Planet RFID Internet Of Things

A trillion tagged packages? The promise – and reality – of the postal market for RFID

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

by David C. Wyld, Southeastern Louisiana University

The global postal and package shipping market has long been projected to be one of the largest potential RFID applications. However, while leading shippers UPS and FexEx were early proponents of RFID, they have backed off on significant RFID projects, due to their sizable investments in bar code based auto-ID systems.

In truth, these legacy systems have–thus far–proven good enough for now, meeting both customers’ expectations to be able to track and trace shipments on an almost real-time basis and the firms’ internal needs for business intelligence and visibility.

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