The Last Mile Solution

Supply chain solutions create efficiencies for the management of assets, goods and services within the manufacturing process, warehousing, yard management, data centers, and delivery of goods from dock to door. Discussions within these industries have focused on RFID or bar coding as a solution. The growth and adoption of RFID has helped many businesses improve efficiency in the supply chain especially within manufacturing and warehouse operations. There is an emerging recognition that supply chain management cannot be limited to RFID or bar coding applications when visibility becomes an essential component and when assets are in transit or where security is critical.

A recent research report published by IBM Global’s logistics division showed that 70% of supply chain managers are concerned about the lack of visibility of assets within the supply chain. Most cargo theft and security breach occurs within the last mile of the supply chain. EarthSearch provides the world’s most advanced last mile solution for dock to door, warehouse to warehouse, warehouse to retail or factory to warehouse application with Integrated RFID/GPS providing full visibility and security of assets in transit.

It is apparent in recent developments and the continued growth of RTLS (Real Time Location Services) that the need to create visibility of assets and events within the last mile of the supply chain is forcing companies and managers to seek real-time visibility solutions. A recent effort by DHL in Europe to connect RFID reads with GPRS to deliver real-time information was indicative of the necessity for visibility as a critical component of supply chain management.

According to an FBI report, more than $6B dollars worth of goods are stolen annually in the U.S. while in transit. According to Euro Watch more €8.6B worth of goods are stolen across Europe each year. Businesses in the U.S. loose more than $300B in revenue annually due to inefficiencies within the supply chain.

While most RTLS solutions (mostly software driven) can provide accurate real-time data, they lack the security components necessary to provide alerts in the event of theft or unauthorized access to goods. They can also provide time tracking on asset usage or provide time sensitive notices about assets and tools lost or left at job sites and take corrective steps in real-time. This can reduce errors such as delivering to wrong location and loading or unloading wrong manifest. Solutions for ports, shipyard container tracking, and power plant security supply chain solutions can be delivered by integration of GPS and RFID technologies.

EarthSearch Communications International is the world’s leading supplier of integrated real-time solutions for the last mile of the supply chain. Our partnerships with integrators and RFID providers globally are delivering the last mile solutions to customers and businesses across the globe.

Integration at the hardware level of RFID and GPS Technologies from EarthSearch delivers a true real- time supply chain solution.

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