In product-tracking，RFID technology is growing，and includes the trackingof manufactured inventory，books from~~braries and bookstores，buddingaccess and airline baggage．The automotive industry recently started usingRFID in car keys as theft protection．
About 7 million containers enter US ports each year，which amounts toan estimated 21，000 per day．Yet，we have only enough manpower to inspect2 percent of them．Those odds leave US with a huge risk of an unwantedbreach in Our expansive supply chain without detection．
In just one industry alone，the pharmaceutical industry，manufacturersneed a method for tracking all raw materials，work in process，and finishedinventory throughout their entire supply chain to insure the purity of theirdrugs．
Imagine a system in your manufacturing plant whereby every product inthe supply chain has a unique identification number，and those products canbe tracked automatically with no human intervention for counting，trackingor scanning．
Your company could achieve higher volume tracking through the supplychain，at a lower cost，while the system provides information back to you inreal．time．
Radio frequency identification，or RFID，may be that method fortracking goods from their source to their ultimate destination．