Slate Maker Adopts System to Track Products, Even When Buried Under Snow
Minera Norge is using EPC RFID and GPS technologies to locate its finished stone tiles and blocks, as well as the forklifts that transport them.
Minera Norge, who manufactures slate tiles and other products, is employing an RFID-based system known as SuperDAGFINN, provided by ACT System Skandinavia, to identify stone products after they are produced. The system enables the staff to track the exact locations of forklifts, as well as monitor where they place those products, using GPS units that identify each vehicle's longitude and latitude. That information is then transmitted to the company's back-end system in real time.
Read the article at RFID-Journal.