Savi’s Portable Deployment Kits Track Supplies with RFID, GPS and SatCom Anywhere, Anytime

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – July 13, 2010 – Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] Savi Technology has received a U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) order for 50 Portable Deployment Kits (PDKs) to locate, track and manage RFID-tagged supplies anywhere, anytime in support of expeditionary force surges in Afghanistan. (more…)

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Savi Collaborates with SAP on Delivery of New Integrated Solution to Defense and Humanitarian Relief Customers via Supply Chain Visibility, Execution and Planning

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – July 7, 2010 – Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] Savi Technology today announced its SmartChain® Consignment Management Application (CMA) software platform version 6.0 achieved SAP certification as powered by the SAP NetWeaver® technology platform.  SmartChain CMA integrates with SAP® solutions to provide a complete, automated solution that synchronizes supply chain planning and execution operations for defense, public sector and commercial customers. (more…)

The company offers its developer tools to companies seeking an RFID solution—complying with the ISO 18000-7 RFID standard for 433 MHz active tags—to enhance their own hardware or software product.

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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. (more…)