The supply chain network is like a constantly flowing river, which takes the raw goods to factories and manufacturing facilities and then to consumers, retail stores, and end users in the form of finished goods. For any business to succeed, a robust supply chain network that is built on technologically sound ground is crucial. You need to incorporate Industry 4.0 technologies such as AIDC, IoT, and AI and ML to make the best of available resources in terms of manpower and the generated data.
That being said, a pallet, a wooden or plastic fixture, is a significant part of the supply chain. It might not seem like much, but it is. You would be surprised to know that currently, 1.8 billion pallets are in use in day-to-day supply chain operations in the United States alone, as per a prominent logistics survey, and the number might exceed that when you think globally.
RFID Tagging of Pallets
While businesses are now focusing on strengthening their supply chain network and devising means to gather real-time data on their consignments, their movement, and delivery status, tagging Pallets and boxes/packages with RFID has become a necessity.
Global supply chain businesses are increasingly using UHF RFID, short for Ultra High Frequency Radio Frequency Identification, to tag pallets and consignments for monitoring their whereabouts within the supply chain. Not only that, but warehouse managers are also stepping up their game and using technologies like Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and RAIN RFID to tag, track, and trace supply boxes and pallets throughout the warehouses for increased visibility of assets and accurate inventory levels.
RFID Pallet Tags
RFID tags on pallet have now become the driving force behind supply chain visibility. RFID tagged pallets, in great numbers are easy to count and easy to track through supply chain by using an established RFID infrastructure.
Our RFID pallet tag is a widely used RFID hard tag designed for pallet and crate tracking. These tags are made of hard ABS plastic material, thus suitable for rugged use in harsh environment like retail, supply chain, warehousing and manufacturing. These RFID tags also work as container tracking tags, and can be easily used on bins in manufacturing and retail, offering visibility to supply boxes for warehouses and distribution centres. Moreover, these RFID hard tags can be easily reused, replacing recurring costs associated with RFID labels.
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5 Advantages of RFID Pallet- Level tracking
RFID is a wireless technology that is capable of identifying and tracking RFID-tagged articles over a short range with a high degree of accuracy and with little to no human effort. Though traditional tracking and identification methods, such as barcodes, are still in use, RFID presents a higher degree of efficiency and saves time and cost when it comes to inventory control and stock monitoring. In comparison to barcode, RFID presents an accurate, without a clear line of sight, wireless scanning of tagged pallets.
Pallets are ubiquitously used in one form or another, and around 80% of all goods move through some form of pallet system throughout the United States. It’s not hard to understand when you look at the benefits of pallets in the supply chain.
The use of RAIN RFID tags on pallets, pallet-level tracking has several advantages. Let’s see 5 such advantages:
1. RFID pallet level tracking provides supply chain businesses with real-time data on their goods. Typically, a pallet is loaded with multiple boxes of the same kind of boxes, so only one RFID tag suffices to provide information on all those boxes.
2. RFID tagging of pallets also makes it easy for employees to track an asset within the warehouse. While taking stock of the inventory, employees can easily update individual category products on the stock sheet with great accuracy.
3. Since pallets are loaded with multiple packages and transported from one place to another, an RFID tag can provide you with handling instructions to prevent damage during transportation and to ensure the timely delivery of items that have short expiration dates. You don’t have to manually open each box for that.
4. Using active RFID for pallet-level tracking allows you to identify and track items over a long range, ensuring that you have accurate information about your assets. When used with RTLS (Real Time Location Service), the tracking becomes more advantageous.
5. Pallets are often lifted with forklifts and moved around quite a lot, and RFID tagging can provide workers with details on products loaded, to prevent accidental damage. Warehouse managers can scan RFID pallet tags with an RFID reader and assign experienced persons to handle the same.
To summarize, pallet level tracking is very much in trend in supply chain and logistics businesses, and RFID is an accurate and cost-effective technology for this purpose. From providing information on the real-time location of the consignments to helping employees with the handling of assets in an inventory, RFID pallet tracking is revolutionizing the global supply chain. With more developing countries, such as India, Brazil, and South Africa, trying to ramp up their logistics and supply chain networks, pallet-level RFID tracking is bound to see more usage in the near future.
Frequently Asked Questions
● Why Buy these UHF RFID Hard Tags for Pallets and Containers?
These RFID tags offer long read range and durability in harsh warehouse and manufacturing settings. It can be used to tag pallets, bins, crates, and other objects, including in retail, healthcare, and logistics.
These UHF RFID Hard tags are compact, cost-effective, and can be easily procured from our official website, EnCstore.com.
● Do these RFID Pallet Tags work on Metal Assets?
No, these RFID Pallet tags are specially designed for pallets and crates made of plastic and wood, and other non-metal materials, being used in retail and supply chain. For tracking metal assets, you can use an RFID mount on metal tags. For example, Rock-UHF Long Range Anti-Metal RFID Hard Tags.
● What are the Applications of these UHF RFID Pallet/Bin Tags?
1. Tag and trace pallets in warehouses
2. Track bins and crates
3. RTI tracking
4. RFID Hard tags for outdoors
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