Solar-powered asset tracking

A major US Army supply facility in Kuwait is using solar powered RFID readers to keep track of vehicles, equipment and supplies.

Readers attached to signpost and poles - on which solar power units have been fixed - activate RFID tags attached to vehicles or pieces of equipment and relay the information to site management software that automatically updates the asset's latest location. These tools enable the facility to track more than 25,000 tags per day.

Solar energy provides an energy efficient and environmentally friendly power source for users’ RFID hardware, and also eliminates the need to install electrical infrastructure in remote areas where there is no fixed reader infrastructure.

A similar system is being used in Colombia where solar energy powers RFID signposts and readers that track the status and security of containerised cargo shipments. Solar-powered panels at strategic supply chain checkpoints, including source factories and port facilities, monitor in-transit goods manufactured in and exported from the country.

Supplier: Savi Technology
Product Site Manage software