Jacqueline Emigh

Whats going to happen in manufacturing technology during 2005? Users will adopt new supply chain solutions in areas such as supplier relationship management. On the other hand, manufacturers will “fail to find the business case” for the highly touted RFID, according to research from Manufacturing Insights, a newly created IDC company. “Productivity is the supply […]

NEW YORK—i2 Technologies Inc. is readying new tools for retailers in the areas of demand planning and inventory management, according to a company executive. Meanwhile, customers such as Payless, Woolworth Australia and Best Buy are making use of some of the hundreds of new workflows already included in i2s Six Two supply chain software suite, […]

NEW YORK—It isnt every day that people—including most retail professionals—get to catch a glimpse of whats down the road in retail technology. And when a big group of IT vendors, merchandisers and major retailers put together a “store of the future” at the annual convention of the National Retail Federation here, RFID turned out to […]

NEW YORK—When it comes to talk of RFID implementation, Wal-Mart is usually at the center of it. But at the National Retail Federation Convention here, two large European retailers are making some noise of their own. At a press conference Monday, speakers from Tesco and the Metro Group said the two retailers are already performing […]

NEW YORK—With last years acquisition of RFID card maker Matrics Inc. already under its belt, Symbol Technologies Inc. has turned into a “soup-to-nuts” mobile solutions provider, according to Allan Melling, the companys senior director for EPC Solutions. Further, although Symbol is also the industrys leading maker of RFID reader hardware, its solutions stretch across all […]

With more than eight months of Wal-Mart RFID experience at the pallet, case and individual packaging levels, Hewlett-Packard Co. is getting set to launch an RFID “Noisy Lab” that will enact real world RFID deployment conditions for customers. HP plans to introduce the upcoming lab in Omaha, Neb., Monday at the National Retail Federation Convention […]

After last years buyout of Scala Business Solutions, ERP and supply-chain vendor Epicor Software Corp. is now giving serious thought to more acquisitions, especially in vertical markets, said Epicor president and CEO George Klaus. Completed during the first half of 2004, Epicors purchase of Scala has turned out to be “a very, very good acquisition […]

For fighting both terrorism and billions of dollars in annual cargo theft, General Electric Security and its partner CIMC on Wednesday will unveil test results on a new product touted as the first commercially viable secure cargo container. GE Security and CIMC, the worlds largest producer of cargo containers, will issue the announcement about GEs […]

Global Exchange Services Inc. has expanded its supply chain presence in the Asia-Pacific region through a deal to install and run an online trade exchange for Baosteel Group Corp., the biggest iron and steel provider in China. GXS agreement is actually with Bsteel Online Co. Ltd., Baosteels four-and-a-half-year-old Internet services arm. Specifically, the deal calls […]

Less than a month after the NCSC (National Cargo Security Council) made similar moves, an industry trade group in another segment—NEMI (National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative)—has changed its name, with plans to take additional steps toward more emphasis on the global supply chain. Starting this week, NEMI is now known as INEMI (International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative), […]

In a recent shenanigan at a Wal-Mart store, techno-fraudsters printed out fake barcode labels and, in one instance, a $100 mattress rang up at checkout for the price of a bunch of bananas. But what if Wal-Mart had been in the habit of attaching RFID tags rather than barcodes to mattresses and bananas? Would the […]

Kraft Foods Inc., German-based retail chain Metro AG and other big customers are now sampling patent-pending technology from Worldlabel.Com aimed at overcoming inaccurate reads, one of the largest obstacles to widespread RFID deployment. But many other users are now waiting in line for the companys labels, which have been proven 100 percent readable in independent […]