DP WORLD
INTRODUCTION
DP (Dubai Port)World has reason to be proud of its
accomplishment of the becoming one of the leading
terminal operaors in the world. Today, DP, World
has60 terminals across 6 continents, and 11 new
terminals are under development. The firm employs
an international proffesional team of more than
30000 people to serve customers in some of the
most dynamic economies in the world.
DP World has adopted a customer-centric approach to
enhancing its customers’ supply chains by providing
quality, bulk, and other terminal cargo. The firm
invests heavily in terminal infrastructures,
technologies, and people to the best serve its
customers.
Questions 1: HOW DID IDENTEC SOLUTION’S
RFID-BASED TECHNOLOGY HELP DP WORLD
INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY AND
EFFECTIVENESS OF ITS CUSTOMER’S SUPPLY
CHAINS?
RFID has enabled DP World to increase the
productivity of container handoffs, speed the
entry and exit of trucks through terminal gates,
and increase fuel efficiency.
Identecs’s RFID-based solution has also
enabled DP world to improve customer
satisfaction by enhancing the efficiency of
customer’s supply chains through smoother,
faster, and more effective delivery of their
containers at terminal gates.
Question 2:DESCRIBE TWO IMPROVEMENTS THAT
RESULTED FROM IMPLEMENTING THE IDENTEC RFID-
BASED SOLUTION.
RFID has helped it to tighten security by providing better
accuracy on inbound and outbound truck movements
through the terminals. For instance, the system can
automatically check whether a truck has a booking and
weather it is authorized to enter the port.
It also helps the elimination of lengthy paper transaction
and manual inspection at gates and the reduction in
manual data input error. Next, helps in approaching to
deliver a superior level of service and considering the
expanding of the RFID to enable for further optimize
supply chain.
Question 3: HOW DOES THE CONCEPT OF
SUPPLY CHAIN EXECUTION RELATE TO THIS
INTERACTIVE SESSION?
The concept of supply chain can be relate
to the way they enhance customer by
providing quality and innovative
service. The concept also helps heavily in
terminal infrastructures, technologies , and
people to best serve its customer. In
addition its encourage in improving the way
the interactive session.
Question 4:What managerial, organizational, and technology
challenges
might DP World have faced in the early stages of the RFID
project’s
deployment?
 DP World has adopted a customer-centric approach to
enhancing its customer’s
 supply chains by providing quality, innovative services to
effectively manage container, bulk, and other terminal
cargo. The firm invest heavily in terminal infrastructures ,
technologies, and people to best serve its customers.
 Other than that, the problem that encountered is in
container terminal operations is traffic congestion at port
entry points. This congestion is often due to
delays introduced by lengthy procedure and paper-based
logistics.
 DP World management wanted to take things a step
further and decided to make the loading and unloading of
containers operate on ‘just in time’ principles to improve
container turnaround.


Case study 14

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    INTRODUCTION DP (Dubai Port)Worldhas reason to be proud of its accomplishment of the becoming one of the leading terminal operaors in the world. Today, DP, World has60 terminals across 6 continents, and 11 new terminals are under development. The firm employs an international proffesional team of more than 30000 people to serve customers in some of the most dynamic economies in the world. DP World has adopted a customer-centric approach to enhancing its customers’ supply chains by providing quality, bulk, and other terminal cargo. The firm invests heavily in terminal infrastructures, technologies, and people to the best serve its customers.
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    Questions 1: HOWDID IDENTEC SOLUTION’S RFID-BASED TECHNOLOGY HELP DP WORLD INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF ITS CUSTOMER’S SUPPLY CHAINS? RFID has enabled DP World to increase the productivity of container handoffs, speed the entry and exit of trucks through terminal gates, and increase fuel efficiency. Identecs’s RFID-based solution has also enabled DP world to improve customer satisfaction by enhancing the efficiency of customer’s supply chains through smoother, faster, and more effective delivery of their containers at terminal gates.
  • 4.
    Question 2:DESCRIBE TWOIMPROVEMENTS THAT RESULTED FROM IMPLEMENTING THE IDENTEC RFID- BASED SOLUTION. RFID has helped it to tighten security by providing better accuracy on inbound and outbound truck movements through the terminals. For instance, the system can automatically check whether a truck has a booking and weather it is authorized to enter the port. It also helps the elimination of lengthy paper transaction and manual inspection at gates and the reduction in manual data input error. Next, helps in approaching to deliver a superior level of service and considering the expanding of the RFID to enable for further optimize supply chain.
  • 5.
    Question 3: HOWDOES THE CONCEPT OF SUPPLY CHAIN EXECUTION RELATE TO THIS INTERACTIVE SESSION? The concept of supply chain can be relate to the way they enhance customer by providing quality and innovative service. The concept also helps heavily in terminal infrastructures, technologies , and people to best serve its customer. In addition its encourage in improving the way the interactive session.
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    Question 4:What managerial,organizational, and technology challenges might DP World have faced in the early stages of the RFID project’s deployment?  DP World has adopted a customer-centric approach to enhancing its customer’s  supply chains by providing quality, innovative services to effectively manage container, bulk, and other terminal cargo. The firm invest heavily in terminal infrastructures , technologies, and people to best serve its customers.  Other than that, the problem that encountered is in container terminal operations is traffic congestion at port entry points. This congestion is often due to delays introduced by lengthy procedure and paper-based logistics.  DP World management wanted to take things a step further and decided to make the loading and unloading of containers operate on ‘just in time’ principles to improve container turnaround. 