1. Intelligent Chip Technology
... also removable for recycling purposes. A pilot involving 9,600 crates at one brewery offered data as to where the 1% of non-returns were being lost. The advantage of the chip system was that it was simple to install and provided valuable information for overall supply chain management. Tracking Perishables: For Sainsbury's, RFID represented a potential tool in pursuing its goal ... of a "simple, stockless, paperless, accurate" supply chain. The main problems affecting implementation, explained Andy Banks, Supply Chain Development Director, were the relatively high cost (US$2 per chip in...
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