Colombia’s Integrated Control and Logistics Services Taps Savi Networks to Monitor Security of Shipments
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and CALI, Colombia – Feb. 2, 2010 – Integrated Control and Logistics Services (ICLS), a Colombia-based provider of logistics and security services for major importers and exporters, has signed a five-year contract with Savi Networks for its real-time intelligence service. The SaviTrak™ <http://www.savinetworks.com/solutions/supplychain.html> service, leveraging GPS and cellular networks, will enable ICLS to automatically monitor the location <http://www.savinetworks.com/solutions/supplychain.html> , security <http://www.savinetworks.com/solutions/security.html> and condition <http://www.savinetworks.com/solutions/environmental.html> of shipments transported from inland manufacturing locations to coastal ports, as well as cargo transported internationally.
Initially set up to track pharmaceutical and food product shipments between Cali and the Port of Buenaventura, the web-hosted intelligence service will enable ICLS to improve the security and visibility of in-transit cargo, resulting in reduced costs of physical security, product losses, claims and fines, while providing better customer service, improved operational efficiency and inventory management. SaviTrak reduces theft and loss, and provides a clear audit trail by immediately detecting possible security breaches and collaborating in real-time with law enforcement authorities.
“SaviTrak’s advanced value-added intelligence will allow us to reduce operational risks and costs while improving service to our customers who manufacture products in a wide range of industries,” said Alvaro Mauricio Duran, general manager of ICLS. “This unique technology will enable us to serve potential customers from Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador from any company facility to any final destination in the world.”
“We’re pleased to offer ICLS the most advanced tracking system available to make their supply chain services an even greater competitive advantage for their customers,” said Neil Smith, chief executive officer of Savi Networks. “ICLS is the fifth logistics provider over the past several months that has discovered the low-cost, easy-to-implement benefits of augmenting their own supply chain management and execution systems with SaviTrak, which then delivers quick and lasting ROI.”
ICLS will utilize Savi Networks’ full family of GPS-based tracking and monitoring devices affixed to tens of thousands of cargo containers and shipments. The devices communicate the shipments’ location, security status and environmental conditions -- such as temperature, humidity and shock – to the SaviTrak intelligence service via wireless cellular infrastructure, virtually anywhere, anytime.
In addition to the cargo security and monitoring benefits of the SaviTrak service, by associating products transported in specific containers, SaviTrak can help control and monitor in-transit inventory down to the stock keeping unit (SKU). Operating as a managed service, SaviTrak can be quickly and easily implemented or integrated into customers’ information systems.
About ICLS
Integrated Control and Logistics Services (ICLS) is a Colombian operated company with long experience in the management and prevention of logistics risks. By leveraging deep logistics knowledge, experience and advanced technologies, ICLS will provide logistics service to companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Corona, Cadbury Adams, and Honda.
Initially set up to track pharmaceutical and food product shipments between Cali and the Port of Buenaventura, the web-hosted intelligence service will enable ICLS to improve the security and visibility of in-transit cargo, resulting in reduced costs of physical security, product losses, claims and fines, while providing better customer service, improved operational efficiency and inventory management. SaviTrak reduces theft and loss, and provides a clear audit trail by immediately detecting possible security breaches and collaborating in real-time with law enforcement authorities.
“SaviTrak’s advanced value-added intelligence will allow us to reduce operational risks and costs while improving service to our customers who manufacture products in a wide range of industries,” said Alvaro Mauricio Duran, general manager of ICLS. “This unique technology will enable us to serve potential customers from Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador from any company facility to any final destination in the world.”
“We’re pleased to offer ICLS the most advanced tracking system available to make their supply chain services an even greater competitive advantage for their customers,” said Neil Smith, chief executive officer of Savi Networks. “ICLS is the fifth logistics provider over the past several months that has discovered the low-cost, easy-to-implement benefits of augmenting their own supply chain management and execution systems with SaviTrak, which then delivers quick and lasting ROI.”
ICLS will utilize Savi Networks’ full family of GPS-based tracking and monitoring devices affixed to tens of thousands of cargo containers and shipments. The devices communicate the shipments’ location, security status and environmental conditions -- such as temperature, humidity and shock – to the SaviTrak intelligence service via wireless cellular infrastructure, virtually anywhere, anytime.
In addition to the cargo security and monitoring benefits of the SaviTrak service, by associating products transported in specific containers, SaviTrak can help control and monitor in-transit inventory down to the stock keeping unit (SKU). Operating as a managed service, SaviTrak can be quickly and easily implemented or integrated into customers’ information systems.
About ICLS
Integrated Control and Logistics Services (ICLS) is a Colombian operated company with long experience in the management and prevention of logistics risks. By leveraging deep logistics knowledge, experience and advanced technologies, ICLS will provide logistics service to companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Corona, Cadbury Adams, and Honda.