Savi Technology, a provider of RFID-based total asset management solutions and services, and IFS Defence, developer of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, announced they will partner to provide integrated real-time information solutions for the Aerospace and Defense market.

The partners will integrate Savis Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems with IFS ERP software, which will improve planning, decision-making and performance when transporting assets and consignments across the extended supply chain - from factory to foxhole.  With more accurate and timely information, the combined solution will help reduce lead times and stock holdings, prioritize consignments and ensure that the right supplies are delivered to the right place on time.

The integrated solution will meet growing demands of the defense industry to improve the end-to-end, in-transit visibility and delivery of consignments in less time and at reduced costs across increasingly extended supply chains.

"Our customers increasingly want to augment their ERP solutions with real- time information across the entire breadth of the supply chain, to optimize cost savings and improve asset availability," said Iain Green, managing director of IFS Defence.  "By integrating with the Savi SmartChain Consignment Management Solution, our customers gain a fully supported RFID capability that goes beyond the traditional boundaries of ERP for in-transit visibility."

"Savi and IFS will work together to develop joint opportunities in the defense and supplier sector with a new capability that seamlessly tracks and optimizes consignments as they move from origin to final destination," said Chris Stephenson, deputy managing director of International Business for Savi Technology.

The Savi SmartChain Consignment Management Solution is specially designed to automatically track and manage consignments tagged with RFID tags and other types of Automatic Identification and Data Collection (AIDC) devices, including bar codes, sensors global positioning systems. In addition to identification and location information, CMS provides automated alerts, environmental conditions, and analytics.

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