RFID Based Pallet Management

Konferenz: Smart SysTech 2016 - European Conference on Smart Objects, Systems and Technologies
07.07.2016 - 08.07.2016 in Duisburg, Germany

Tagungsband: Smart SysTech 2016

Seiten: 6Sprache: EnglischTyp: PDF

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Autoren:
Poenicke, Olaf; Kirch, Martin (Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF, Magdeburg, Germany)

Inhalt:
Continuous tracking of products and automated management of empty pallets are steadily growing in importance in the retail industry. UHF-RFID can be used to make an important contribution to this. This paper describes the steps required to effectively roll out RFID-tagged plastic pallets – from the selection and integration of RFID transponders to the manufacture of pallets and their management. The Fraunhofer IFF supported such a rollout for a pallet manufacturer and a retailer. Based on the technical examinations and developments executed during this rollout a generalized methodology for the integration of passive UHF-RFID is discussed.