Automated systems and apparatuses for storing, transporting, dispensing, and tracking wireless initiation device components configurable for initiating explosive material compositions

A system for storing, dispensing and tracking initiation devices or initiation devices components configurable for initiating explosive material compositions in association with commercial blasting operations, the system including:

• a magazine configured for holding and dispensing initiation devices or initiation device components having respective non-contact readable identification (ID) codes, wherein the magazine includes one or more initiation device tracking units configured for reading the non-contact ID codes of the initiation devices or initiation device components for tracking the initiation devices or the initiation device components,
• wherein the system is configured to generate an alert and/or a disable/reset command if the initiation device tracking units read a non-contact ID code that is in a set of stored ID codes that are flagged as not belonging in the magazine and/or not in a set of stored ID codes that are recorded as being ready for dispensing
• wherein the system includes a data communication unit coupled to the initiation device tracking units by which non-contract ID codes read by the initiation device tracking units can be communicated to an external or remote destination, network/network address, computer system, or electronic/computing device, or a remote server system, that is separate or distinct from the magazine.