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This month, Deutsche Post (DP), Deutsche Post DHL (DPDHL) started using EPC UHFRFIDtechnology to provide its customers (especially overseas envelope and packet customers) with information about the arrival or departure of goods from the Frankfurt sorting center. This helps customers determine when the package will arrive at its destination. When the goods arrive in the 16 destination countries, DP will use the RFID reader and antenna in the facility to read the data and update the data to the customer. At the request of the International Postal Company (IPC), a 24-nation partnership across Europe, Asia, and North America, a number of other postal operators have also begun installing the system.
DP is the largest mail service operator in Europe. The company owns an international mail, light-item courier business, with revenue of 1 billion euros last year. All DP’s international express business will pass through the Frankfurt sorting center.
(The DP international hub in Frankfurt has an LS4200 RFID reader entrance to read tags attached to small pieces)
RFID is not new to the postal industry. Like other IPC members, DP has installed UHF RFID readers at key facilities, making it easier to monitor the quality of international mail services. In addition, DP has installed UHF readers at international mail terminals for process monitoring and improvement.
Lyngsoe Systems LS4200 RFID readers with integrated antennas are installed at DP’s international hub in Frankfurt to read ID numbers attached to small-item tags passing through the sorting system.
Dirk Pandikow, VP of product management for overseas mail and direct mail at DP, said: “From this year, we started thinking about commercializing the technology at hand. We launched the Löndernachweis service. Each package has a QR code for tracking. .By scanning the QR code, the sender can know when the mail was sent and received. But the sender has no idea what happened during the shipment.”
Envelopes are more difficult to track across borders than large cartons, which are usually smaller and therefore harder to scan with QR codes on envelopes. According to Pandikow, so far there is no international standard for the location QR code system. As a result, postal operators often use manual methods to receive international mail, sometimes with re-labeling in the country of destination. DP says the number of small pieces is growing very fast, making automatic tracking systems increasingly important.
Using this system, the shipper is required to attach a DP-supplied RFID tag for automatic tracking of mail through the Frankfurt hub.
DP offers two different RFID tags: N044044B1U, with built-in Impinj Monza 4E chip; AZ9662, with built-in Alien Technology Higgs 3 chip. The labels are sold in batches of 20/50 or 500 and can be applied by hand or by machine. A pack of 20 is priced at 19 euros and a pack of 50 at 45 euros.
Löndernachweis serves clients ranging from small companies selling items on eBay to large multinational corporations. The Löndernachweis website is responsible for shipping and binding the tag ID.
After the RFID tag is bound to a specific package, the sender can enter the tag’s unique ID number and shipping information on the Löndernachweis website, which can be written into the RFID chip. The sender can then visit the website to see when the widget arrives or leaves the Frankfurt hub.
Currently, the system is being offered to operations in 16 countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. Readers and antennas are installed in the post offices of each destination country. These tags are read again when they reach the customer. This allows senders in Germany to see the latest status of the envelope.
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