RFID pallet logistics opens the door to smart logistics

With the rapid development of warehousing and logistics, the number of items managed in the warehouse is increasing, and the number of times of entering and leaving the warehouse is frequent. Warehouse management operations have also become very complex and diverse. Traditional manual warehouse operation modes and data collection methods have been unable to meet the requirements of modern warehouse management. . Fast and accurate requirements are required. Since the introduction of "conveyor transport", the popularity of standardized pallets has accelerated. RFID technology performs intelligent automatic identification and collection of information, and RFID pallet logistics transportation opens the door to "smart logistics".

With the addition of RFID technology, it has opened the door to a new world of "smart logistics." The combination of RFID technology and pallets not only facilitates the real-time tracking and management of the circulation and use of the pallets, such as: leasing, recycling, maintenance, and storage. In addition, it also realizes the visual monitoring of pallet loading, which greatly promotes the automation level of information collection in logistics management, ensures the safety of goods during transportation, improves logistics efficiency and reduces costs.

What is "conveyance with check"?

"Conveyance by consignment" refers to a method of transportation in which goods are assembled on a standard pallet and combined into a transport unit according to certain requirements, which is convenient for loading, unloading, and storage using a forklift or a pallet elevator. "Trusted transportation" has become one of the three internationally recognized intermodal transportation methods that go hand in hand with container and barge transportation. Some surveys show that 80% of the US's merchandise trade is carried by pallets, while the EU's merchandise trade is carried by pallets in excess of 80%, and Japan has reached 77%.

At present, China has a total of 316 million standardized pallets and 17 million leased pallets, a year-on-year increase of 16.4%. The growth rate is fast and the growth space is broad. As a major logistics province, Guangdong Province in 2016 had a total social logistics of 1973.249695 trillion yuan, accounting for 8.6% of the country's total. The total social logistics cost was 11,770.395 billion yuan, and the total logistics cost accounted for 14.81% of GDP. Through pallet standardization, leasing, and sharing, logistics costs can be effectively reduced.

It can be seen that the standardization of pallets is irreversible, the development of pallet leasing is also going hand in hand, and pallet sharing is more suitable for the requirements of the times. By revitalizing social stock logistics vehicles, taking the sharing economy as a guideline, connecting the resources of pallet manufacturers, pallet leasers, logistics companies, and manufacturers to provide a cooperative opportunity to achieve win-win development opportunities and reduce costs and increase efficiency There is a very broad space for development.

RFID technology gives standardized pallets the only “identity card” information in the world, and realizes the entry of pallet informatization units, which greatly improves the coordination efficiency of the supply chain and is an important technical means to promote the innovation of modernized supply chains. In the tray management, the tray can be reused and the RFID electronic tags can be read and written repeatedly, which greatly reduces the cost. The electronic label on the pallet records the item code of the pallet, and stores the important information such as the product name, quantity, volume, weight, shipping address, and shipping address of the goods in the database through the network. During the transportation from the departure point to the destination, you can read the RFID tag through the UHF RFID reader, retrieve the required information at any time, and upload the pallet and the location information of the goods arriving.

It can be seen that through the combination of RFID technology and pallet management, direct tracking of goods can be achieved, ensuring cargo safety, and effectively solving the problem of tracking pallets. RFID technology realizes pallet positioning and recycling, management, and settlement intelligence, reduces operating costs; promotes the development of "Internet +" efficient logistics; and accelerates the formation of a new ecology of open, shared, efficient and convenient intelligent logistics. The logistics warehousing management system uses RFID technology to automatically collect the information of the items, upload the collected data to the background system, and automatically identify the information of each link in the supply chain. The RFID-based Internet of Things will fundamentally change the management level of flow monitoring in various links such as production, transportation, and warehousing within the scope of global logistics and warehousing.