Case Study
RFID Drives Efficiency for Kia Vehicle Finishing and Shipment
Paragon affixes a Smartrac DogBone tag to the interior of each vehicle's rear driver's-side window and links the tag's encoded ID number to the car's VIN. RFID Drives Efficiency for Kia Vehicle Finishing and Shipment U.K. logistics provider Paragon Automotive is using SMARTRAC's passive UHF RFID tags to track the receipt, finishing, storage and shipment of cars at its workshops and outdoor storage compound. Last year, Kia opened its new 35-hectare (86.5-acre) facility in Stallingborough for receiving vehicles manufactured abroad, finishing them and then shipping those cars to retail locations or fleets, such as rental agencies, in the United Kingdom. Paragon provides onsite storage and finishing services for those vehicles. The automotive service company installed its RFID system to boost