The RFID technology can be used to monitor and control temperature conditions in the distribution chain of perishable goods what we call cold chain. The RFID Research Center at the University of Arkansas and Deloitte Consulting LLP has come up with this new application of RFID technology.
A university news release explains the researchers have found out that the temperature inside a shipping container can differ up to 35 percent from pallet to pallet, causing a potentially intolerable environment for the perishable goods.
Commenting on the applicability of RFID technology, Bill Hardgrave, Director of the University’s RFID Research Centre said,
This project showed that wireless and sensory technologies are a reliable, cost-effective way to investigate temperature and other conditions within a supposedly environmentally controlled trailer.
He continued,
The preliminary data from the experiment are already beginning to provide insight into a ‘real world’ environment that until now had been prohibitively expensive to track.
Comments
This is interesting development. Monitoring is good, controling the temperature is even better. Does any one know of such research done involving palstic pallets?