Navy Tracks Broken Parts From Iraq
The U.S. Navy completed a six-month field trial involving the tagging of more than 12,000 airplane parts and containers. Learn how much the project cost, the challenges that were overcome, the results and why the Navy wants to expand the project.
By Mark Roberti
Nov. 14, 2005The Naval Inventory Control Point (NAVICP) provides logistics, warehousing, maintenance and other services for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps In 1985, NAVICP created the Advanced Traceability and Control (ATAC) transportation system to manage the movement of retrograde materiel. Today, ATAC annually tracks more than 500,000 broken parts worth $25 billion as they move from locations overseas to ATAC facilities in Norfolk, Va., and San Diego, then on to either warehouses run by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) or any one of more than 100 contractors that do repairs for the Navy.
Earlier this year, NAVICP ran a field trial in which it used passive radio frequency identification tags to track parts from the Al Asad Air Base in Iraq to ATAC Norfolk, and from ATAC Norfolk to a DLA depot also located in Norfolk. NAVICP had three aims for the field trial:
Verify the feasibility of using passive item-level RFID in real-world, high-volume environments.
Investigate the potential to improve processes and enhance asset visibility.
Gauge the costs of a passive RFID implementation.
Nov. 14, 2005The Naval Inventory Control Point (NAVICP) provides logistics, warehousing, maintenance and other services for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps In 1985, NAVICP created the Advanced Traceability and Control (ATAC) transportation system to manage the movement of retrograde materiel. Today, ATAC annually tracks more than 500,000 broken parts worth $25 billion as they move from locations overseas to ATAC facilities in Norfolk, Va., and San Diego, then on to either warehouses run by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) or any one of more than 100 contractors that do repairs for the Navy.
Earlier this year, NAVICP ran a field trial in which it used passive radio frequency identification tags to track parts from the Al Asad Air Base in Iraq to ATAC Norfolk, and from ATAC Norfolk to a DLA depot also located in Norfolk. NAVICP had three aims for the field trial:
Verify the feasibility of using passive item-level RFID in real-world, high-volume environments.
Investigate the potential to improve processes and enhance asset visibility.
Gauge the costs of a passive RFID implementation.
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