Real-time tracking: Is it Here yet?

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Real-time cargo tracking has always had its appeal. The problem has been finding a technology that could actually deliver on the aspiration

Take RFID, for instance. Initially seen by many as the way forward, the technology is still struggling to gain widespread traction, 20 years after first being mooted as the solution to the real-time tracking problem. Taking the blame have been such issues as readability challenges, the necessary infrastructure investment, the reliability of the devices themselves and the need for end-to-end connectivity along supply chains, if true end-to-end tracking data is to be captured – let alone captured and transmitted in real time…

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