Neal Lober

Chief Executive Officer

Neal Lober is founder and Chief Executive Officer of FactorySense, where he sets the strategy to give manufacturers end-to-end visibility across assets, inventory and work in process. He has worked in industrial identification and inventory systems since 2013, previously as Vice President at Allied Inventory Systems with responsibility for the electronics, aerospace and defense sectors. He hosts the Ask the Experts podcast, is a member of the AIM Global RFID Experts Group, and speaks regularly to operations executives on visibility and Industry 4.0.

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Published work

Articles

How RFID Helps Defense Contractors Meet Compliance Regulations

RFID does not create compliance on its own. It can strengthen the evidence behind controls by recording identity, movement, chain of custody and process events closer to the moment they happen.

April 10, 2026

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Guides

How to Implement RFID in Manufacturing: A Six-Step Approach

A practical six-step framework for implementing RFID in manufacturing, from defining the operational problem through RF validation, integration, pilot acceptance and scalable rollout.

January 6, 2026

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Insights

How RFID Data Improves AI-Driven Supply Chain Decisions

AI can only reason from the operational data it receives. RFID can improve selected supply-chain decisions when it closes a physical data gap that ERP, WMS or manual scanning does not capture reliably enough.

November 24, 2025

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Case Studies

Northrop Grumman Space Park: RFID Asset Visibility Across 46 Buildings

How Northrop Grumman used fixed and handheld RFID to improve asset visibility across 46 buildings and more than 1.5 million square feet at Space Park.

June 24, 2025

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Articles

Transforming Manufacturing with RFID Technology

Industry 4.0 assumes accurate real-time data about physical objects. Most plants do not have it. Where RFID fits, the four application areas that differ more than they look, and how to decide where to begin.

January 13, 2025

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Articles

How Can RFID Help Find Lost Items in Large Manufacturing Industries?

Assets in large facilities are often not lost at all; they are on site but hard to locate. The cost shows up in search time, delays and duplicate purchases. RFID can reduce that waste when the read environment and process are designed well.

January 13, 2025

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Articles

Harnessing RFID for Work-in-Process in Manufacturing

Production slowdowns caused by missing WIP are common because location records depend on manual updates. RFID records movement automatically, giving operators a current view of where work is and how it is flowing.

January 13, 2025

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Articles

FactorySense and Northrop Grumman Named Runner Up in the RFID Journal 2024 Awards for Best Large-Scale Deployment of RFID

FactorySense and Northrop Grumman took runner up in the RFID Journal 2024 Awards for Best Large-Scale Deployment of RFID, and presented the Space Park deployment jointly at RFID Journal LIVE! 2024.

March 11, 2024

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