For the most part, bar codes are better at collecting data in highly structured and engineered processes, such as warehouses, and this will likely continue for the next five to seven years. However, RFID tags will be used for data collection of mobile assets and in largely chaotic or unstructured business processes, ranging from retail environments to hospitals, enabling these environments that lack sophisticated process engineering or controls to be systematically managed.

I met his homeroom teacher and she's really nice. I can definitely see us working together.

I'm not happy with a tie, but this was our first game in 14 days. We were sluggish at first and sluggish at times during the game.

On behalf of Martin County Coal, we're extremely pleased to have been able to settle the case for the actual damages these people suffered.

Suppliers are still looking for the return on investment that will help them justify their projects. That's what it will take before they feel comfortable about moving projects along and before we see widespread adoption.

It's going to bring in folks from out of town.

They have a real friendly staff and great facilities, It's all positive.

(The school) is pretty cool. I like how it looks, ... Everything's brand new.

Just because bar codes are used extensively in distribution centers does not mean RFID will be. Businesses are beginning to discover business value in places where they cannot use bar coding, which will be the force that moves RFID forward.

Supply-chain applications are in a trough of disillusionment. CEOs signed off on supply-chain packages a couple years ago and now are beating their heads against the wall, wondering what they bought.