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RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID)
The AAFA understands the urgency and critical nature for its members to be up to speed on all aspects of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology. We also understand the necessity of developing a global set of standards that can be used by the entire supply chain to control and reduce costs, increase efficiency in the transport and location of goods, increase flow and utilization of data, and improve the overall communication with your trading partners.
We hope you find this site a useful resource to learn about this rapidly evolving technology and how it will effect changes to the apparel and footwear industry supply chain.
INDEX
Orientation
Case Study
Latest Industry News
Events
Department of Defense
Resource Links
RFID Savings Program
National Consumer League Privacy Best Practices
RFID Video Link
ORIENTATION
Guidelines on EPC for Consumer Products, EPCglobal
Public Policy Guideline-FAQs, EPCglobal
RFID Basics, Paxar Corporation
RFID/EPC 101, John Seaner, Sr. Director Industry Development, EPCglobal US
FAQs, RFID Journal
Moving Forward with Item-Level Radio Frequency Identification in Apparel/Footwear, produced by Kurt Salmon Associates in cooperation with AAFA & VICS
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CONSUMER AWARENESS
11.28.07
DiscoverRFID.org, the first global Web site designed exclusively to inform consumers about the use and benefits of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Electronic Product Code (EPC) technologies.
RECENT EVENTS
VICS/AAFA Item Level Meeting
January 12, 2009 New York, NY
- Why Deploy RFID?
Bill Holder, VP & CIO, Dillard’s & Dr. Bill Hardgrave, Univ. of Arkansas
- Real Time Inventory Visibility
Gordon Adams, Sr. VP Sales, VUE Technology
- Making RFID A Sustainable Part of Your Business
Margaret Nyswonger, President & CEO, Stealth Network Communications, Inc.
- RFID Works
Susan Flake, Sr. Manager, RFID Business Development, Retail, Motorola
- Five Years Later
Randy Dunn, Director, RFID, ADT Sensomatic
- Tagging Pros & Cons
Rick Bauer, Global Director, RFID Development, Avery Dennison
- EPC Global Update
Patrick Javick, Director Industry Development, GS1 US
VICS/AAFA Item Level Meeting
August 13, 2008
- RFID in Retail: American Apparel NYC Pilot
Zander Livingston, RFID Technology Director, American Apparel
- EPC Global Restructuring
Patrick Javick, Director Industry Development, EPCGlobal North America
- RFID Tag Serialization Discussion
Uwe Quiede, Project Manager, Kaufhof Warenhause AG
Chuck Lasley, Director of Merchandising & Supply Chain Applications, Dillard's
- RFID Live: Best In Show
Mark Roberti, Founder & Editor, RFID Journal
- University of Arkansas Demo, Part 2
Bill Hardgrave, Director, RFID Research Center, University of Arkansas
AAFA/VICS Item-Level Forum
January 15, 2008
- Dillard’s RFID Roadmap
Bill Holder, Vice President & CIO, Dillard’s
- Adoption Triggers: 2008, 2009 & Beyond
Marshall Kay, Consultant, RFID Sherpas. LLC
- Technology Trends
Rick Bauer, Director of Global Program Development, Avery Dennison Retail Information Systems
- University of Arkansas Item Level Tagging: Feasibility, Use Cases, ROI
Bill Hardgrave, Professor, University of Arkansas
VICS/AAFA Apparel RFID EPC Meeting
January 16, 2007
- RFID Item Level Tagging Considerations
William Hardgrave, Ph.D, University of Arkansas
- Maximizing the Value of RFID through Enterprise Integration / Identifying Opportunities Across the Supply Chain
Irene J. Petrick, Ph.D.
