RFID ENABLES REAL-TIME TRACKING OF PALLETS Norwegian pallet leasing organization Norsk Lastbærer Pool is piloting RFID tags for tracking plastic pallets in two food factories and distribution centres Background Norsk Lastbaerer Pool manages pallet leasing for retailers and manufacturers in the grocery industry, handling yearly over 5.5 million pallet trips. Challenge Norwegian fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies have already used approximately 150,000 tagged plastic pallets leased by NLP which the companies have not been able to track in real time: Pallets get lost and sometimes damaged without getting any information of them. Could RFID increase the visibility throughout the supply chain by real-time data tracking of the pallets? Solution The RFID pilot was managed by Hrafn, inclu

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