Logistics & Supply Chain · Recorded milestone
RFID supply-chain tags
Recorded year2003
Retailers start tagging pallets with radio chips that can be read without line of sight.
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- Standard palletRecorded · 1937enables
- Integrated circuitRecorded · 1958enables
- MOSFETRecorded · 1959requires
- Barcode scanningRecorded · 1974enables
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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.