RFID—Radio Frequency Identification—is a generic term for technologies that use radio waves to automatically identify people or objects.

Since an RFID tag holds so much more data than a bar code, we know that in time, with the information demands of any supply chain, this technology will be as common as bar codes.

Right now, we are in the initial adoption phase of RFID. Industry needs skilled programmers to integrate the RFID data into existing WMS and TMS systems.

Once completed, the benfits are enormous—your demand models are more accurate, receiving becomes hugely easier, out-of-stock levels are lower, and you can achieve a quicker remix of your supply chain in response to events.