Case Study
U.S. Military Benefits From RFID The Problem The Plan of Attack The Results
A military armory can house over 1500 individual weapons of all shapes and sizes, including: M4 Carbine Rifle, M9 Pistols, M16 A2 Rifles, M24 Sniper Rifles, M249 Assault Rifles, M203 Grenade Launchers, M240B Machine Guns, and Model 870TM Modular Combat Shotguns. With the physical inventory counts required at each shift taking several hours to complete, the inventory was often left unfinished. When it was, the incomplete paper-based system caused even more problems. As a result, weapons could be easily misplaced, were difficult to find, and were nearly impossible to track. In addition, it was impossible to trace a weapon’s history or utilization, adding to the difficulty of managing a weapon’s maintenance schedule. The armory needed a solution that would allow them to quickly and