Standards development is powering ahead and fueling RFID.

By Ken Reich and Alastair Mcarthur

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The micro-chipping of pets and other companion animals is an example of one RFID application which is struggling to implement a globally recognized standard. With the emerging international opportunity of applying RFID to the tracking and tracing of cases and pallets (Logistic Supply Chain applications), and even more critically, tracking products at item level where billions of tags will eventually be deployed, it is clear that standards do require careful scrutiny and meticulous attention.