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The logistics industry loses billions yearly in unreturned pallets and returnable transport items (RTIs). TagLogger gives chain-of-custody visibility across depots — without RFID infrastructure.
Returnable transport items cycle between facilities, customers, and return points. Without tracking, RTIs accumulate at customer sites, disappear during cross-dock transfers, and quarterly cycle counts pull workers off operations for days.
Industry estimates put returnable transport item loss at 10–15% annually ([Supply Chain Brain](https://www.supplychainbrain.com/articles/43809-mastering-returnable-transport-items-rtis-in-peak-seasons)). Cages, pallets, and totes disappear between facilities without accountability.
Assets get lost during cross-dock transfers and facility handoffs. Without proof of location, disputes become finger-pointing between sites.
RFID requires $50K+ per facility in reader infrastructure and only tracks gate pass events — not where assets are between scan points.
Physical RTI counts pull workers off operations for days. Data goes stale immediately, and float imbalances go undetected between audits.
Sources: Zebra Technologies Warehousing Vision Study, SupplyChainBrain: managing RTIs in peak seasons.
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Pallets, totes, cages, and dollies cycle between facilities, customers, and return points. Without tracking, returnable transport items accumulate at customer sites, disappear during cross-dock transfers, or sit in yards with no accountability trail. Quarterly physical counts pull workers off operations for days and the data goes stale immediately.
TagLogger gives warehouse, dispatch, and central operations teams continuous location context so RTI float imbalances and handoff gaps surface before they become write-offs.
How TagLogger Helps
10–15%
Annual RTI Shrinkage Addressed
Continuous visibility helps recover returnable transport items before they disappear from the float entirely.
No Gates
No RFID Infrastructure
Unlike RFID that costs $50K+ per facility in reader infrastructure, TagLogger tracks assets between facilities with no install.
Proof
Chain-of-Custody Evidence
Timestamped movement history resolves 'we sent it, they never got it' disputes with data instead of phone chains.
Begin with the asset categories that cause the highest downstream disruption when missing - typically high-value RTIs, pallet jacks, and shared dock equipment. Set geofences for key transfer points and assign alert ownership.
Once the workflow is proven in one hub or corridor, scale to more facilities and asset types using the same naming and alert standards.
Movement timelines replace manual reconstruction during loss investigations and chain-of-custody reviews. Warehouse workers spend less time searching for shared equipment at shift start. Dwell-time patterns surface so operations can address bottlenecks before they cause detention charges.
For non-powered assets that move unpredictably between facilities, TagLogger delivers the accountability layer that barcode scanning misses and GPS tracking can't justify at scale.
Returnable transport items — pallets, totes, cages, dunnage racks, IBCs — sit in a category most operations don't measure tightly. Published estimates put annual RTI losses at 10–15% of the pool. At a plastic pallet pool of 50,000 units valued at $35 each, even the low end of that range is $175,000/year quietly leaving the float. The pool gets refreshed with new units, the cost goes into general overhead, and the actual shrinkage rate stays unknown because nobody has location data on individual units.
Tracking RTIs is a different problem from tracking finished goods. Finished goods get a barcode scan at every dock door and the location is implicit in the scan event. RTIs leave the dock, go to a customer, sit somewhere, and theoretically come back. The 'sit somewhere' phase is where the float collapses — at customer sites that have stopped returning them, at third-party warehouses that took possession during transfer, at recycling routes that picked them up by mistake. Without per-unit location, the operations team is reconstructing this from incomplete records months after the fact.
The output of an RTI tracking program is typically two numbers: the actual annual shrinkage rate (almost always different from the assumed rate) and the named accumulation points. From there, the operations team can prioritize recovery routes, billing changes, or contract amendments. The tracking layer doesn't fix RTI shrinkage by itself — but you can't fix what you can't see, and most pool managers are operating without the visibility today.
Barcode and RFID only track assets at fixed scan points. TagLogger fills the visibility gap for assets in transit, in yards, or at customer sites between scans.
GPS tracking runs $15-30/month per device and needs recurring charging. For pallets, cages, and dollies, TagLogger gives the same accountability on a one-time Compact Tag and a single CR2032 that lasts up to a year, plus $10 per tag per month for service. No cellular contract, no charging rotation.
Timestamped movement history resolves 'we sent it, they say they never got it' disputes with evidence instead of finger-pointing between facilities.
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