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GlobalTrak Offers Chain-of-Custody Control Feature
Arlington VA (SPX) Aug 18, 2009 System Planning and Powers International have announced a licensing agreement to offer the Powers-Secured Chain-of-Custody feature on SPC's GlobalTrak asset tracking and monitoring system. Under the licensing agreement, the GlobalTrak system will have the rights to offer the additional Powers-Secured capability of identifying a trusted agent overseeing the stuffing of the container and the authorized supervisor when the container is unloaded at destination. The GlobalTrak system performs 5 supply chain functions on one integrated services platform: shipment security, cargo condition monitoring, in-transit cargo visibility, Auto-ID and mobile inventory management (RFID), and chain-of-custody security/driver authentication (RFID). GlobalTrak units track and monitor intermodal shipments daily around the globe for customers with high value cargos or risky transit routes. According to Richard C. Meyers, CEO of GlobalTrak, adding the ability to identify trusted agents to the GlobalTrak system at container stuffing and stripping points increases the security of the cargo at vulnerable transit nodes. Besides the common supply chain risks of theft, damage, and pilferage, cargo is subject to insertion of drugs, contraband, or weapons at these points. The Powers' chain-of-custody system identifies and records the person supervising the stuffing of the container, electronically connecting the cargo to a specific container, detecting and recording any access to it while in transit, and, at its destination, identifies the authorized person supervising stripping. In the GlobalTrak system, a multi-modal asset monitoring unit (AMU) accompanies the cargo, reporting location and sensor status and sending real-time alerts to a Web-accessible portal called the Information Management Bureau (IMB). Fully two-way communications between the AMU and the IMB are accomplished via SMS, GPRS, and Orbcomm satellite. The AMUs carry an integrated sensor suite for GPS, temperature, unit tamper, door status, light, and acoustic. The IMB is a scalable, event-driven, and document-centric online portal for shippers to monitor cargo in-transit. It has the unique capability among cargo security systems to include uploaded shipper documents such as Bills of Lading and HazMat papers in the envelope of data about the shipment's transit. System alerts (e.g., for geofences) and sensor alerts (e.g., for door openings) are forwarded instantly to the shipper's list of approved recipients, including any designated authorities. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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