A consortium comes together to learn how radio frequency identification could streamline the tracking of a shipment of high-speed printers in the world's first field test of that technology in a transatlantic supply chain.
Download article (Word file, 314 KB)Once, a €2.7 billion enterprise which ships printers around the world, is testing a technology that enables the tracking of goods down to the individual product level. That technology is radio frequency identification (RFID).
If successful, the project will prove the superior benefits of RFID versus bar code technology in the areas of cost, security, flexibility, and accuracy and timeliness of tracking information.
The project also will prove the benefits of the technology used for managing the RFID tags and integrating with the many systems that process the tracking information along the supply chain. That technology includes the Microsoft .NET Framework and other Microsoft products.
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