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automatic
point of
data capture
sale
STUDY
High-security
CASE
identification and control
Mexican Customs
improves duty collection
and enhances national
security with the help of
Two Technologies’
JETT•RFID hand-held
computers.
hen the Mexican Due to its technical capabilities and main goals outlined at the outset of the
W
Customs past experience successfully working project: secure visual identification and
Administration (AGA) with the Mexican Government on other authentication; secure, efficient
and the Confederation control and security projects, Americas electronic information storage; the
of Customs Agents Resources was selected by AGA – ability to read and authenticate
Associations of Mexico (CAAAREM) CAAAREM to design and develop a information in the field without the
needed a rugged, efficient, high- system to manage these processes need to communicate with central
security identification and control more effectively. The comprehensive databases; and efficient and flexible
system to manage the country’s Used solution it would ultimately provide was management tools including hardware
Vehicle Import operations, they had required to address the many and software.
three main goals in mind: to enhance difficulties posed by the large-scale
duty collection, increase security, and import of used vehicles, including all Designing, developing, and
provide more certainty to the pertinent security issues. implementing a complete ‘Vehicle
individuals importing the vehicles. Identification, Authentication and
Control’ tag-based solution with all the
Importing used vehicles into Mexico is Secure system IT infrastructure needed to support it
a high volume activity and generates Americas Resources proposed a presented some challenges. Selection
significant duty revenues for the Secure Vehicle Registration (SVR) and integration of the best
Mexican Government. Due to its very system, utilising an RFID-Holographic technologies with the customer’s
nature, there is a strong correlation ID tag solution, to the Mexican proprietary systems was one such
between this activity, the Mexican Customs Administration (AGA) and the challenge. With a tight project
economy and National Security. However, Confederation of Customs Agents schedule and very specific hardware
it is a process that is susceptible to Associations of Mexico (CAAAREM). requirements, RFID hardware research
corruption and fraud, such as smuggling AGA – CAAAREM was interested in and selection became a challenge.
vehicles to be used illegally, or without these technologies both for this Also, involvement of many individuals
paying proper import duties. Therefore, programme as well as to serve as a belonging to different public and
effectively controlling the importation of platform for others in the future. The private entities made hardware
used vehicles is critical, and the proposed solution had several features presentation and acceptance a time
challenges are many. designed specifically to achieve the consuming activity. One of the most >>
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