Despite drawbacks it takes with it, the latest RFID technology fulfills the goals of the manufacturers. The latest technology has an edge when we consider the safety, security, sales and inventory management of BP, Ford Motor and other businesses. This is the unanimous view of the companies.



The director of application technology of British Petroleum BP, Curt Smith opines that the RFID technology can track the location of 3,000 workers at BP’s Cherry Point oil refinery in Washington. The Active RFID tags are extremely useful in oil refinery as it alerts whether anybody is in the danger zone.



Smith recalls that the disaster which took 15 lives and injured many more. The disaster occurred in Texas City, Texas a year ago. Smith empathetically tells that tracking technology would have saved the lives in such cases. Smith explained about the Location Aware Safety System (LASS) in Orlando at Mobile and Wireless World (MWW).



During the initial stage of the project, around fifty laborers are being tracked. The project is in the development stage. The RFID technology is adopted at four U.S manufacturing plants at Ford Motor. It is used to track parts inventory and vehicles.



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