News / DHL Supply Chain and Huawei opt for IoT to boost automotive manufacturing efficiency

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DHL Supply Chain has teamed up with Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies to launch an Internet of Things (IoT) trial project at an automotive manufacturing facility in Liuzhou, China.

The narrowband (NB) IoT investment will look to “facilitate and streamline yard management for inbound-to-manufacturing logistics, leading to significant improvements in inbound processing time at the site” and will run until the end of September, involving 100 DHL drivers at 30 loading docks.

DHL Supply Chain Greater China chief executive Yin Zou said: ...