- Easy integration with telematics solutions
- Easy customization
- Real-time alerts
- Improved customer service
Do you know what happens during transportation?
Despite the progress in tracking and tracing solutions an important link is still missing in supply chain transparency: real-time information about the condition of goods during transportation. This is particularly important for:
- Monitoring the status of perishable goods – Quality requirements demand accurate status information of medicines and food. Data loggers may provide an audit trail, but in many cases information only becomes available after a problem has occurred, not before.
- Security of high value goods – High value goods such as computer equipment are vulnerable to theft and require delicate handling. Transport companies lack real-time information about the status of doors (open or closed) and the identification of goods inside a trailer.
- Compliance with regulations – Governments are raising the bar for in-transit monitoring, for example for the transportation of animals.
The Ambient Solution
Ambient Systems provides active RFID and wireless sensor solutions that enable real-time visibility for in-transit monitoring.
Our self-organizing wireless sensor networks can easily be integrated with existing GPS/GPRS telematics units in the truck. Ambient’s wireless networks enable seamless communication between the truck and one or more trailers. When a trailer is connected to a truck, it will automatically communicate with the truck.
In our networks SmartPoints are intelligent tags that can be equipped with any sensor. Some examples: open/close sensors to monitor the door of a trailer or temperature sensors for perishable goods. These SmartPoints report measurements on specific time intervals. But they also send alerts based on dynamic business rules, such as a temperature threshold.
Business Benefits
Leading transport companies already reap the benefits of Ambient for in-transit monitoring:
- Improved customer service and additional revenue streams.
- Real-time alerts of relevant events such as unexpected door openings.
- Easy to install and integrate with existing telematics solutions.
- Easy customization with additional sensors, such as humidity or CO2.
- Very low Total Cost of Ownership.