Mastering Returnable Transport Items (RTIs) in Peak Seasons

How Smart Tracking Boosts Efficiency in Modern Supply Chains

A Joint Perspective from Lyngsoe Systems & Beontag

Peak seasons push global supply chains to their limits. As order volumes spike and labor availability tightens, Returnable Transport Items (RTIs)—pallets, roll cages, totes, crates, and reusable containers—become the silent constraint that dictates throughput, service performance, and cost-to-serve.

Yet most organizations still manage RTIs with far less discipline than finished goods or inventory. The result is consistent across regions and industries: 10–15% asset loss annually, equating to billions in global replacement costs, operational slowdowns, and growing sustainability pressures.

The shift is clear: enterprise supply chains are accelerating the move toward digitally enabled RTI visibility, powered by technologies like RFID or Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). Real-time tracking provides actionable intelligence that improves asset availability, reduces bottlenecks, eliminates loss, and supports circular packaging initiatives.

Beontag and Lyngsoe Systems combine global technology leadership with advanced logistics visibility platforms, delivering end-to-end transparency from production to point of use.

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