Springfield, Ohio

The NA 2008 Show, sponsored by The Material Handling Industry of America, occurred April 21-24 at Cleveland’s I-X Center, featuring manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, logistics and IT solutions for the supply chain. During the show, Tom Park, CTO for Rath Information Systems, Bellefontaine, Ohio, and Scott Silver, owner of Midwest Sales and Marketing, Springfield, Ohio, updated attendees on the latest RFID software and monitoring product developments from their partner, Analytica (www.analytica-usa.com/rath). Following are highlights of their report. Any application of RFID needs to result in obvious business benefits. The last few years have seen several developments that have sped up the adoption of this technology: