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Radio Frequency Identification Safety System (RFID)

Filed in archive News on April 27, 2013

Radio Frequency Identification Safety System (RFID)
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A new safety system that uses active radio frequency identification (RFID) tags on virtually every type of mobile equipment, including dump trucks, skid steer loaders, overhead cranes and forklifts is being tested on actual job sites this year.

Pro-Active Safety Systems Technologies Inc (PSST) is still in the research and development phase of this system, but they feel that the potential market for their product is enormous. Applying the technology is challenging, and forklifts are the most difficult type of machine to make the system work on. That is because they are so varied in their work environments that many issues have arisen that the company is still in the process of solving. PSST is utilizing a highly advanced form of RFID that allows both a machine operator and the people in the vicinity to receive warnings simultaneously.

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Rare Earth Supply Chain

Filed in archive Green supply chain on April 22, 2013

Rare Earth Supply Chain
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Molycorp is a US based producer of rare earth metals and owner of the largest rare earth mine outside of China. Seeking to expand its operations across the rare earth supply chain, Molycorp recently paid $17.5 million to Japan-based Santoku for its US subsidiary based in Arizona.

This acquisition gives Molycorp the ability to manufacture finished products from the rare earth metals produced from its mines. These products are primarily neodymium iron boron magnets which are essential in clean technology applications including hybrid, electric vehicles, permanent magnet wind turbines and solid oxide fuel cells. Japanese companies in particular are faced with a significant supply risk brought about by an enormous demand for rare earths and a reliance on the Chinese rare earth metals production industry. Molycorp has been popular with investors in the wake of China's decision to place strict caps on exports of rare earth metals. As China currently accounts for 95% of global rare earth production, this move has caused rare earth prices to skyrocket.

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REACH Regulations Impact Supply Chain Process

Filed in archive Research on April 16, 2013

REACH Regulations Impact Supply Chain Process
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The European regulatory regime known as REACH seems to be constantly under revision, as every six months they are updating their list of substances that manufacturers are required to identify in their products and often required to disclose to their customers. Annually REACH places a subset of these substances on the fast-track to restriction, leading to constant pressure on manufacturers to update their supply chain process.

REACH has been especially focused on chemical manufacturers, but the regulators now are turning their attention towards article manufacturers as well. The current view of what constitutes an article is changing, so that REACH no longer considers a desktop computer system an article, but rather 5 separate articles. This will greatly expand the reporting required through the supply chain, and could drive extensive change soon.

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