RedPrairie Adds RFID to Yard Management
RedPrairie Corporation integrates RFID technology into its yard management system -- a module of its Warehouse Management System -- to provide customers with a new level of visibility and control over yard operations and asset management.
By using the area-awareness properties of RFID to track trailers from gate check-in through check-out, customers can expect to be able to reduce the time, cost and uncertainties of managing trailer movements within their campuses.
By using the area-awareness properties of RFID to track trailers from gate check-in through check-out, customers can expect to be able to reduce the time, cost and uncertainties of managing trailer movements within their campuses.
With the new release, RFID readers at gates read passive RFID tags on trailers as they enter or leave the yard to verify and record their presence on-site. Fixed zone readers or mobile readers can be used to locate trailers within the yard, confirm trailer movements and support yard audits. Built-in event management capabilities in the WMS can alert managers and initiate resolution to exceptions uncovered by the RFID reads.