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RFID in the Supply Chain: Fizzling Technology or the Future of Effective SCM?

GlobalTranz

In 2003, Walmart announced that all of its suppliers would need to have Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags on all pallets and cases by 2006. For many reasons, that transformation did not happen and RFID was put on the industry’s back-burner. Two Specific Examples of RFID in the Supply Chain?

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Top Technology Trends: Supply Chain 2020 – Part 1

Morai Logistics

Supply chain technology is in a state of constant advancement, especially this year, given the circumstances—here are four of the biggest tech trends in 2020. Gartner recently identified 8 technology trends for supply chains in 2020. Unlike some of the previous trends mentioned, this doesn’t refer to a specific technology.

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Trends 2021: Warehouse Automation

Logistics Business Magazine

Warehouse automation is the combination of mobility, physical automation along with technologies such as RFID and temperature sensing. RFID technology and machine vision. We’ve seen a growing interest and demand in RFID, machine vision and computer vision systems. This acceleration will continue in 2021 and beyond.

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Dedicated Range of Labelling Printing Solutions

Logistics Business Magazine

RFID Labelling – BIXOLON will present a comprehensive selection of RFID print and encode printers, including mobile, desktop and industrial models. Among them, the XM7-40R 4-inch (112mm), the premium mobile RFID label printer with advanced features, and the XD5-40tR 4-inch (118mm) RFID enabled thermal transfer desktop label printer.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 30 – May 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

UPS to deploy RFIDs through 100 facilities this year. UPS plans to implement its smart package initiative at 100 facilities in 2022, which will involve using RFID tags on packages to speed up throughput. RFID uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. The Czinger 21C costs $1.7

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Bixolon Presents Dedicated Labelling Range

Logistics Business Magazine

RFID labelling – Presenting its comprehensive range of mobile, desktop and industrial RFID print and encode printers, BIXOLON will be demonstrating the feature-rich premium mobile RFID label printer XM7-40R 4-inch (112mm), plus the XD5-40tR 4-inch (118mm) RFID enabled thermal transfer desktop label printer. .

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2023 supply chain and logistics management trends

EazyStock

As we step into the unknown of 2023, here are some key trends and issues affecting supply chain management to help you prepare your strategies. Demand forecasting software can integrate with your ERP or business system to automatically generate a demand forecast that considers demand variance, seasonality, trends and promotions.