Supply Chain Tracking Company Partners with Liberia to Prevent Illegal Logging

Amiel Blajchman — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:00:15 +0000

Helveta, specializes in supply chain tracking systems that give companies the ability to track any and every item in their supply chain. In forestry, this means that it can link barcodes and radio identifiers to individual trees and map them using GPS and Helveta’s proprietary software.

Using these tags, it allows timber producers to demonstrate that their wood and lumber comes from a legal source. According to Patrick Newton, President of Helveta, this gives an additional level of auditability and supply chain assurance to buyers and watchdog groups:

If it doesn’t have the tag or the audit trail attached to it, they will know it is probably illegal

And, according to an article in the Economist, that’s exactly what is happening in Liberia.

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Supply Chain Tracking Company Partners with Liberia to Prevent Illegal Logging