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by Stephanie Neil, MA Editorial Staff Posted on Monday, May 22, 2006 5:13:00 PM Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox   RFTrax, a purveyor of asset management technology designed for the freight industry, will roll out a new product suite tomorrow said to enable manufacturers to track goods traveling on railcars. According to RFTrax, there are 1.6 million railcars operating in the U.S., most which lack an accurate and reliable way to track the status and condition of goods in transit. For example, the Sugar Land, TX, company contends that once the railcar door closes, the manufacturers' goods basically disappear since there is no efficient way to track their whereabouts and monitor the conditions within the container. The company's RFTrax A.M.P. product suite aims to change that. It combines sensors, cellular networks, and monitoring software to provide visibility into the whereabouts of goods and the conditions surrounding the assets while they are in transit. [Click to continue]  |
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