Case Study
Heavy Manufacturing Turns Light With RFID
HEAVY MANUFACTURING TURNS LIGHT WITH RFID POSCO steels itself for logistics gains with automated RFID solution Challenge POSCO, one of the world’s leading steelmakers, has deployed an RFID-based logistics system to streamline critical operational processes, provide its customers with real-time product information and improve packaging and shipping accuracy. After all, when you manufacture multi-ton metal parts, customer returns are no easy – or inexpensive – matter. However, the company faced a special challenge in its quest to harness RFID technology for efficiency gains: It would be deploying its logistics solution in a pervasive metal environment that interferes with RF signal readability. Solution POSCO teamed with SMARTRAC to design a proprietary RFID-based logistics system that lever