Savi Technology’s Chemical Chain of Custody Solution has been chosen by The Dow Chemical Company as its software platform to further enhance the stewardship, security, visibility and accountability of mobile assets that transport products as they move throughout Dow’s extended global supply chain.

      Dow also has designated Savi’s enterprise-level solution, which is hosted for Dow in an ASP environment, as a Most Effective Technology for multiple business units to track a wide range of mobile assets, or “shipping vessels,” including totes, cylinders, trucks and rail cars. Savi Technology is a leading provider of supply chain management and security solutions leveraging software and Automatic Identification and Data Collection (AIDC) technologies, including Radio Frequency Identification.

      The contract with Savi followed an extensive selection process based on Six Sigma measurement standards. The Savi Chemical Chain of Custody Solution is now live at the Vikane Division of the Dow Agro Sciences Business, based at a production facility in Pittsburg, Calif. where metal cylinders are filled with the Vikane product, which is a fumigant. Tens of thousands of metal cylinders used to transport products are being tracked from origin at the production fill facility, through Dow’s supply chain network, and upon return to the production facility.

      The Dow Chemical Company, which serves customers in 175 countries in a wide range of markets, chose the Savi Chemical Chain of Custody Solution to further enhance Dow’s product stewardship. The solution also reduces risk associated theft, diversion, product contamination and tampering, spilling and other dangers, in keeping with compliance of all government requirements.

      Other inherent benefits include:

      •Improved customer focus.

      •Improved asset visibility and optimization.

      •Lower asset inventories.

      •Improved supply chain efficiencies.

          •Upgradeable to leverage real-time data from automated tracking technologies such as RFID and GPS satellite systems...

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