Supply Chain RFID: PWC Logistics awarded contract for IT and logistics services

From AME Info, United Arab Emirates ... Hand-held radio frequency (RF) communication devices and radio frequency identification (RFID) tags will be used to accurately record the movement of all goods ...

... PWC Logistics, the leading provider of comprehensive supply chain solutions in the Middle East, today announced they have been awarded a KD9.3 million (USD31.5 million) contract for IT and logistics services. ...

The Public Warehousing Company (PWC Logistics) Group was established in 1979 and through its wholly owned division, PWC Logistics, provides leading edge supply chain and logistics solutions to private and public sector entities worldwide. PWC Logistics is one of the largest and most sophisticated supply chain management companies in the region, providing solutions to a range of global companies, with an extensive, well-established network across the Middle East, a highly customer-focused team, and ISO 9001: 2000, certification across all operations as well as ISO14001 and OHSAS18000. The company's services include warehouse and fleet management, international freight, transportation, inventory management and order processing, and other supply chain related solutions and value added services. PWC Logistics is a publicly traded company with a market capitalization of approximately 2 billion US Dollars and a shareholder base that comprises prominent private and public sector investors including the Public Institute for Social Security, the pension aim of the State of Kuwait. Representative customers and partners include Nestle, Schlumberger, Equate (a joint venture of Dow Chemicals) Microsoft Corporation, Oracle, HP, Exe Technologies, Philips, The Governments of Dubai, Kuwait, Argentina, Kazakhstan and the United States of America.