CDC Software Corporation announced today that they have entered into an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partnership where OnAsset is expected to utilize CDC Supply Chain technology to more easily mash-up real-time wireless monitoring and sensor data with data from enterprise systems to create greater visibility, security and business intelligence during the movement and transportation of high-value freight.
As part of the OEM partnership, CDC Supply Chain technology is expected to be integrated with OnAsset’s Vision Platform™, enabling customers with rapid development of new business processes to leverage data from remote wireless SENTRY™ devices and other enterprise systems. The Vision Platform together with SENTRY devices provides a managed service for real-time visibility of high-value freight during all modes of transportation including land, sea, and air travel. This application leverages business intelligence information from enterprise systems to help companies optimize their view of the supply chain, associate important information to mobile goods and assets, and achieve greater security during distribution.
“We believe that real-time asset management is a natural extension of running a smooth supply chain,” said Bruce Cameron, president of CDC Software. “We also believe that the combination of CDC’s technology with OnAsset’s products could offer companies worldwide with a compelling solution on the cloud to help mitigate the risks that occur during distribution between the warehouse and the final destination of products, as well as in-air visibility, which is truly a differentiator in the market.”
“Our managed service platform helps customers extend their global positioning system (GPS) and real-time freight security programs to further optimize their view of the supply chain by integrating new data feeds that incorporate specific business information unique to client operations,” says Adam Crossno, president and CEO of OnAsset. “We believe that working with CDC will provide our customers with interoperability to a broad supply chain application platform.”
Trends indicate that more and more enterprises are using technology to improve their risk management operations and to secure logistics as global security concerns increase over cargo in transit. Real-time freight and package tracking enables companies to provide higher quality assurance of conditions throughout the transportation process including package integrity, chain of custody, and faster time to react when cargo is compromised or is in a possible theft scenario. The active markets in real-time freight monitoring and tracking include high-value pharmaceuticals and life sciences, consumer electronics and computing equipment, consumer packaged goods (CPG), and general high value manufacturing parts and heavy equipment.
