Schiff RFID
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
In a Feb. 23 announcement of its partnership with IBM for a radio frequency identification pilot Armonk, N.Y.-based Schiff Nutrition International says it is the first mid-size manufacturer to execute an RFID program and it gives the firm a "competitive advantage" in the market and illustrates RFID is "sustainable for small- and medium-sized businesses." At IBM's RFID facility in Raleigh, N.C., Schiff tested "which combinations of tags and readers worked best for its products and perfected used of RFID on mixed pallets, while spinning them in a pallet wrapper," a press release says. "This enables the seamless continuation of the supply chain, without slowing it down to read the tags, a critical requirement for Schiff," the firm says. IBM will continue to deliver services to Schiff through 2007...
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