The leading command for the pre-provisioning of cargo ships with military equipment employed RFID to achieve accurate manifests and streamline operations. Before developing a passive RFID system to track which equipment was in its yard, and to monitor how the various items were loaded and unloaded, the command often experienced incorrect counts and lost the identity of valuable assets. This presentation will include video footage demonstrating impressive gains in yard management, vehicle identification and labor savings, versus previously deployed methods.
Speaker: Lyle Layher, MPS Plans Management Branch, Blount Island Command, U.S. Marine Corps