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Published on August 21, 2007

Santi Suraratana, vice president of technology research and development at Sipa, said the agency had completed the Roi-Kaen Sarn pilot project using barcode technology. The agency is procuring equipment to implement RFID to track rice through the supply chain by the end of this year.

The RFID technology will monitor the rice all the way through its entire logistics cycle.

"We will do the third phase in the next several months, using RFID to transfer information between the various parties in the supply chain without using paper," said Santi.

He said the RFID technology can send information through the supply chain and the details can be checked in real time.

The agency is studying RFID technology to track rice back to its origin as the next step. The agency is also studying using RFID to track tapioca.

"We created the pilot project to develop new technology to support industry, business, logistics and government and private sectors to reduce error, increase accuracy of information and enhance productivity in supply chains," said Santi.

He said RFID could play an important role in agriculture as it tracked where the rice was actually milled and how it was transferred before being shipped to markets.

Jirapan Boonnoon

The Nation