RFID Journal

Sept. 26, 2006

Editor’s Note
Moving Jaguar Parts to the Fast ***

Unipart, which manages Jaguar Car's after-market parts supply chain, thinks it may have found a way to rev up its process for shipping the parts from the United Kingdom to the United States.

For the next three months, the logistics provider will enlist the aid of Savi Network to monitor the security status and location of cargo containers. At two of its U.K. distribution centers, the company is sealing its cargo containers with Savi Technology's Savi Tag ST-676 ISO Container Security Tag, an active 433 MHz RFID tag that clamps onto the door.

The Savi Tag ST-676 is linked to sensors inside the containers to monitor temperature, shock, light and humidity. If a tag detects any changes in these parameters, it can send an alert to a handheld or fixed-position RFID interrogator when the container arrives at a port or warehouse. The goal is to speed up the transatlantic shipping process by one day, according to Susan Evans, Savi Networks' director of business development for the European and African regions.

Three months from now, Jaguar and Unipart will examine the results of this trial and decide if Savi's active tag network really can fuel such change. If so, other companies may want to come along for the ride.

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Top News
RFID Tracks Transatlantic Shipments of Jaguar Parts
Logistics provider Unipart is using radio frequency identification to monitor the security status and location of containers sealed with Savi Network's active tags.
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Tags Embedded in Discs Will Fight Piracy, Says Disc Maker
DVD and CD manufacturer U-Tech, along with RFID vendors RiRF and IPICO, have developed a means by which movie studios can manage digital rights to fight piracy.
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Pharma Label Maker to Test Tags That Record Temps
The credit-card-sized 13.56 MHz tags can measure and log up to 500 temperature readings, allowing drugmakers and other manufacturers to know the temperature at which their products were stored throughout the supply chain.
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Hamburg Library Moves to RFID
The city's central library and 17 branches will start deploying a system to manage the circulation of 2 million items per year. Patrons will check materials in and out themselves.
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RFID News Roundup
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