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Articles in Dec, 2003 issue of Frontline Solutions

• Auto-ID Center
• Department of Defense mandates RFID in 2005: all suppliers must tag shipments at lowest possible component level
  by Brian Albright
• FTD's order-fulfillment monitoring: Web-based dashboards improve customer service through online visibility into the order cycle
  by Brian Albright
• IBM develops wireless security service and seamless roaming: a new offering lets you extend enterprise security resilience to mobile computing and leverage WLAN investments
• Here's a new twist on the concept of hand-held computing
• Ready or not, RFID's coming: Wal-Mart and DoD are throwing their two cents in, but their trading partners are going to have pay a lot more to make the transition
  by Brian Albright
• Partnerships … ClickSoftware has developed a wireless field force automation solution with IBM
• MPI Label Systems, Sebring, Ohio, has incorporated a read/write head into its CTM 360 RW label applicator to interrogate and write to RFID 13.56MHz smart labels and automatically tamp-blow apply them to products
• Achieving interoperability in WLANs: it isn't a walk in the park yet. But with a little effort, it's now possible to bring all the pieces together
  by Brian Albright
• Contracts … Sweetener manufacturer Merisant, makers of Equal and Canderel
• EAN International and the Uniform Code Council Inc
• Quote of the month
• Electrical industry to launch item-data audit program: study finds that 60% of the item data doesn't match between trading partners
  by Brian Albright
• Contracts … The Department of Defense awarded Xybernaut a $1.62 million contract
• Society for Information Management
• Global data synchronization: economic survival mandates near real-time, synchronized, industry-standard item content among trading partners
  by Tom Kevan
• Partnerships … Itronix is a member of Sprint's PCS Business Solutions Program
• Just how big is RFID? RFID is a big deal. Its impact will be pervasive, personal and profound. It will be the biggest deal since Edison gave us the light bulb
  by Rick Duris
• The Transportation Security Administration
• CPFR can save the grocery industry: by collaborating with trading partners, retailers and wholesalers can increase sales, reduce spoilage, cut inventories and improve distribution
  by Joe Andraski
• McCain Foods gets product data in order: frozen food producer begins data synchronization project to comply with customer mandates
  by Brian Albright
• Sorting out the RFID tag debate: read-only or read/write? Weigh all the elements carefully to get the right results
  by Tom Kevan
• The Wireless Data Research Group
• 2005 Sunrise—and shine: retailers who see the light will embrace 2005 Sunrise and consider GTIN compliance, too
  by Barbara Goode
• Mobile middleware market to maintain double-digit growth: vendors focus on vertical markets and offer integration services
  by Brian Albright
• Create bar codes in windows and the Internet
• Data synchronization—the elusive no-brainer: there is a lot to be gained and a lot to be lost, so pay attention
  by Tom Kevan
• Secretary of State Colin Powell holds up an RFID cargo container seal from Savi Technology at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Bangkok in October
• Improving communications: Honeywell's Consumer Products Group raises the bar for supplier collaboration
  by Peter Strozniak
• Contracts … PETCO Animal Supplies will use Voxware's voice-based data collection system
• PenRight Corp
• 12 steps to get supply chain execution projects up and running: two secrets to understanding the return-on-investment mindset it's not just software, and you don't just load it and watch it run
  by Dennis Dearth
• International Paper rolls out RFID warehouse tracking: Electronic Product Code Technology used in paper-tracking application
  by Brian Albright
• Production/labor tracking over Ethernet
• Percentage wise
• Mandates: 2005: as technology is increasingly used to implement supply chain strategies, the pace of change quickens. Whether that change is driven by your trading partners, the government, or economics, you better keep up
  by Brian Albright
• RFID a fit for garment tracking: Marks & Spencer moves forward with clothes-tracking pilot
  by Brian Albright
• Flic™ Laser Bar Code Scanner at the price of a wand