Norway Post manages employee access with Nedap's RFID solution

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

With almost 20.000 employees, Norway Post operates under its two brands, Posten and Bring, developing and offering integrated solutions for postal services, 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 Nedap began in 2008 Robsrud, where more than 60% of all mail in Norway is handled. Today it has been installed in most of Norway's post terminals. The ease of integration allowed the expansion to the infrastructure of all terminals in the country, in strategic locations such as Stavanger, Drammen, Fredrikstad, Bergen, Molde, Trondheim and Oslo.

The latter is the most recent, an area where up to 150.000 packages are handled and about 1.000 shipments are made daily. La fluidez de vehículos en las puertas de los terminales es necesaria para la optimización y la seguridad. El sistema de identificación de largo alcance Transit de Nedap ofrece un control de acceso rápido y seguro para los vehículos que entran y salen de los terminales basados en los credenciales existentes de los empleados de Norway Post.

“Hemos seleccionado la solución Transit de Nedap porque es compatible con las tarjetas multi-tecnología, permitiendo a Norway Post mantener nuestro formato Corporate 1000 of HID Global, mientras actualizamos a una mayor seguridad. El sistema de largo alcance RFID de Nedap es una solución muy fiable que se puede encontrar en todas partes del mundo en aplicaciones de seguridad de gama alta y es fácil de integrar con varios paneles de control de acceso. Besides, Nedap proporciona un completo soporte durante esta compleja trayectoria de implementación.” explica Arnfinn Nordheim, director de Seguridad de Norway Post.

La solución implementada consta del sistema Transit Standard, un lector de RFID de gran alcance con una distancia de lectura de hasta 10 metros, que ha sido implementado en la mayoría de los terminales de las instalaciones de clasificación; y el transpondedor de identificación Booster que no solo contiene un número de identificación del vehículo único, but also reads the driver’s personal identification card inserted.

With the Booster system onboard 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. The Nedap Booster solution allows seamless migration of existing legacy technologies to the latest advanced technologies, comments Jan Hofman, Senior Business Development Manager at Nedap Identification Systems.