The discovery of two "viable" improvised explosive devices at Dubai and East Midlands airport will have significant implications for the air freight industry. The security screening procedures and technologies in Yemen clearly failed but the "track and trace" systems managed to locate and isolate the packages.
Any national postal operator or express carrier should be re-examining the functionality of their international "track and trace" systems to ensure that:
- "Proof of Posting" not only positively verifies the identity of the sender but also captures details of all the shipments that they send. The identity of the poster should be linked to the identity of the shipment.
- All shipments should be tracked at the exact point where the shipment is security cleared and the identity of the security screener should be linked to the tracking event.
- Shipments should be "Security cleared" on departure before loading onto an aircraft and also on arrival before being cleared for entry into a domestic delivery network.
- "open standard" item identifiers like "ISO License Plates" should be used that work across complicated international supply chains.
Delivery Management is a world expert in tracking technologies and would be happy to independently evaluate existing "track and trace" systems.
If you need any help or support please contact richard.wishart@del-mgt.com
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