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Relevant Articles:
  • September 2006: "NEC develops new gate system to enable scanning of multiple UHF RFID tags" by Alan Johnson
NEC Corporation has developed a new gate system* that enables the collective scanning of multiple UHF RFID tags with a high degree of accuracy.
The new gate system can be applied to inspection systems in manufacturing lines and inventory control systems in supply chain management, and will be launched world wide by the end of this year.
  • September 2006: "RFID passes demonstrator test" by Alan Johnson
ANY doubters still out there regarding the effectiveness of RFID technology should grab a copy of the final report on GS1’s successful EPC Network Australian Demonstrator Project and get reading.
“We (participants) learnt a lot from the project that will be passed on to Australian industry. Now we want as many people as possible in industry to read the report and learn from it." Fiona Wilson, general manager standards development with GS1.
  • July 2006: "Hive of Activity ? RFID Developments"
A general update on RFID and a focus on RFID in Australia and the Australian pilots
  • January 2006: "It's all about speed and cost"
An interview of Bob Cornick, vice president and general manager of RFID at printer supplier Zebra. "The more cases you're tagging, the more cost prohibitive slap-and-ship becomes. A good rule is once you start to ship more than three truckloads a day a shift from a single location, an automated system would be more economical."

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