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Based on the request of a Sonrai System’s customer, Sonrai has developed an RFID antenna for our waste compactors and balers. By working with the University of Arkansas RFID Laboratory, Sonrai has been able to display our ability to provide essential supply chain data from the material being placed in the compactor or baler. Because our Trash Tracker panel is capable of power and receiving data from an RFID antenna, Sonrai has worked with the world’s leading automation companies to develop a data system to handle RFID in compactor and balers.

For instance, many major retailers, seeking to reduce out-of stock situations, are requiring suppliers to identify their pallets and cases with RFID tags. One global retailer now pilot testing this project in selected stores has established readers at three sites: • At the receiving dock, to register case and pallet delivery

• Between the store room and retail floor, to record case movement to the shelves (so personnel are no longer needed to record what has been picked in the store room)

• At the trash compactor, where the RFID reader scans the boxes that are crushed, thus confirming that the goods reached the shelves.

The result: the store, corporate departments, and suppliers can receive updates on the location of goods within 30 minutes of each movement from the dock to the shelf. To date, the project is providing more timely and accurate data and is not only improving replenishment by store but also affecting demand forecasting across the pilot stores.