PORT GATE AUTOMATION
An astounding reduction of 96% in the time taken for the Manual Gate Pass Process at ports and terminals
THE CHALLENGE
International trade growth depends on the efficient, secure, and accurate cargo movement through a country’s ports/terminals gates. The movement of millions of containers/cargo vehicles congest the ports/terminals area and the connecting roads/lanes. The considerably long time taken here is a major cause of the congestion and slow movement.Â
Most of the Indian ports have basic gate automation which leaves many critical checks and controls to be performed manually like Vehicle, Driver, Container, and Cargo identification. A check on the container’s physical condition is photographed manually for damages, theft, etc. adding to the delay.Â
THE NEED
- Maintaining high levels of inventory accuracy (>99%) at an individual product level
- To get visibility and control over the stock, across the retail supply chain
- Reconciliation of inventory
- Eliminating the loss of sales due to stock-outs
- Faster retrieval of right products
- Enhanced operational efficiency with unified and simpler workflows
- Enriched customer experience
OUR SOLUTION
We designed and implemented a solution that facilitates the identification of drivers and vehicles by mapping through RFID tags, containers & cargo by way of E-Seal (RFID). The solution also enabled container physical condition examination using multiple networked cameras.Â
We installed a series of RF & Electronic equipment synchronised to operate in defined steps of validations at the entry/exit points and terminals. This reduced human intervention to the minimum to speed up the process and improve accuracy.Â
IMPACT WE MADE
After the successful implementation of our RFID based Gate Automation System, the time recorded for the complete manual gate pass process was reduced to 30 seconds from 13 minutes per container.Â
We witnessed a reduction :Â
- in traffic congestion at the port/terminal gateÂ
- the TAT inside ports/ terminals through Automatic Vehicle Identification for improved container handling efficiencyÂ
- in the number of accidents within the port loading/unloading areaÂ
