RFID in Parcel Service…On the Margin
PC World has a great article about the use of RFID in the postal service.
The Universal Postal Union (UPU), an arm of the United Nations that coordinates international postal mail services, has embarked on a project to use RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) to track the speed of international deliveries. The program, using tag processing systems from Reva Systems, will begin a test phase later this month in 21 countries. The UPU expects it to be used in 100 countries by 2012.
This is an outstanding example of something I’ve talked about before. RFID doesn’t have to be used to tag every little thing. Sometimes the best solutions are merely on the margin.
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