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METRO and Savi, on Track In Asia

Thursday, November 30, 2006

METRO will use Savi Networks’ SaviTrak to monitor real-time location and security for Asian inventory.

Through its Advanced Logistics Asia (ALA) project, SaviTrak will keep tabs on retail products while they’re being transported through a global RFID reader network stretching from Hong Kong to the Port of Rotterdam and beyond.

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