Norway Post manages employee access with Nedap RFID solution

Nedap's Transit solution has been implemented at Norway Post facilities. Employees use their ID card both to access the offices and to enter with their vehicles in the logistics areas of the distribution centers. The result is a safe and fast flow in all the terminals of the Nordic company.

With almost 20.000 Employees, Norway Post operates under its two brands, Post and Bring, developing and offering integrated solutions for postal mail, communications and logistics services in Norway. The Nordic company has 1.400 points of sale throughout the country through traditional post offices and different points of sale located in environments such as supermarkets.

The implementation of the access control solution of Nedap started in 2008 in Robsrud, where it handles more than 60% of all Norwegian mail. Today it has been installed in most of the postal terminals in Norway. The ease of integration allowed the expansion to the infrastructure of all the terminals in the country, in strategic locations such as Stavanger, Drammen, Frederikstad, Bergen, Mold, Trondheim and Oslo.

The latter is the most recent, an area where they are managed up to 150.000 packages and is performed near 1.000 daily shipments. The fluidity of vehicles at the gates of the terminals is necessary for optimization and safety. Nedap's Transit long-range identification system offers fast and secure access control for vehicles entering and leaving terminals based on existing Credentials of Norway Post employees.

“We have selected Nedap's Transit solution because it is compatible with multi-technology cards, allowing Norway Post to maintain our Corporate format 1000 of HID Global, while upgrading to greater security. Nedap's long-range RFID system is a very reliable solution that can be found everywhere in the world in high-end security applications and is easy to integrate with various access control panels. In addition, Nedap provides comprehensive support during this complex implementation journey.” explains Arnfinn Nordheim, Director of Security at Norway Post.

The implemented solution consists of the Transit Standard system, a powerful RFID reader with a reading distance of up to 10 Meters, which has been implemented in most terminals of sorting facilities; and the Booster ID transponder that doesn't just contain a unique vehicle identification number, it also reads the driver's personal identification card inserted.

With the Booster system on board cars and cargo trucks, both the vehicle and the driver are identified simultaneously. This solution supports all common interfaces and transfers data to any access control panel securely.

“It was important for Norway Post to deploy an advanced access control solution based on cutting-edge technologies and solutions., that will ensure high security and reliability. Nedap's Booster solution allows you to seamlessly migrate existing legacy technologies to the most advanced new technologies.", comments Jan Hofman, senior Business Development Manager at Nedap Identification Systems.

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