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Unipart Logistics deploys RFID to track Jaguar parts from UK to US
19th September 2006
The logistics arm of Unipart recently began tracking Jaguar car parts in real-time while they're transported in cargo containers from the UK to the US. Under the Jaguar Tradelane Project, the containers are tracked by using SaviTrak, a Radio Frequency Identification-based (RFID) information service provided by Savi Networks.
Unipart and Savi Networks will monitor the location, security status and condition of container shipments when they pass by readers at factories, ports (Felixstowe, New York and Oakland, Ca.), distribution facilities and other supply chain nodes. Savi Networks is a joint venture between Savi Technology, Inc., a Lockheed Martin company, and Hutchison Port Holdings, the world's biggest port operator.
The SaviTrak information service is built on an open-technology network that captures data from devices including bar codes, sensors, passive and active RFID and GPS satellite location systems. The information service generates real-time reports and exception-based alerts to each customer, including routes, missed shipments, or environmental conditions.
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