Speed in responding to threats is vital to a Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), which must be able to quickly replenish an existing mission package or swap out for a new one. The presence of a critical ...

After barcodes were put into use more than 50 years ago, the technology revolutionized the grocery business. The technology also revolutionized nearly everything else in the supply chain and logistics ...

As a supplement to the background information on this patent application, NewsRx correspondents also obtained the inventors’ summary information for this patent application: “At least some embodiments ...

Southeastern Container handles nearly 70% of the plastic bottle production for Coca-Cola in the US. The company is using Motorola fixed & handheld RFID readers to track vital business assets - ...

Traditionally, when haulers think about inventory management, they are mainly concerned with how many containers they have available to sell, which often can be determined by walking the storage yard.

While supply chain managers are often dazzled by the promise of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, radio frequency identification’s benefits are now so undeniable, it’s worth ...

Manhattan Associates has enhanced its POS and store fulfillment solutions with handheld RFID support to assist with all inventory management and order fulfillment activities. The combination of RFID ...

In 2012, Johnson Controls was looking to improve its visibility into the millions of returnable containers used by the company’s Automotive Experience division. The firm was challenged by costly loss ...

2. RFID Weaknesses While its benefits in controlled environments are obvious, its weaknesses in container security within a global supply chain are just as obvious. The very nature of a global supply ...