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News Release from: Economist Intelligence Unit
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 10 March 2006

RFID technology spreads beyond retail

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RFID technology is having a tangible impact on a wide array of industries across the globe, according to a new briefing paper by the Economist Intelligence Unit.

RFID technology is having a tangible impact on a wide array of industries across the globe, according to a new briefing paper by the Economist Intelligence Unit Companies in the retail sector have been the fastest to adopt RFID, but programmes in consumer goods, logistics, life sciences, automotive and government are now delivering reduced costs, better inventory control and improved responsiveness to consumer demand

RFID (radio frequency identification) is a wireless technology consisting of tags and readers that can be used to exchange information about items, people or animals.

Although most commonly used to track and identify goods and materials within supply chains, t