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Mobile RFID Reader by Symbol

Symbol Technologies is starting to sell a mobile reader for radio-frequency identification tags. The compact RD5000 can be incorporated into forklifts, pallet jacks, stretch wrappers and other material handling equipment found in warehouses or storage areas. The idea is to make it easier to track goods by reducing the need to have the devices set up at immobile locations, such as dock doors, that goods would have to pass through in order to be recorded.

Anthony Bartolo, vice president and general manager of Symbol`s Wireless Infrastructure and RFID Divisions, said in a statement: "By RFID-enabling material handling equipment with Symbol`s new RD5000 mobile RFID reader, organizations gain increased visibility to items in the supply chain all the way to the shelf or staging area".

According to Symbol, the new mobile reader can also be built up in a forklift with the Symbol VC5090 vehicle/fixed mount computer, reducing the time drivers have to spend recording the receipt and movement of goods. Customers using the RD5000 reader include Creative Concepts Software, Xterprise, Rush Tracking Systems, and EPCSolutions.