Adient automates asset management to reduce costs Adient had a mystery to solve: thousands of shipping containers had gone missing. With values of up to $1,500, the missing containers were more than just an inconvenience—they were expensive too. Containers lled with parts were sent to distribution centers or plants across the nation, with the expectation that they would be returned empty for future use by the company. However, due to the vast number of containers being sent out, and their relative homogeneity in appearance, it became increasingly dicult to track them, and nd them once they had gone missing. Using the SLS and Impinj RAIN RFID dock door solution, Adient was able to gain full visibility into their eet of shipping containers: Reusable containers are tagged with RAIN RFID t

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