- Consumer Perspective of RFID In Apparel
Sanchit Tiwari, Cornell University
- La Senza RFID Pilot Overview
David Reimer, Bell Canada Enterprise Wireless Solutions
- Item-Level RFID Update
Robert Locke, CEO, Vue Technology
- RFID Journal - AAFA Apparel & Footwear Summit
August 15-16, 2006, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City
AAFA/VICS Apparel RFID/EPC Committee Meeting
New York, NY
January 17, 2006
LATEST INDUSTRY NEWS
01.12.10
American Apparel Adds RFID to Two More Stores, Switches RFID Software, RFID Journal
Continuing on its venture into item-level tagging of garments at its hundreds of stores, clothing retailer American Apparel is moving forward with its RFID deployment by installing the technology at two additional locations, thus providing the retailer with a total of 10 RFID-enabled shops.
10.14.09
GS1 EPCglobal RFID-based Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS)
Guides released by GS1
EPCglobal Inc,a subsidiary of the global not-for-profit standards organization GS1, today announced the dissemination of the Strategic Overview Guide and Technical Implementation Guide for GS1 EPCglobal RFID-based Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) for reusable and disposable tags. These guides address all relevant challenges and issues on how to implement an RFID-based EAS solution within a retail environment using existing GS1 and GS1 EPCglobal standards.
EPC & RFID-based Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) Q&A
10.06.09
RFID Helps Women Dress for Success, RFID Journal
The Dress for Success (DFS) South Central PA affiliate of Dress for Success, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to helping women improve their lives, will soon employ radio frequency identification to track the apparel it provides to its clients free of charge.
08.26.09
Bloomingdale's Tests Item-Level RFID, RFID Journal
A 13-week project, which involved using EPC Gen 2 passive RFID tags to monitor the inventory levels of denim jeans, improved accuracy 27 percent, while reducing labor costs.
08.24.09
Sandal Maker to Deploy RFID-enabled Displays in Stores, RFID Journal
Sole, a company that makes high-performance sandals and footbeds, hopes that the use of EPC RFID tags will help retailers maintain optimal stock levels of high-demand products.
08.19.09
RFID: Will Fizzle Turn to Sizzle?, Women's Wear Daily
Radio frequency identification was supposed to be the next big thing. But that hasn’t proven to be the case.
3.3.09
Walgreens: RFID Promotions Tracking a "Game Changer"
Walgreens has found the right prescription for RFID promotions tracking.
2.18.09
RFID Trims Costs for Retailer of Lacoste, CK, Burberry
Turkish Conglomerate Eren Holding is using EPC Gen 2 RFID to track shipments and take inventory at a factory, DCs and stores it operates in Turkey.
1.19.09
Retailers Count on UWB RFID to Track Employees, Customers
Retailers have struggled for years to capture an accurate count of the number of customers in their stores. They've had some success using video-based technology, but those systems couldn't distinguish between customers and employees.
1.19.09
Sam's Club Reduces Tagging Fee
Wal-Mart Stores' warehouse retail chain will charge suppliers 12 cents, instead of $2.50, for each pallet of goods it receives without an EPC RFID tag.
09.16.08
Walgreens Opens RFID-Enabled Distribution Center, RFID Journal
The drugstore chain's DC in Anderson, S.C. has tagged 170,000 totes used to supply merchandise to 700 stores throughout the Southeast, enabling the company to prevent errors and streamline its shipping process.
08.15.08
Retailers See RFID's Potential to Fight Shrinkage, RFID Journal
Store operators are beginning to explore new applications for radio frequency identification, including using it as a tool for preventing product theft--or for reducing its impact.
08.15.08
Jones Apparel Group Plans RFID Pilot in Nine West Stores, RFID Journal
At two sites in New York, the company plans to test the ability of item-tagging to help improve stock availability, productivity and customer service.
06.23.08
RFID is Now in Fashion, RFID Journal
More apparel, footwear and accessory companies are getting serious about deploying RFID because early adopters have proven the business benefits, and because product improvements have made the technology easier to deploy.
4.14.08
American Apparel Makes A Bold Fashion Statement With RFID, RFID Journal
The retailer has already adopted item-level tagging at its Columbia store, and expected to RFID enable 16 NYC locations during the next 3 months.
