As many companies await the complete rollout of Generation 2 hardware before implementing RFID solutions in their supply chains, International Paper ASURYS is performing Gen 2 technology assessments in its Customer Solution Center (CSC). The RFID center, established in June 2004, is a fully integrated engineering development, testing and training facility in Memphis, Tenn.

In this non-temperature controlled environment, complete with concrete floors and walls, metal racking and a host of industrial equipment, customers are exposed to the latest Gen 2 compliant tag and reader hardware that follows the EPC Global specification for this new standard. Texas Instruments, the first supplier to ship Gen 2-equipped tags to Wal-Mart, tested its tags at ASURYS’s CSC.