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CHEP Announces New RFID-Enabled Container-Tracking Service
For the pilot projects, CHEP, P&G Brazil and Avon will use Impinj Gen 2 interrogators to collect tag data and Microsoft Biztalk RFID middleware platform (which is still in beta form and has not yet been released) to filter that data. The filtered tag data will be compiled on a Microsoft SQL servers and forwarded to SAP's Auto-ID Infrastructure and Event Manager software, which will send container location data to CHEP, P&G and Avon, as well as issue any alerts concerning missed reads or delays in the supply chain.
Cactus Commerce is installing and supporting the Microsoft products for the pilot, while IT consulting and software services company Infosys is doing the same for the SAP solution. The SAP platform can analyze data and monitor key performance metrics, based on the RFID read events and other supply-chain data collected. Eventually, if sensors for measuring temperature and other variables are integrated with the tags, the system could also provide information on the condition of raw materials and products in transit.
The pilot projects involving P&G and Avon are due to begin next month. Soon, says Sawhney, CHEP hopes to expand the pilot to include projects involving some of its clients in Europe, South Africa and Australia, and to tag and trace some of the containers it rents to automotive parts companies.
CHEP expects to reap internal benefits from the Global Track and Trace System by using the tags to improve its inventory management and get better control over its assets—such as by using read-event data to associate damage to containers with the sources of the damage. This improved visibility should reduce the cost of running its asset pools.
Cactus Commerce is installing and supporting the Microsoft products for the pilot, while IT consulting and software services company Infosys is doing the same for the SAP solution. The SAP platform can analyze data and monitor key performance metrics, based on the RFID read events and other supply-chain data collected. Eventually, if sensors for measuring temperature and other variables are integrated with the tags, the system could also provide information on the condition of raw materials and products in transit.
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| A CHEP client will store data relating to a container's contents. |
The pilot projects involving P&G and Avon are due to begin next month. Soon, says Sawhney, CHEP hopes to expand the pilot to include projects involving some of its clients in Europe, South Africa and Australia, and to tag and trace some of the containers it rents to automotive parts companies.
CHEP expects to reap internal benefits from the Global Track and Trace System by using the tags to improve its inventory management and get better control over its assets—such as by using read-event data to associate damage to containers with the sources of the damage. This improved visibility should reduce the cost of running its asset pools.
