RFID: From Scanning Food Items

to Military Packaging Labels

The military always place their lives in danger, and making sure they receive the military

supplies needed to perform their jobs is essential to the protection of the country. In the past,

military goods that failed to meet the demands of the Department of Defense possibly failed

upon arrival in the regarding packaging

and shipping procedures.

The modern warfare arsenal involves

the use of different military materials,

which results in a higher demand for

military logistics. With the drastic

increase in military strength, logistics is

becoming more and more important

when it comes to combat preparations.

As a result, the DoD needs to improve

their labeling and packaging with the

use of advanced technologies such as

RFID tagging.

RFID Explained

RFID, or Radio Frequency Identification,

uses readers and tags to store data about an

item. This technology is hardly new; one of

its first uses was to manage and control food

items. It works when the reader sends a

signal to the tag using the power created

from the reader’s signal and receives a

signal back identifying the material.

RFID readers continue to evolve and there

are now wireless handheld units that enable

users to roam through a warehouse

capturing data wherever it finds RFID tags.

Readers are starting to grow more RF-sensitive and more capable of processing, which gives

the DoD improved product logistics.

From fruits to military uses

As with any form of logistic automation, RFID saves

time since users can easily scan and manage their

inventory by means of scanning. This leads to

faster and better responses to the needs of military

personnel. It also allows troops to track the supplies

they have and manage the transportation of new

supplies coming to them.

There’s no reason to hold RFID technology back.

With Mil-Pac’s RFID technology, warfighters will

have the right military goods, in the right place, and

at the right time. It saves money, improves efficiency, and most importantly, it saves lives.

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http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/UID/attachments/DoDUIDGuideVer2_5.pdf