RFID Companies | System Integrators

RFID companies, including system integrators, help defense suppliers navigate the complex landscape of military standards,  DOD initiatives and contract requirements.  They help suppliers meet the often substantial compliance burden that comes with RFID labeling, data management and WAWF reporting.

The companies of the RFID industry fall roughly into several categories.

  • RFID printer manufacturers and their dealers
  • Developers of label printing, RFID data management and reporting software
  • Automated RFID data collection systems dealers
  • System integrators, which combine all of the above

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Labeling, RFID

Mil-Std-129 Revision R Simplifies Labeling

Mil-Std-129 Revision R represents some major changes to the bar code label formats currently in use by defense contractors. The DOD’s transition to life cycle management of serialized items with item unique identification (IUID/UID) has driven many of these changes from Mil-Std-129P, Change 4, which Revision R has superseded.

There is an upside for defense contractors. Revision R eliminates the myriad linear bar codes that crowded labels under the previous MS-129P. The linear barcodes for NSN, CAGE, CLIN, contract, ...

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IUID, Labeling

Understanding the Military Shipment Label (MSL)

Understanding the Military Shipment Label (MSL) will help ensure that shipments are received accurately so that the contractor can get paid.  The purpose of the MSL, as specified by Mil-Std-129R  is to identify shipments to the DOD in a unique and immediately recognizable way.

While it may accompany small parcel labels, such as those for UPS or FedEx, it includes important address and contract information not found on commercial shipping labels.  The MSL label is designed to ...

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Labeling

WAWF Made Easy – EDI

From improving accuracy and tracking abilities, to decreasing payment delays,  Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF) provides many advantages to both the US Department of Defense (DOD) and the Defense Supplier. But with those advantages came process changes and challenges to the supplier.  Namely, the burden of entering shipment data for acceptance shifted from the Government to the supplier, and with IUID and RFID, the amount of data has grown exponentially.  Using the WAWF web application to submit your Receiving Reports ...

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Contracting

Military Labeling

The most common military labels used by defense contractors are the container labels that are specified by Mil-Std-129R.  Container label formats vary depending on the packaging level of the container, as defined by the military standard:

  • Unit Container/Pack – The first tie, wrap, or container applied to a single item, or a quantity thereof, or to a group of items of a single stock number, preserved or unpreserved, which constitutes a complete or identifiable package.
  • Intermediate Container ...
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Labeling

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