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All of these [technologies] are more near-term than having a refrigerator or closet full of RFID tagged products.

Christine Overby
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If you would try to implement RFID on every product everywhere you sold it, it could be very expensive.

Bryant Haskins
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I joined RFID a year and a half ago, and I've been on a mission to leverage as much of semiconductor as possible, to make this business successful going forward. I believe the customer focus model for semiconductor is a good fit.

Julie England
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You can't read a bar code well if another bag is sitting on top of the tag, for example, but this is a matter of process. If it's just a case of tweaking the [bar code-based] system that way, then it's not worthwhile to install RFID.

Jeff Woods
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TI is ahead of the curve with Gen 2 adoption, and we commend them on being the first to begin Gen 2 tagging of cases and pallets in support of Wal-Mart's RFID expansion plans in 2006.

Simon Langford
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Security was certainly a factor in the decision by Hong Kong to turn to RFID. But the primary reason was operational efficiency and to be able to address growth. They wanted a good customer experience.

John Shoemaker
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There are a number of retailers that are pushing their suppliers to expand the use of RFID. Additionally, the military's use of active RFID tags on containers continues to expand. There are hundreds of other pilot projects taking place, too.

Jeff Woods
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Our efforts are very much to advance the design and development of RFID networks and have them seamlessly integrated into existing [network] infrastructure.

Tom Grant
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RFID is still in its early stages. However, over 17.5% of companies in manufacturing, retail/wholesale, and logistics are piloting/implementing RFID projects and more are to come, not only in these sectors, but also in several other industries.

Giuliana Folco
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While we do see the benefits of RFID to managing inventory for retailers, we think the item-level tagging poses a serious issue for consumer privacy.

Katherine Albrecht
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Our clients require RFID completeness. By working with Omron, we can provide our clients with full visibility, traceability, and movement of objects or assets within even the most hostile environments.

Jim Lapalermo
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Everyone is paranoid about communicating RFID data, but the reality is they're already hosting POS data.

Raymond Blanchard
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When I see the move of RFID into universities, it concerns me, ... It is sending a message that not only do we not have to worry about privacy but you can profit from it by a career perspective.

Katherine Albrecht
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There is a significant focus on using RFID in pharmaceutical manufacturing because of the FDA's interest in using RFID tags to help combat diverting and counterfeiting.

Jeff Woods
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From the point of view of security, I can encrypt an RFID tag. I can ensure that the tag has not been tampered with. But the tag itself is not going to do a lot to prevent a guy from penetrating the container.

John Hill
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For Kimberly-Clark, implementing RFID technology into our supply chain operations is more than meeting customer needs. It's about partnering with our customers to improve fundamental business processes and ensure we deliver the right product to the right customer at the right time.

Mike O'shea
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Most shipping companies see RFID as a tax.

Robert Schwartz
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In 2002, we were involved in the early implementation of RFID readers as part of the Auto-ID Center field trial. Those early readers took hours to install and minutes to destroy. But we learned a lot, and we have been applying that knowledge.

Simon Langford
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The 10-cent tag will not take RFID into mainstream supply chain applications. Technology breakthroughs are required before tag costs drop to [the] point where RFID replaces bar codes.

Donna Barrett
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Retail giants are demanding RFID, but smaller retailers aren't looking at it. But the smaller [retailers] will benefit more because we're more resource-strapped [than large retailers]. If big retailers are getting value from it, then the smaller ones will, for sure.

Rachel Bolt
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This was a strategic opportunity that was too good to miss. Cisco was very natural fit for us. I don't think there's an RFID company in the world that would have passed on this opportunity.

Kevin Ashton
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Just because bar codes are used extensively in distribution centers does not mean RFID will be. Businesses are beginning to discover business value in places where they cannot use bar coding, which will be the force that moves RFID forward.

Jeff Woods
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[RFID] is about research, development, education and developing new markets.

Sal Iannuzzi
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RFID is going to play an important role in the future of shipment and package movement.

David Zanca
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With a population of over 1.3 billion, the issuance of RFID-tag-inlaid Resident ID cards by the Ministry of Public Security is one of the biggest RFID projects in the world. More than 1 billion ID Cards will be issued before the end of 2008.

Anty Zheng
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This is an active, not a passive, RFID system. It tells workers what to do with the vehicles and when.

Gary Latham
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It's very difficult to get airports in the [United States] to embrace RFID or any new technology.

John Shoemaker
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It all boils down to processes optimization and which of [a company's] processes can be impacted by RFID.

Keith Gile
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Reducing out-of-stocks is an example of the portal's usefulness with RFID.

Christine Wan
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Sybase is the only company that offers a product that is a full technology stack for enterprise-scale RFID deployment.

Dan Auker
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The Brazil market is small enough for us to do everything end to end without spending gazillions of dollars. We're RFID -enabling the complete supply chain, including manufacturing, distribution, repair, reverse logistics and recycling.

Didier Chenneveau
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If you leave it up to the person stocking the shelves at 2 a.m., at some point these stockers just give up and say they can't find the promotional displays. RFID can tell me where a display is, and whether a display has been put on the floor at all.

John Fontanella
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The big concern is that any RFID tag may have a read range that would allow it to be read unbeknownst to the person holding the passport. One possible solution is to encrypt the data, but even this does not necessarily mean that unauthorized use of the RFID signal cannot be made.

Christine Overby
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One of the toughest parts of larger RFID deployments is working with readers in close proximity to one another.

Patrick Sweeney
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A key issue for customers migrating from Gen 1 to Gen 2 protocols will be how the reader performs near multiple readers, ... As a leading company putting RFID to work in the marketplace, Symbol is proud to offer customers the promise of minimal interference and investment protection with the multi-protocol XR400 reader.

John Bruno
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RFID managed services has been available for enterprise customers, and now SMB customers will have access. They can covert bar codes to RFID.

Elaine Case
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