The client U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), U.S. Central Command, and the U.S. Army Program Manager - Automatic Identification Technology (PM-AIT) required using RFID to obtain Total Asset Visibility (TAV) came from the inability during Desert Shield and Desert Storm to know the contents of containers and track and locate supplies in the DoD supply chain. Logistic operators can use Savi's hand held interrogators to send a query to a RFID tag on a shipment to gain "in the box" visibility without opening the container. Lastly, when required by operational necessity, the RFID tags when coupled with satellite and GPS, can provide "between node" visibility.
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