2.14.08
RFID Journal, EPCglobal to Provide Compliance Training for Sam's Club Suppliers, RFID Journal
RFID Journal and EPCglobal North America have announced they will jointly produce an EPC Compliance and Benefits Training seminar in conjunction with RFID Journal LIVE! 2008,RFID Journal's sixth annual conference and exhibition, being held April 16-18 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas.
1.17.08
Sam's Club Wants Item-Level RFID Tagging by 2010, RFID Update
Sam's Club has told its suppliers to apply RFID tags to individual products by October 31, 2010. That is one of several new RFID requirements that Sam's Club communicated to suppliers in a letter dated January 7, 2008.
12.19.07
Crystal Group Uses RFID Tags to Track Garment Production, RFID Journal
Hong Kong knitwear company has installed RFID interrogators at 8,000 sewing stations in three of its plants, so that it can record the number of garments made by each worker.
12.17.07
Business Case For Item Level Tagging of Apparel: Supply Chain Management in the European Textile Industry
This document is a deliverable of the BRIDGE (Building Radio frequency Identification for the Global Environment) Project. Authors: GS1 Germany & WP7 Partners. Kaufhof, Carrefour, Gardeur and Northland are part of the EU founded Bridge project and participated in this business case.
10.26.07
Ohio Boutique Takes a Unique Approach to RFID, RFID Journal
Clothing merchant Industry Standard uses the technology to support social retailing, which lets shoppers confer with friends before making buying decisions.
10.15.07
Wal-Mart, Best Buy Spearhead DVD-Tagging, RFID Journal
The need for greater item-level visibility is severalfold. DVDs are small, high-value items with rapid turnover. They can be sold quickly—especially new releases—and both retailers and distributors struggle to track inventory and keep shelves stocked with the movies consumers want to buy.
9.4.07
Motorola on Aviation Adoption of RFID, RFID Update
The aviation industry has long been considered a prime candidate for RFID adoption. RFID Update spoke with Pankaj Shukla, director of RFID business development in aviation for Motorola, about the industry's RFID adoption and where the most popular applications of the technology exist today.
8.27.07
RFID Skeptics Embrace RFID, RFID Journal A lot of people are still skeptical about radio frequency identification technology. At the RFID Journal - AAFA Apparel & Footwear Summit, some said they were curious to learn what's going on in their industry, but that they didn't believe RFID would work well enough to deliver benefits for their company. Others came away believing the investment wasn't worth the time and effort, because their supply chains were already very efficient, but still wanted to hear about other companies' experiences.
7.26.07
METRO Moves RFID Pilot to Production, Taps Reva
Reva Systems announced today that its Tag Acquisition Processor technology (TAP) has been selected by METRO Group as part of the giant German retailer's recent decision to go from pilot to production with its RFID deployment.
2.01.07
Mitsukoshi and Shiseido Test Tagged Cosmetics, RFID Journal
The trial involves the RFID-tagging of individual products so customers can obtain details about each product and try on virtual makeup. It also provides statistics on how often items are sampled.
OTHER ARTICLES OF INTEREST
8.23.06
New Balance Taking first Steps With RFID, RFID Journal
The athletic shoe and apparel company’s initial technology test went well; now, the firm is planning a pilot.
8.18.06
Apparel & Footwear Summit Attracts Wide Audience, RFID Journal
Retailers and manufacturers from around the world shared experiences and discussed challenges at RFID Journal’s Apparel & Footwear Summit.
8.15.06
VoIP Meets RFID In a Japanese Dressing Room, Evan Schuman
In a dressing room in the huge Japanese department chain Mitsukoshi, half-dressed customers scan RFID-tagged jeans and then use an IP telephone to check inventory and call for more clothes to be brought in.
8.9.06
AAFA Helps Members Save While Improving Efficiency With RFID Technology, Kevin M Burke, AAFA
7.14.06
U.S. Senators Launch RFID Caucus, Eweek.com
7.12.06
BRIDGE Project Press Release
Building RFID Solutions for the Global Environment" a 3-year funded project by the European Commission
7.11.06
International Standards Organisation (ISO) Amends RFID accepted into ISO/IEC 18000-6 Amends RFID Standard to Include EPCglobal UHF Generation 2 Air Interface Protocol, EPCglobal US, Press Release
EPCglobal UHF Gen2 air interface protocol successfully accepted into ISO/IEC 18000-6 Amendment 1 standard as Type C and is now available through the ISO website.
