| COMPANY: | Dole Food Co. Inc. (Dole Fresh Foods) |
| HEADQUARTERS: | Westlake Village, CA |
| SIZE OF COMPANY: | 1,000 or more employees; $5M-$10M in revenue |
| INDUSTRY: | Non-manufacturing |
| PRIMARY PRODUCT LINE: | Fresh fruit, vegetables, packaged food products, fresh-cut flowers, leafy greens |
| NAME OF PROJECT: | RFID-Driven Food Safety |
| PROJECT OBJECTIVE: | To safeguard consumers and optimize processes; increase levels of traceability of harvested foods and visibility into efficiencies of processes, such as weighing, cooling, and storage |
| TECHNOLOGIES EMPLOYED: | IBM Cognos for Metrics reporting, RFID readers from Impinj and Mojix, handhelds from Intermec Technologies |
| ACCOMPLISHMENTS/ROI: | Decreased harvest-to-storage times; eliminated bottlenecks in weigh scales and cooling tubes; improved traceability and safety for customers; improved visibility of any product that may have been contaminated or come in contact with contaminated batch |