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November 7, 2008
•Integration Story: Wood Companies Look To RFID To Raise Yield, Reduce Carbon Footprint
By Rhea Wessel, RFID Journal
Twenty-nine European partners are developing an RFID-based application and supply-chain analysis system that may be used to increase sawmill efficiency and raw materials usage, improve logistic operations and minimize environmental impacts.
A European Union-funded project launched in 2006 to develop a system for analyzing the forestry supply chain will move into the final pilot phase next spring, project leaders at Finnish forestry IT service provider TietoEnator reported Wednesday at the RFID Journal LIVE! Europe conference in the Czech city of Prague.
The 29 project partners aim to lay the groundwork for improving the use of wood and optimizing forest production while minimizing any harmful environmental impact. Passive RFID tags on logs will be interrogated, providing real-time data that can be utilized to improve yield and logistics, as well as reduce waste—all through better supply chain transparency. After logs are processed and the initial RFID tags they carried are destroyed, partners will rely on Data Matrix 2-D bar-coded labels applied to wood products to identify each item. They will also test the use of RFID and 2-D bar-coding to help calculate the carbon footprint of individual wood products.
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