another industry supply chain issue -- data synchronization.
IndustryWeek January 1, 2009 David Blanchard	The Five Stages of RFID As manufacturers come to accept the inevitability of RFID, they are also discovering some tangible benefits.
National Defense April 2004 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	War Realities Call for New Approach to Logistics The United States, for decades, has served as the world's model for how to plan and execute military logistics, but it's clear that the growing demands of global deployments and rapid-response operations call for changes in how the nation supports and sustains its forces.
CIO June 15, 2004 Ben Worthen	RFID Laws on Deck With widespread adoption of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags under way, privacy advocates are pushing for regulations on these tiny computer chips that can track information about the products they are attached to.
InternetNews March 30, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Oracle Prepares 'Concrete' RFID Offerings The business software giant readies offerings to help enterprises integrate RFID with existing systems as Wal-Mart's and DoD's deadlines approach.
CIO August 18, 2008 Thomas Wailgum	These Boots Were Made for Tracking: Nine West Tries On RFID Strategy Footwear giant Nine West joins a long list of retailers in search of the RFID Holy Grail: item-level RFID tracking. Will the move be a good fit? Even the mighty Wal-Mart has struggled to cash in on this technology.
The Motley Fool December 9, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	The A to Z of RFID While consumers will grow to appreciate the RFID advantage, investors should aim closer to the vest to cash in on the RFID revolution.
InternetNews October 19, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Study Sees RFID Savings For Wal-Mart Shoppers more likely to find what they wanted on the shelves, thanks to the new technology.
InternetNews May 2, 2007 Clint Boulton	Microsoft, Intel Tagged For RFID Project Determined to lead the market for RFID products, Microsoft is teaming with Intel to offer business customers a platform that will enable RFID transactions on various devices.
IndustryWeek November 1, 2004 Traci Purdum	Factory To Foxhole: RFID Deadline Looms In compliance with the U.S. Department of Defense, most manufacturers are putting the finishing touches on their radio frequency identification initiatives. Others need to pick up the pace.
InternetNews November 19, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	FDA Prescribes RFID for Drug Safety The U.S. Food and Drug Administration set guidelines for the use of radio frequency identification technology to reduce drug counterfeiting this week, codifying a huge movement within the industry.
The Motley Fool February 20, 2007 Jack Uldrich	Hitachi's RFID Takes a Powder Dust-sized RFID tag technology raises interesting possibilities. Is now the time for investors to buy in? Probably, but questions remain.
PC Magazine September 7, 2004 Karen Jones	New Frontiers for RFID Tags Depending on how closely you guard your privacy, RFID is either a benevolent new technology or Big Brother waiting to pounce.
CIO January 1, 2003 Ben Worthen	Bar Codes on Steroids Radio Frequency identification (RFID) tags are like bar codes on steroids; they're to traditional SKUs what Robocop was to your ordinary cop on the beat.
CIO February 15, 2003 John Edwards	Tag, You're It RFID technology provides fast, reliable asset identification and management.
InternetNews July 14, 2004 Roy Mark	Privacy Groups Tag RFID ACLU, Center for Democracy and Technology push for baseline privacy legislation.
IndustryWeek May 1, 2008 David Blanchard	Wal-Mart Lays Down the Law on RFID Wal-Mart will begin levying fines for suppliers that don't comply with its RFID mandate.
InternetNews January 20, 2006 Ed Sutherland	RFID May See 'Explosive' Growth Although tiny in size, radio frequency identification tags expect huge growth over the next five years.
InternetNews December 23, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Countdown to RFID As the Jan. 1 target to meet retailers' RFID mandates nears, auto-identification in the supply chain remains a work in progress.
HBS Working Knowledge February 2, 2004 Sean Silverthorne	RFID: The Promise (and Danger) of Smart Barcodes Thanks to Wal-Mart, we all have heard about radio frequency identification. Now RFID tags are set to pop up on everything from razor blades to cattle.
The Motley Fool January 3, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	RFID Signal Strong in 2005 Radio Frequency Identification technology is going to ring in the new year in more ways than one. Think you should follow suit as an investor?
IndustryWeek September 22, 2010	No Slowdown for RFID Roughly 2.3 billion RFID tags will be sold in 2010, up from 1.9 billion in 2009.
PC Magazine October 28, 2003	The Lookout: A Fix for RFID Researchers at RSA Security's lab have come up with a technique they say will eliminate many of the privacy concerns surrounding the use of RFID (radio frequency identification) tags.
National Defense February 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Digital Age Logistics Systems Still No Panacea for Troops Providing essential supplies and services to troops on the front lines ranks increasingly consumes larger bites of the Pentagon's half-trillion-dollar annual budget.
Information Today February 6, 2014	RFID by Barcoding Manages Data Collection Barcoding, Inc. introduced RFID by Barcoding, a dedicated practice for advancing Radio Frequency IDentification, which collects data using low-power radio waves sent between tags and readers.
IndustryWeek February 1, 2006 Jonathan Katz	Reaching For ROI On RFID Compliance continues to drive most RFID implementations. But Ford, International Paper and Gillette have found ways to cut costs and improve efficiencies.
InternetNews May 5, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	SUN Opens New RFID Playground The launch of its Dallas RFID Test Center lets suppliers work with tracking technology in a controlled environment.
Food Engineering January 1, 2006	RFID Spending Expected to Surpass $3 Billion Significant amounts of data can be stored on RFID tags. Food processors will need to develop new business applications if they want to put RFID at the center of a process.
IndustryWeek January 1, 2007 Jonathan Katz	Transportation Tracking: RFID Gains Credibility Manufacturers are starting to realize the strategic benefits of radio frequency identification.