10.5. U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)The DoD officially released its RFID policy on July 30, 2004. DoD contracts issued as of October 1, 2004, for material delivery on or after January 1, 2005, must use RFID tags. Starting January 1, 2007, all commodities and commodity pallets shipped to any DoD facility must have RFID tags. You can download the entire policy and related materials from www.dodrfid.org. Some of the policy highlights are as follows:
The DoD is already convinced of the potential benefits of RFID through multiple pilots run over a period of several months. It is expected that RFID will provide better inventory management and control. This can also translate into better released support for the troops in the battlefield. |