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ZETES LAUNCHES 2 NEW SUPPLY CHAIN TRACEABILITY SOLUTIONS AT LOGISTICS LINK SOUTH 2010

Tuesday, January 19, 2010
ZETES LAUNCHES 2 NEW SUPPLY CHAIN TRACEABILITY SOLUTIONS AT LOGISTICS LINK SOUTH 2010

• Visidot - image-based data-capture solution for enhanced logistics with 100% accuracy for multiple asset tracking

• ePOD (Electronic Proof of Delivery) - based on a proven combination of RFID, wireless communications and smart cards.


Zetes, the European leader in automatic identification, data capture and mobility solutions, will unveil new technology solutions for optimizing supply chain traceability at Logistics Link South, 2nd and 3rd February 2010.

Solution 1: Visidot Image ID

Visidot is an image-based data-capture solution for multiple asset tracking and a very powerful, reliable and cost effective alternative to RFID. The solution is capable of identifying hundreds of barcodes in only a few seconds, with 100% accuracy. Visidot can also detect wrong and missing labels, storing digital images for improved quality assurance and error-free shipping verification.

Applications include - outbound shipping verification, inbound scan-to-stock, production sequencing and verification, palletisation verification, dock-door loading verification; process quality assurance, RPC traceability.

Visidot has already been installed at fish producers Seachill, now part of the Icelandic Group, was formed in 1998 to become one of the UK’s leading fresh fish processors, they introduced the technology to comply with Tesco’s advance shipping notification requirements.

“Visidot has demonstrated its strong traceability capabilities yet again,” states Steve Wallace, IT Manager at SeaChill. “Having already helped us reduce order lead times, Visidot now also enables us to comply with Tesco’s stringent shipping notification requirements – while increasing efficiency and assuring 200% shipping accuracy.”

Visidot is also in use at automotive specialist Kautex Unipart in the UK.

6 key benefits of Visidot include:

ACCURACY: 100% accuracy → Eliminate shipping errors, avoid claims & returns

SPEED: Capturing hundreds of tags in mere seconds.

RELIABILITY: Decoding of all captured tags regardless of location and orientation + detection of assets with missing or non readable tags (c.f. RFID which cannot alert the user to missed items)

VISUAL: Indication of precise asset location, for easy error correction (c.f. RFID which cannot confirm where a specific item is located)

COST‐EFFECTIVE: Uses existing tags

EASY DEPLOYMENT: Off‐the‐shelf solution. Easy interface to WMS/ERP + Interface to conveyors, shrink‐wrap machines and printer applicators


AIDC Technology Comparison

Handheld scanners RFID (Passive) Smart Camera Visidot
Simultaneous multiple assets capture   * 
100% accuracy  
No added tag cost   
Visual proof of delivery/location/condition 
Tag capture from afar 
Visual alerts for missing/flawed tags 
Unaffected by environment   
No line of sight required   **

* - Few assets only
** - Using Palletization reader


See this traceability solution at work: Visidot in action video


Solution 2: ePOD (Electronic Proof of Delivery)

• OPTIMISE TRACEABILITY
• IMPROVE ACCURACY
• REDUCE CLAIMS
• STREAMLINE DELIVERY PROCESSES

ePOD (Electronic Proof of Delivery) ensures the right goods are being delivered to the right place at the right time, and is based on a technology innovation that combines RFID, wireless communication and smart card technology. The solution is designed to track and trace goods information without the need for developing a complex interface between systems or implementing complex solutions to prevent delivery mistakes.

Zetes ePOD solutions have already been deployed successfully within many organisations including Hendersons (Spar), IKEA and the social housing charity, Respond.

The Smart EPOD solution removes the need for the PDA by putting the technology at point of receipt and using smart cards. By providing an electronic equivalent of physical proof of delivery, ePOD reduces the frequency of costly loss claims because physical proof exists that goods have been delivered. This is achieved through RFID tags being read inside the receiving area, with confirmation stored either locally on the smart card, in the terminal or remotely within a database.

Zetes’ ePOD solution also offers a number of other benefits including reduced mistakes because the ePOD terminal will notify the carrier if the wrong goods are unloaded and offers the ability to track assets being returned by recording information on a smart card.

Find out more: Visit Zetes on stand 159 to see the Visidot and ePOD solutions in action and discuss your own supply chain optimisation challenges.

Seminars presented by Zetes – in Theatre 2:
Tuesday 2nd February :13.30 – 14.00
Wednesday 3rd February :12.00 – 12.30
To find out more or register go to www.logisticslink.co.uk



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About Zetes
ZETES INDUSTRIES (Euronext Brussels: ZTS) is a leading pan-European company in the value-added solutions and services industry for Automatic Identification of Goods and People (Goods ID and People ID). Zetes uses both emerging and mature technologies (barcode, voice recognition, RFID, smartcards, biometrics), and develops Solution Architecture Frameworks to optimize the business performance of many customers in many market segments: manufacturing, transportation, logistics, retail, healthcare, finance, telecommunication, government and public services. The Zetes group has its headquarters in Brussels, with subsidiaries in Belgium, Germany, France, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the UK . Zetes currently employs more than 800 employees and generated consolidated revenues of €178 million in 2008.

More info: www.zetes.com.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lesley Muir
Good PR – Zetes Northern Region PR
07796 148400
[email protected]

Susan Hilliar
Zetes Northern Region Marketing Director
01344 290062
[email protected]