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Gary Hartley Info

Gary HartleyGary Hartley is General Manager for Sector Development of GS1 New Zealand, New Zealand’s

member of GS1, the global not-for-profit supply chain standards organisation. GS1 is the largest supply chain standards organisation in the world with 110 offices and more than 1.5 millon members. GS1 standards include barcodes, RFID, data synchronisation and supply chain enhancement.

Gary is also the Secretary of the New Zealand RFID Pathfinder Group Inc; an incorporated society of local business seeking to drive the adoption of EPC/RFID technology in New Zealand.

www.gs1nz.org

Latest Articles

  • 19/12/2011   RFID as a commodity? Absolutely.

    Commodities are things we buy, use and consume with regard for availability and price, not for differences between brands and sources of supply. By definition, commodities of the same type have little or no qualitative differentiation.

  • 25/11/2011   Easy to use! Thank you Mr Jobs

    Steve Jobs’ recent passing was a great loss, and not just to Apple devotees. Jobs did the rest of us a huge service as well by pushing a fundamental principle to the forefront of the digital age – technology should be as simple and easy to use as possible.

  • 12/09/2011   Smartphone warning

    In Food Technology Magazine’s July 2010 issue, I wrote an article titled Dial M for m-Commerce. I started by suggesting that the future of retailing could be in our hands – literally. I went on to discuss how the mobile phone most of us carry around – in fact, we probably couldn’t work or socialise without – could increasingly become a multi-purpose tool in the consumer marketplace. I don’t usually like making predictions, especially about the future – but this time I think I got pretty close.

  • 06/07/2011   UHF RFID for livestock – another “new normal”?

    Cattle branding goes back to ancient Egypt and animal identification has been developing ever since

  • 29/11/2010   No rotten fruit today please!

    Many food products are easily perishable. Their storage for more than a day or two and their transport to market can require careful control of temperature and/or humidity. Spoiled fruit, vegetables, meat, fish or dairy products are worthless

  • 13/08/2010   It makes no sense to keep denying RFID

    Why do people continue denying the transformative potential of RFID (radio frequency identification) for supply chain management and retail experience in New Zealand, as in every other country?

  • 27/07/2010   Here comes the “New RFID”

    The recession is over. Business decision makers can now think less about surviving the present and more about creating the prosperous future we all want.

  • 27/07/2010   UHF RFID favoured in Government spectrum re-allocation

    UHF RFID implementations in New Zealand will likely become easier and more cost effective as a consequence of the Government’s recent reallocation of radio spectrum.

  • 16/07/2010   We have the technology

    Developments in the traceability of animal products have moved from a slow walk to a trot – and they’re getting closer to home.

  • 29/06/2010   Time to Face RFID Reality

    ‘Those who said the Auto-ID Center’s vision of ubiquitous RFID was unrealistic aren’t laughing today. Now all companies have to re-evaluate the facts and get real.’


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