Volvo first to undertake VIN steering from ECG and Odette
Labels utilizing a car’s distinctive identification quantity are generally used to trace and hint them from the manufacturing facility to the vendor or finish buyer. Logistics suppliers scan the barcodes on the labels at numerous levels within the supply course of, which ideally offers info on their location.
Nevertheless, as outlined by ECG and Odette, completely different producers could use completely different labels, mounted in several places concerning the car and with a variance within the info included, in addition to within the high quality of the supplies used to make the label. That may result in delays or inaccuracies within the monitoring course of.
Drawing from Odette’s improvement of label requirements used for the inbound provide of components, the 2 organisations have now drawn up a prescriptive commonplace for VIN labels that standardises label sort and site, in addition to recommending the usage of 2D QR codes quite than peculiar barcodes.
The label additionally wants to incorporate clear info on how the car is powered ie whether or not by inside combustion, lithium-ion battery or different. ECG and Odette have adopted the advisory from the European Maritime Security Company (Emsa), which makes use of a three-alpha character fuel-type code. Utilizing this code car transport corporations can establish whether or not the automobiles pose a higher fireplace threat in transit, as battery-powered automobiles do.
That’s of rising concern to an trade that has already counted the price of a lithium battery fireplace on a couple of event, whether or not it’s carmaker or completed car logistics supplier.
As talked about, Volvo Vehicles has been fast to select up on the suggestions from ECG and Odette.
“We at Volvo Vehicles fortunately lead by introducing one commonplace for all vehicles, wherever they’re produced, no matter buyer they’re delivered to,” stated Erik Uyttendaele, head of outbound logistics, EMEA at Volvo Vehicles. He stated he anticipated implementation of the brand new VIN labels to start in Q2 2023 and to start out showing of their numerous car flows in Q3.
