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Every Pallet.
Accounted For.

Reusable pallets leak value every trip — lost at client sites, stranded at hubs, quietly replaced every quarter. Identium’s RFID Pallet Tracking System tags every pallet, sweeps them in bulk at dispatch and receive, and turns each movement into an immutable note — so reconciliation shows exactly what left, what arrived, and what is still on the road.

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Sweep
143
Pallets read
In Transit
312
Across 5 sites
Outstanding
GRN-0142
1 pallet open
100+Pallets per Sweep
GRNEvery Movement
0Double-Counts on Retry
LiveWeb Control Tower
Powerful Features

Built Around the Movement, Not the Map

RFID is a choke-point technology — and pallet flows are all choke points. Dispatch bay, dock door, client gate: capture identity at each one and the network takes care of itself. Here is what the system does at those points.

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Bulk Dispatch Sweeps

One walk-around sweep with the CX1500N captures a full truckload — 100+ tagged pallets in seconds, no line of sight, no per-pallet barcode hunting.

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A Note for Every Movement

Each dispatch and receive writes an immutable GRN with operator, location, timestamp and every pallet on it. Stock never moves without a note.

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Per-Note Reconciliation

Receives are matched to the dispatch note at scan time — so dispatched minus received is a hard number per note, not a time-window guess.

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Offline-Safe Sync

No coverage at the yard? Movements queue on the device with a unique transaction ID and replay later — a retry can never double-count stock.

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Only Your Pallets Count

A sweep in a shared yard reads neighbours’ tags too. Unregistered tags stay visible but out of the note by default — nothing enters or vanishes silently.

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Live Control Tower

Scans stream to the web dashboard as the operator sweeps. On-hand by site, expected inbound, and every open note — visible before the truck leaves the gate.

How It Flows

Dispatch → Transit → Receive → Reconcile

A pallet is Available at a location. Dispatch makes it In-Transit — recording where it is going and which note sent it. Receive books it into the destination and links back to the dispatch note it arrived against. The link is captured at scan time, which is why reconciliation is arithmetic, not archaeology.

ORIGIN WAREHOUSE UHF TAG DISPATCH NOTE · GRN-0142 IN-TRANSIT · 18 PALLETS CLIENT SITE / HUB RECEIVE NOTE · GRN-0143 RECONCILE   18 dispatched − 17 received = 1 still on the road
Deployment

Four Steps to a Tracked Fleet

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Tag the fleet

UMT (Impinj M830) tags on wood and plastic pallets; Encore on-metal tags on steel pallets and cages. Each tag is registered to a pallet code.

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Equip the sites

CX1500N handhelds at busy warehouses, gate readers on high-volume dock doors, MUBR01 + a phone at light-volume client sites.

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Scan every movement

Dispatch and receive sweeps write GRNs — online or offline. Live reads stream to the control tower as they happen.

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Reconcile & recover

Outstanding pallets per note, per site, per client. Chase the specific 1, not a mystery 4% at year-end.

Tags & Read Points

The Right Tag on the Right Pallet

Tag physics decides read reliability more than any software setting. Wood and plastic take a standard pallet tag; steel needs an on-metal tag that uses the surface as part of its antenna. Reads come from a handheld sweep, a dock-door gate, or a Bluetooth reader paired to any Android phone.

WOOD / PLASTIC PALLET UMT UMT pallet tag (Impinj M830) on the stringer STEEL PALLET / CAGE ENCORE Encore on-metal tag — the steel works with it, not against it READ POINTS CX1500N sweep 100+ pallets / pass Dock-door gate hands-free capture MUBR01 + phone light-volume sites Same movement, three ways to capture it — every read lands in the same note.
Hardware & Tags

Recommended Products

Enterprise-grade UHF RFID hardware, sourced from our sister store IndiaRFIDStore.com.

Identium CX1500N UHF RFID handheld reader with pistol grip
Handheld Reader

CX1500N Handheld

Android UHF handheld with pistol grip — bulk dispatch and receive sweeps, offline queue, and the Identium pallet app pre-loaded.

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UHF RFID gate reader portal for dock doors
Gate Reader

UHF RFID Gate

Dock-door portal that captures every tagged pallet crossing it — hands-free dispatch and receive on your busiest lanes.

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Identium MUBR01 Bluetooth UHF RFID reader
Bluetooth Reader

MUBR01 Bluetooth Reader

Pocket UHF reader that pairs with any Android phone — the light-footprint option for client sites that receive a few loads a week.

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UMT UHF pallet tag with Impinj M830 chip
Pallet Tag

Pallet Tag UMT · M830

Rugged UHF tag on the Impinj M830 chip for wood and plastic pallets — screwed or riveted to the stringer, built for forklift life.

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Encore UHF on-metal RFID tag for steel pallets
On-Metal Tag

Encore Metal Tag

On-metal UHF tag for steel pallets, cages and roll containers — the metal surface becomes part of the antenna instead of killing the read.

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FAQ

Pallet Tracking, Answered

How does an RFID pallet tracking system work?

Each pallet carries a UHF RFID tag with a unique ID. At dispatch, an operator sweeps the load with a handheld reader or drives it through a gate — every movement writes an immutable dispatch or receive note (GRN). Reconciliation then compares the two sides per note: dispatched minus received equals what is still on the road.

Which RFID tags work on wooden vs metal pallets?

Wooden and plastic pallets take the UMT pallet tag built on the Impinj M830 chip — screwed or riveted to the stringer. Steel pallets, cages and roll containers need an on-metal tag such as the Encore, which uses the metal surface as part of its antenna instead of being detuned by it.

Does pallet tracking work at sites with poor connectivity?

Yes. The handheld stores every movement in an offline outbox with a unique transaction ID and replays it when connectivity returns. The server recognises replayed transactions and returns the original note instead of creating a duplicate, so a retry can never double-count stock.

How many pallets can be scanned in one pass?

A UHF sweep reads every tag in range without line of sight — a full truckload of 100+ tagged pallets is typically captured in a single walk-around sweep of a few seconds, compared with scanning barcodes one pallet at a time.

What stops the reader counting pallets that belong to someone else?

A UHF sweep in a busy yard reads whatever is in range, including a neighbour's pallets. The system resolves every tag against the pallet register and, by default, only registered pallets enter the note — unresolved tags stay visible but marked as not being saved, so nothing is counted silently.

What hardware do I need to start tracking pallets?

A typical site runs CX1500N handheld readers for bulk dispatch and receive sweeps, UHF gate readers on high-volume dock doors for hands-free capture, and the MUBR01 Bluetooth reader paired to a phone at light-volume client sites. Pallets carry UMT (M830) tags, or Encore on-metal tags for steel pallets.

Stop replacing pallets you already own.

Pilot with one lane and one client route — tag a batch, run dispatch and receive for a month, and count what comes back.

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Further Reading

How pallet flows fit the bigger picture: our guide to RFID in logistics and supply chain covers the gate and dispatch layer this system lives in, the warehouse RFID ROI guide shows what happens inside the four walls, and RFID vs barcode explains when bulk sweeps beat one-at-a-time scanning.