Radio frequency identification (RFID) has generated interest among retailers and consumer goods companies as a method to track inventory more effectively. In addition to allowing businesses greater ability to follow the flow of products throughout...
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Analyst house Datamonitor has found that by 2010, the market for radio frequency identification will top $6bn, as pharmaceutical, consumer packaged goods and automotive industries start to spend on tracking their products.
MRO has customers in the manufacturing, utility and transportation industries that use the company's so-called asset management tools for keeping tabs on physical assets such as trucks and refineries.
And the parts that make up our cars are timed to arrive in the factory on the day of assembly, minimising excess inventory that has to be stored and managed, keeping manufacturing costs as low as possible.