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Social Security Administration Looking Toward Reducing Main Warehouse Labor Costs With RFID

April 2, 2009

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Case Study: Social Security Administration Looking Toward Reducing Main Warehouse Labor Costs With RFID

By Intermec Technologies Corporation

Early tests indicate that a full RFID tracking system could save SSA between 30 and 35 percent in labor costs in its main warehouse. SSA recently began full deployment of the pilot program throughout its main warehouse, to coincide with the rollout of its upgraded warehouse system. Eventually, the 915MHz RFID portals and portable readers will cover all three SSA warehouses in the headquarters complex.

The move came in part from dissatisfaction with manual bar-coded label scanning. John Spencer directs SSA's Office of Supply & Warehouse Management. He saw how RFID could improve read rates by taking scanning duty out of employee hands and turning it over to an RFID portal.

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