New global guideline to assist automotive supply chain

06 Oct 2010

Source:  Auto-Mobi
Four organisations from North America, Japan and Europe, AIAG, JAMA, JAPIA and Odette today announced an all new ‘Global Guideline for Returnable Transport Item (RTI) Identification’. These organizations created the Joint Automotive Industry Forum (JAIF), to work closely together on global automotive standards. The new guideline represents a significant milestone for the international automotive industry when applying RFID for tracking and tracing returnable containers throughout the supply chain. It is the culmination of a major project which started in 2007 and was completed in August of this year.

When companies were asked in a survey “Does your facility have a problem with returnable containers?” the answers that came back were conclusive. 76 percent of companies confirmed that they encounter problems; 36 percent were related to operational downtime due to lack of containers; 28 percent with expediting due to missing materials or containers; 18 percent down time due to dunnage and 16 percent with other related issues. Returnable containers have a long history of pain points for the automotive industry. These include the challenges of ownership, maintenance, losses, and special shipping charges throughout the supply chain. The automotive industry spends many millions of dollars on problems surrounding returnable containers annually.

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