DOD RFID: Potential Uses for RFID Data in Government - Worldwide Port System

Colonel Robert F. Carpenter, USAR writes ...

... If interrogators are located at the in-gates and out-gates of POEs and PODs, they could be used to scan RFID tags attached to containers as they enter the port for uploading or when they depart the port for onward movement. Rather than only updating the ITV server, the in-gate event could be used to generate data for the “Cargo Receipt at POE (TYS) Transaction” for the Worldwide Port System (WPS). When an RFID tag on a container is scanned leaving the port, data could be generated for WPS’s “Cargo Depart Port (TYW) Transaction.” If interrogators are located at pier side (but not attached directly to the cranes used to load cargo), they could be used to scan RFID tags on containers as they are loaded on or off vessels. The on-load event could be used to generate data for WPS’s “Cargo Load at POE (TYU) Transaction.” The off-load event could be used to generate data for WPS’s “Cargo Discharge at POD (TYS) Transaction.” ...

Colonel Robert F. Carpenter, USAR, is serving on active duty in the Force Projection Directorate, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G–4, Department of the Army. He is a graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College and is enrolled in the Army War College.