Summer 2008

Contents

EDITORIAL:

Making the Case for RFID ............................................................ 6

17PEDIGREE:

Beyond Simple Pedigrees: Achieving Concordance .................... 8

California’s Electronic Pedigree Law

Delayed to 2011: Now What? ................................................ 14

21TECHNOLOGY:

Shifting Technologies to Foil Counterfeiters .............................. 17

Managing Inventory and Warehouse Operations ...................... 18

Data Carrier Strategies.............................................................. 21

Materials Science ...................................................................... 25

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