Intermec Improves Warehouse Operations for Mission Foods

Intermec has announced that Mission Foods has deployed Intermec Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to improve its warehouse operations.

To enhance the tracking of its reusable containers, Mission Foods' pilot consisted of deploying IF61 readers, along with antennas, labels and PM4i printers across three plants, with each plant processing 20,000 containers daily.

"Intermec solutions have increased the level of visibility into our supply chain, enabling our organization to improve profitability by eliminating unnecessary costs," said Eduardo J. Valdes, VP of Mission Foods. "By not having to worry about missing assets, we can focus our attention on additional ways to better our warehouse operations to improve the customer experience."

Prior to deploying Intermec RFID, Mission Foods replaced nearly all of its carton boxes and Returnable Plastics Containers (RPCs), resulting in added direct costs. With Intermec RFID, packaged products are picked and loaded onto RFID-labeled RPCs. The RPCs are loaded onto pallets and an RFID label is encoded by the PM4i printer and applied to the pallet.

The readers record the pallets and associated RPCs as a forklift drives though an outbound portal prior to loading the route trucks bound for distribution centers. When the trucks return, they are processed through an inbound portal to reconcile the RPCs per route.

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