Glossary
RFID
Radio-frequency identification
In practice
Useful for tracking inventory and returnable assets such as containers. As tagged items pass readers, their location is updated automatically, and readers in more than one place can tell which way they're moving, such as into or out of a warehouse. The data still needs context in MES/MOM to mean anything.
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