Germany’s Procter & Gamble uses RFID to control and transport truck fleets
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Procter & Gamble Manufacturing (Procter & Gamble Manufacturing), a subsidiary of Procter & Gamble in the United States, announced the adoption of an RFID/sensor/GPS system from ID Systems to help a German production and distribution center better manage its truck fleet. The ID Systems solution uses a vehicle asset communicator (VAC), which acts like an active 900 MHz RFID tag. Each VAC is connected to a GPS device to track the location of the vehicle. VAC sends its ID code and location to ID Systems readers and antennas, which can be fixedly installed in the application site with a reading distance of 0.5-1 mile. In order to operate a vehicle equipped with a VAC, the worker must show the RFID badge to the VAC (including the embedded RFID reader). Procter & Gamble’s goal is to ensure that only trained and authorized drivers can use vehicles, thereby improving site safety; and reducing vehicle maintenance costs by tracking vehicle usage.In a statement, ID Systems’ sales and marketing director Peter Fausel stated that the company can configure a vehicle management system so that P&G’s drivers can still use it.
Using their existing employee credentials, the system uses advanced Wi-Fi security protocols to communicate on the basis of P&G’s existing wireless security network.
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