The Axia Institute is strategically positioned as the premier value chain innovation center, working to help industry solve its greatest challenges.
Value Chain Approach
Value chains represent all the steps and links in a system from beginning to end. When every step and link performs at its best, the entire value chain performs at its best. Businesses and non-profits benefit from enhanced value chain management.
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News and Events
Webinar: Doubling the RFID Advantage for Retail, Logistics and Healthcare with Dual-Frequency Solutions
Join us March 12 for a free webinar to explore dual-frequency solutions and how they may impact retail, logistics and pharma.
Axia Designs Test Protocols for Pharma RFID Tags
Axia designs new test protocols for pharma RFID tags, adopted as global standard by GS1.
Axia Selected as NextCycle Michigan Team for Project Accelerator Program
“ReX Your Rx” proposes to collect and reuse single-use pharmaceutical bottles.
Published in Electronics Journal
RFID-tagged consumer goods achieve 99.7% readability rate item to pallet level.
Spring Value Chain Management Certificate Program
Axia’s Value Chain Management Certificate Program runs April 1 – May 27, 2025.
Axia and MSU St. Andrews Host Holiday Open House
MSU St. Andrews unites Axia, advanced research and community-engaged K-12 STEM education.
Certification Provides Validation to Axia Lab’s RFID Programs
RFID Journal: accreditation supports lab in pharma RFID labelling and tracking.
Cencora and Intelliguard Aim to Ease RFID Adoption in Healthcare
Tagging injectable anesthesia before it is shipped, detectable by stations or carts.
Case Study on Optimal Packaging Strategies
RFID labeling helps optimize packaging strategies for a retail manufacturer.
Axia Institute Researchers Published in International Journal of RF Technologies
Axia Institute researchers were recently published in International Journal of RF Technologies on the correlation between drug formulation and RFID-enabled pharmaceuticals
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The Axia Institute is affiliated with many leaders in value chain creation and development, including the MSU Eli Broad College of Business, whose supply chain management program consistently ranks #1. We routinely draw on all our partners’ expertise to better serve you.
