Current RFID mandates have focused on the use of RFID technology to automatically read pallet tags as they are driven into a truck and out of a facility. Using RFID technology to capture the unique identifier on an outbound pallet provides some of these benefits:

• Eliminate the need for a hand held or truck mount terminal and/or bar code scanner for material handlers
• Eliminate the need to point and shoot at a bar code on each pallet loaded/moved
• Provide visual indicators to a fork truck operator regarding pallets being loaded onto the proper truck or to the correct manufacturing area
• Automatically confirm load/move of product without human intervention
• Streamline the amount of time it takes to load a pallet into the truck/move into manufacturing:
  • Eliminate the need to stage, scan the bar code, then pickup and load the pallet.
  • Loading/move is accomplished simply by driving the pallet into a truck/shipping area
• Provide increased visibility to loaded/moved product
  • There is no delay between time the product arrives at its destination and when it is recorded/confirmed.
  • Pallets are read as they are loaded/moved.