While the plastic pallets' lightweight and environmental benefits first wooed its customers, iGPS hopes RFID-powered traceability will convince more to begin using its pallets.
Hide-Pack's system embeds an RFID inlay into the joint of a box during manufacturing, protecting the tag and eliminating the need for an externally applied RFID label.
Beyond the U.S. Department of Defense's sweeping RFID mandate, the technology is becoming big business on the civilian side of the U.S. federal government—and it could have a lasting impact.
The retailer says it is using the technology not only to improve customer service and profitability, but also to boost the planet's environmental health.
The Port of Savannah's new system includes 915 MHz active RFID tags, OCR and 125 kHz underground inductive loops to identify and locate trucks and their cargo containers.
Ceàgo Vinegarden is using passive tags and active sensors to improve the quality of its grapes, reduce environmental impacts and increase efficiencies.
Systems using the communication standard for active 2.4 MHz RFID devices will be widely deployed in 2008, according to a report from market research firm ABI Research.