6.5.06
Wal-Mart Canada Plans Its First RFID Pilot, RFID Journal
Working with a small number of its suppliers, the retailer will institute a system that closely parallels its U.S. RFID deployments.
2.06
Lemmi Case Study, Apparel Magazine
Fashion forward children's wear brand, Lemmi, a Fritzler, Germany Based company is breaking new ground with item-level RFID tagging on 100% of its apparel.
3.13.06
RFID Is Fit to Track Clothes, RFID Journal
Wilfried Kanzok of Kaufhof Warenhaus says RFID will be widely adopted in the textile industry as soon as tag prices fall a little further.
3.7.06
VF Returns to Item-Level Tags, RFID Journal
The apparel company, which first tested high-frequency item-level tagging in the early '90s, is now eyeing a return to item-level tagging.
1.10.06
AAFA Offers RFID Savings Program, RFID Journal
The American Apparel and Footwear Association is offering its eligible members deep discounts on RFID smart labels from Avery Dennison RIS.
1.9.06
AAFA and Avery Dennison Launch New RFID $avings Program (R$P) for AAFA Members
Press Release
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
6th Annual DoD RFID Summit - Feb 26-28, 2008- Arlington, VA
If you conduct business with the Department of Defense (DoD), you should consider attending the DoD RFID Summit to stay abreast of the latest technology developments and take advantage of the "roll-up-your-sleeves" RFID implementation guidance that will be delivered for DoD personnel and DoD suppliers! To register go to www.DoDRFIDsummit.com.
DOD Getting Gen 2-Ready, RFID Journal, July 28, 2006
The Department of Defense is expanding its RFID requirements and infrastructure while it takes steps toward transitioning its requirements to support the EPC UHF Gen 2 standard.
DOD Finalizes RFID Mandate Language, RFID Journal, September 19, 2005
The Department of Defense has finalized the contract clause mandating select suppliers to tag certain shipments headed for two DOD supply depots.
RFID IMPLEMENTATION DATE IS RECONFIRMED
The DoD policy requiring RFID implementation has a starting date of January 2005. This date has not changed. The effective date for suppliers to implement RFID will be the date a supplier’s contract contains language regarding the requirement. That could be any date in January 2005 or beyond. The DoD has many contracts with its suppliers that are renewed and recompeted regularly. As these new contracts are effective the requirement for RFID will be included according to the supplier implementation plan (www.dodrfid.org). For additional information please visit the DoD RFID website www.dodrfid.org or contact AAFA's Kurt Courtney at 703.797.9034. (Posted November 22, 2004)
The RFID Journal reported the release of the Department of Defense's (DoD) final RFID Policy, which will be incorporated into the next update of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation, the Defense Transportation Regulation and the Military Standard 129. Military Standard 129 outlines the standard the military uses to label goods. As previously stated from the memo released on July 30 from the DoD, suppliers of Class I, II (Clothing, Individual Equipment), VI and IX shipping to San Joaquin, CA (DDJC) and Susquehanna, PA (DDSP) will require tagging of individual cases, cases packaged with palletized unit loads and all palletized unit loads commencing on January 1, 2005. Contracts issued as of October 1, 2004 for delivery on or after January 1, 2005 will require RFID compliance. For more information, please go to the DoD RFID website or contact AAFA's Kurt Courtney at 703.797.9034.
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CASE STUDIES
Speed to Market: RFID at Liz Claiborne Solving an Internal Distribution Issue
Brian O' Donnell, Director, Technical Operations & Planning, Liz Claiborne, Inc.
RFID Lessons Learned: Russell Corporation
Russ Brown, Director of Information Systems, Russell Corporation
RFID: Investing for VF's Future
Jim Jackson, Director of Information Systems, VF Corporation
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RESOURCE LINKS
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