TAGSYS, the global leader in item-level RFID infrastructure announced that Walking Plant Systems (WPS), one of Holland's leading systems providers for greenhouse botanical growers, has successfully implemented RFID technology into its Plant Order System for commercial greenhouses.
By allowing growers to fit each flower pot with a TAGSYS RFID tag, WPS can optimize the months-long greenhouse growing process.
Zetes (Brussels:ZTS), a leading pan-European company in the value-added solutions and services industry for automatic identification of goods and people, partnered with TAGSYS to integrate RFID infrastructure into the project.
“The WPS project demonstrates our ability to achieve highly accurate item-level tracking in a variety of environmental conditions,” said Olivier Burah, Vice President EMEA of TAGSYS.
“The project also demonstrates how RFID can play a critical role in improving production processes and the quality of goods. Even for a process as delicate as plant-growing, TAGSYS' technology allows WPS' customers to track the progress of every single plant in a 30,000 square-meter greenhouse from seed to sale which can take from six months to a year.”
The Plant Order System is a fully automated system of pot-adapters, conveyor belts, and plant nutrition systems that guides plants from initial seeding to individual customer orders.
With a combination of RFID and photography, Zetes' software ensures individual plants receive specialized care; the tag identifies the plant itself and Zetes' imaging software infers plant health from its relative shape.
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