[实用参考]RFID射频识别的现状与未来.ppt

* A very large retailer has implemented a program for tracking class 1 prescription drugs Where the FDA requires that companies know exactly where each item is at the supply chain at the end of the day Before RFID they needed very large resources and manual tracking This retailer has implemented a mandate across 16 pharmaceutical companies Value is: Compliance to retialer Meeting the FDA requirement Operational efficiencies * Purdue Pharma Tags OxyContin To meet mandates and help thwart counterfeiting, Purdue will add RFID labels to bottles of its popular pain reliever shipped to Wal-Mart and drug wholesaler HD Smith.?Email Article ?Create PDF ?Print Article ?Increase Text Size ?Decrease Text Size ?Turn Definitions On By Jonathan Collins Nov. 16, 2004—Starting this week, U.S. pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma will begin adding an RFID label to every 100-tablet bottle of the company's popular OxyContin pain reliever tablets to be shipped to Wal-Mart and drug wholesaler HD Smith.Purdue says it has been looking into the potential for deploying RFID for 18 months and that it has selected its hardware suppliers and has already integrated its automated RFID labeling capabilities into its manufacturing facilities. Aaron Graham "This isn't slap and ship.RFID data is now fully integrated into our manufacturing systems," says Chuck Nardi, executive director of corporate and supply chain systems at Purdue.The company will use tags and readers from Symbol Technologies' RFID unit (formerly Matrics) with readers deployed at two of its manufacturing plants during the trial.Purdue produces OxyContin in four different strengths, all of which will be tagged and tracked from its Wilson, N.C., manufacturing plant to its two pilot customers.In addition, the company will also tag bottles of its planned Palladome pain medicine product set to start shipping from its Totowa, N.J., plant in the first quarter of next year.Purdue will use Symbol Technologies' 1