LoJack Supply Chain Integrity Leverages KORE GSM Network to
Safeguard High-Value Assets during Transport
KORE
Telematics, the world’s largest digital wireless services provider
specializing in machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, today announced
it has teamed with LoJack
Supply Chain Integrity (LoJack SCI) to provide GSM wireless services
to power their advanced supply chain monitoring and security solutions
for the global transportation industry.
LoJack SCI’s service relies on KORE Telematics’ M2M network for GSM
services to enable LoJack SCI wireless devices to track, monitor and
recover cargo in transit. LoJack SCI delivers a truly integrated
solution for supply chain protection from tracking, monitoring and
recovery to investigation and prevention, which enables organizations to
reduce and manage risks in the supply chain. KORE provides LoJack SCI
with an integrated GSM wireless network that addresses their domestic
requirements and international expansion strategy. KORE coverage
capabilities, reliability, comprehensive management and optimized usage
plans enable LoJack SCI to ensure availability and dependability of its
solution on a 24/7/365 basis for their members.
For a wide cross-section of manufacturers—from pharmaceuticals to
electronics to consumer goods—monitoring high-value products during
transit poses special challenges. For example, pharmaceuticals have a
large resale value on the black market, which makes them valuable
targets for theft while in transit. If a medicine is controlled, it is
also subject to strict DEA chain-of-custody regulations from origin to
destination and at every point in between. In addition to meeting these
strict security regulations and preventing theft, companies must
efficiently maintain product visibility throughout the supply chain even
though logistics operations are often sub-contracted to third parties.
“As we looked for a GSM wireless service provider that would help us
deliver reliable visibility across the transit routes of our customers,
at an economical cost, KORE stood out from the pack,” said Robert
Furtado, CEO of LoJack Supply Chain Integrity.
