eLogistics Award for CHEP

CHEP has received the prestigious eLogistics Award from AKJ Automotive, a leading association of automotive manufacturers, first- and second-tier suppliers, at its annual conference in Saarbrücken, Germany. CHEP received the award for executing the largest cross-border rollout of RFID tagged automotive containers in Europe. According to the AKJ selection panel, “The eLogistics prize is awarded for innovative logistics concepts and solutions that are already used or are about to be launched. The solutions should be linked to product development, manufacturing, distribution and appropriate disposal. CHEP’s RFID initiative will provide significant benefits to the automotive industry, delivering control, cost savings and improving the efficiency of the supply chain. What makes the effort special and unique is that CHEP delivered this application on a European scale and made it work,” the panel concluded.

Working with its suppliers, Microsoft, Infosys and RF Identics, approximately 90% of the 150,000 CHEP FLCs in circulation in Europe now carry an RFID tag. The purpose of the project was to track the FLCs during four critical phases of the supply chain: Issue Out, Return In, Inspection and Repair. The resulting information gathered from this exercise allows CHEP to perform variance analysis on the FLC damage rate and slow moving containers, which will lead to logistics efficiencies and cost reductions for its customers. Rainer Sandow, Vice President, CHEP Automotive, Europe commented: “To offer our customers the much anticipated benefits regarding the tracking of automotive parts and components, we wish to first prove to the market that CHEP is capable of a mass cross-border rollout of an RFID Track and Trace application and infrastructure. We are now able to build on the success of this project to expand our RFID-related service offerings to our customers”. Previous winners of this award include DaimlerChrysler, RailCargo Austria and Volkswagen.

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