Savi Solutions reduce costs and wasted labor hours in the supply chain by automating processes with AIDC technologies such as RFID, sensors and GPS. AIDC technologies can serve an even higher purpose, though: reducing the negative effects that business operations have on our natural environment.

Savi Technology’s Craig Fitzpatrick (Senior Manager, Logistics Innovation) discussed in a recent interview with the European Supply Chain Institute some steps that Savi and its parent company Lockheed Martin have taken to make their operations more environmentally sustainable. Fitzpatrick also described how RFID/Wireless Sensing technologies, which already track location and route, have the potential to also track carbon emissions throughout the supply chain. Sensors, for example, can collect data on mode of conveyance, fuel economy and driver behavior, shedding light on previously hidden areas of the supply chain. This data can help determine where carbon emissions are high, allowing companies to make adjustments that achieve sustainability targets.

Fitzpatrick pointed out that besides preventing environmental degradation, companies that reduce emissions and promote sustainability can also gain a competitive advantage over other companies that continuously lose money by wasting energy, water and other resources.

“Sustainability Management” initiatives have become increasingly popular in the corporate world among both businesses and their employees. Ultimately though, the most profound benefit of sustainable practices is that they help protect our natural world, without which there would be no business at all.

Tags: AIDC, Automatic Identification and Data Capture, GPS, Lockheed Martin, RFID, sensors, Sustainability, wireless tracking

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