RFID Pilot Supply Center: Final Report

RFID Pilot Supply Center: Final Report: Final Report of the Passive Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) Project at the Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Norfolk, Virginia, Ocean Terminal ...

... "The goal of the FISC Norfolk Ocean Terminal passive RFID pilot was to increase manifest accuracy and inventory accountability within the Ocean Terminal by mitigating the number of errors introduced into the process by manual and/or nominally automated procedures. In its final configuration, the process has also been found to increase speed and efficiency of the cargo checking process. The Ocean Terminal now uses RFID tags to process all shipments except household goods, classified shipments processed by the division at a remote site, and outsized shipments processed in the outside storage area. During the receiving process, RFID tags are placed on each piece of the shipment and the corresponding Electronic Product Code (EPC) is linked with the appropriate Transportation Control Number (TCN) and piece number in the Ocean Terminal Management System (OTMS). " ...