CHEP has announced the development of a worldwide system to provide trading partners in the supply chain with real-time visibility to products shipped on the company’s pallets and containers.
The new solution, which is built on EPC global standards and part of the CHEP PLUS ID offer, is now piloting at several customers in the automotive and consumer package goods industries. The company plans to extend the solution to other markets early-2007.
The CHEP Global Track & Trace System provides users with comprehensive visibility of products from the point of processing to the point of consumption using RFID technology. Real-time product tracking throughout distribution centre and store environments, as well as with trading partners across the extended supply chain, allows companies to reduce stock-outs, among other benefits.
The new solution features the CHEP 3-in-1 tags, which can be read through RFID, bar code, or visually using a human readable identification number. The CHEP PLUS ID offer features 100% performing RFID tags, multi-mode readability that reduces the need for installation of RFID readers in all supply chain locations, total conformance to EPC global standards, and full read-write capability, with two pages of user memory enabling CHEP customers to temporarily write product-related information.
The secure application supports multiple devices, and provides users with accurate, granular and real-time management reports and analytical tools.
CHEP is using the Microsoft RFID Platform, the SQL 2005 reporting tool, as well as SAP’s Auto ID Infrastructure / Event Manager as the foundation of the system
