News / Security & Monitoring

OpticalLock Named Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s 2021 Top 100 Supply Chain Projects
brand protection / Cargo Tracking / High value asset shipping / High-value asset recovery / innovative shipping / IoT tracking / Locks / Modernize Digitize / Outsmart thieves / Protecting investments / remote facilities / Security & Monitoring / Security and Temperature Shipping Assurance / supply chain / transportation / warehouse security
June 28, 2021
Author: Laura Davis

San Diego, California June 28, 2021 – Supply & Demand Chain Executive, the only publication covering the entire global supply chain, selected OpticalLock as a recipient of the Top Supply Chain Projects Award for 2021. The Top Supply Chain Projects (formerly known as SDCE 100) spotlights successful and innovative transformation projects that deliver bottom-line value […]

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AVOIDABLE WAREHOUSE THEFT & ASSET RECOVERY
Beyond security cameras / Cargo Tracking / High-value asset recovery / Integrating security assets / IoT Digital Security / IoT tracking / Modernize Digitize / Outsmart thieves / Protecting investments / remote facilities / Security & Monitoring / warehouse security
June 11, 2021
Author: Laura Davis

Theft is on the rise once again and small business owners are suffering significant financial loss that could have been avoided if they invested in the OpticalLock Secure Monitoring System.  According to Supply Chain Digest, warehouses continue to be the target of significant theft.  In Texas, one distributor, GoTrax, experienced a $600,000 loss in one […]

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PANASONIC ACCELERATES INVESTMENT IN AI/ML & IOT
Anti-Counterfeiting / Beyond security cameras / Cargo Tracking / Freight / High value asset shipping / High-value asset recovery / Integrating security assets / IoT Digital Security / IoT tracking / Modernize Digitize / remote facilities / Security & Monitoring / supply chain / warehouse security / WMS
May 3, 2021
Author: Laura Davis

According to Modern Materials Handling (MMH), Panasonic is betting $5.6B on the power of supply chain technology of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Internet of Things.  “The need for more intelligent, autonomous and edge-aware supply chains has been dramatically heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic, the rise of e-commerce and the proliferation of data, the companies […]

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COUNTERFEIT FACE MASKS – MAKING THE PANDEMIC WORSE
3M mask security / Anti-Counterfeiting / At Home Care / brand protection / Cargo Tracking / Consumer Shipping Security / Face Mask Authenticity / Freight / High value asset shipping / innovative shipping / IoT tracking / Locks / Modernize Digitize / Outsmart thieves / Safety Alert System / Secure Shipping Envelope / Security & Monitoring / transportation
April 8, 2021
Author: Laura Davis

CNN Reports that over 34 million face masks have been counterfeited since the onset of the pandemic.  A crisis for those who thought they were protecting themselves and others by responsibly adhering to the CDC’s guidance.  News reports are splattered with counterfeiting news but tend to be about Nike shoes or Apple products.  All counterfeiting […]

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INCREASE YOUR SECURITY IQ WHILE PROTECTING YOUR INVESTMENTS: DON’T RELY ON SECURITY CAMERAS ALONE
Anti-Counterfeiting / API integration security / Beyond security cameras / brand protection / Cybersecurity / Integrating security assets / IoT Digital Security / Modernize Digitize / Outsmart thieves / Protecting investments / remote facilities / Security & Monitoring / supply chain / warehouse security
January 25, 2021
Author: Laura Davis

Cameras are old school as security solutions as they clearly don’t work as singular solutions.  Crooks are outsmarting the typical camera systems and the companies who solely rely on them for security.  Cameras alone are like babysitters who stay in one room while the children run amuck.  What’s needed is a much smarter monitoring system […]

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Vaccine Logistics Security Plan Lacks Essential Technology
Anti-counterfeit vaccines / Anti-Counterfeiting / brand protection / Cargo Tracking / IoT tracking / Locks / Safety Alert System / Security & Monitoring / supply chain / Track Vaccines / transportation / Vaccine location / Vaccine logistics / Vaccine Transportation
December 10, 2020
Author: Laura Davis

As FedEx and DHL ramp up for the ever-important distribution of COVID-19 vaccine distribution there are many groups involved in the planned process.  According to NBC News, the US was split in half and each territory was granted to each carrier based on population of Americans over 18  years old.  FedEx is reportedly taking the […]

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