"When 'sent' had five pallets out, only four were showing up where we sent them, but we knew exactly which was which, so the system showed potential.

"Our estimations found five to 10 times the increased benefit with end-to-end supply chain collaboration."

Bruce Grant, Gillette RFID project manager said the barriers to the project were the level of integration necessary with partners, building in-house competency and quality of the data.

"When we started we learnt Linfox had a legacy RF (Radio Frequency) scanning in its network and when the RFID readers were turned on, it interfered," Grant said.

"We also got really involved with Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) and the trade unions because they wanted to know the cumulative effect of RFID readers in the packing and distribution center."