Industry Overview:

With the development of the national economy, people’s material living standards are gradually improving, and the demand for cold chain food is increasing. In the process of warehousing and distribution, the number of categories that need to be frozen and refrigerated is gradually increasing, such as aquatic seafood, quick-frozen semi-finished products, packaged cooked food, flowers, etc., which have complex and diverse requirements for temperature environment; at the same time, the country pays more and more attention to food safety and drug safety, so the transparent management of the cold chain transportation process in the cold chain system is particularly important. However, after the original detection technology, many data rely on manual measurement and written records, without systematic data support, poor timeliness, and often appear out of touch with supervision. At the same time, there will be difficulties in obtaining evidence of accidents, inability to determine responsibilities, inability to issue warnings, and high loss rates, which have a serious impact on the quality of cold chain products.
Cold chain transportation monitoring has now become one of the core links of supply chain management in the cold chain logistics industry. In addition to monitoring the temperature of refrigerated compartments and controlling the refrigeration system, the cold chain transportation monitoring system also needs to add recording functions, traceability functions, real-time remote monitoring, vehicle positioning, temperature monitoring and other functions, so that refrigerated transportation can be managed in real time, remotely monitored, and located. Real-time vehicle tracking and tracing and temperature control throughout the process.

Pain point analysis:

   Inefficient non-real-time monitoring without early warning

The final quality of cold chain products depends on the storage, circulation time, temperature and the storage resistance of the products themselves, and a suitable and constant temperature is particularly important. Traditional cold chain temperature and humidity monitoring requires frequent manual measurements and written records, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and does not achieve the desired effect; there is no early warning when the temperature changes drastically, and no timely adjustments can be made, causing irreparable huge losses to cold chain products.

   Vehicle route process becomes a blind spot

Transport vehicles often travel long distances, and it is necessary to keep track of the vehicle’s location and operating status in a timely manner. Some vehicles require designated routes for transportation. If there are no effective technical means, the vehicle will lose contact during transportation, and the driver will have full control of the initiative. The central dispatcher or supervisor will not be able to check the vehicle’s operating status, and will not be able to effectively supervise and manage the vehicle.

   Irregular driving

During long-distance transportation, drivers are easily tired and distracted, which poses a great risk to the driving safety of the vehicle. They often engage in speeding, sudden acceleration, deceleration, and sharp turns. They also engage in irregular behaviors such as talking on the phone, smoking, and dozing off while driving, which seriously affect driving safety.

   Difficulty managing transportation fuel consumption

For various reasons, some drivers may steal fuel from vehicles during long-distance transportation, causing unnecessary financial losses to transportation companies. If vehicle fuel consumption data can be collected in real time, it will also greatly facilitate vehicle management and management measures for operating companies.

   It is difficult to obtain evidence after the incident

Various types of accidents may occur during vehicle transportation, such as traffic accidents, cargo loss, cargo damage, etc. If historical data cannot be effectively and continuously saved in real time during the transportation process, once an accident occurs, it will be difficult to conduct event analysis and backtracking and accident responsibility division. If the problem is not found, it will be difficult to improve the management level of the entire system, which will cause great troubles to operating companies and government supervision.
 

Solution:

The SIT smart solution is a set of overall solutions for the cold chain logistics vehicle networking informationization created by SIT for the cold chain industry, using hardware such as vehicle-mounted intelligent terminals, temperature sensing equipment, video monitoring equipment, and industry-leading technologies such as big data analysis, wireless transmission, and AI. By installing an intelligent vehicle-mounted terminal kit on the cold chain logistics vehicle, the vehicle-mounted monitoring system can not only track and record the geographic location of the vehicle, but also monitor and record the entire process of the operation of the freight vehicle and the work of the staff to prevent the driver from violating regulations; it can also provide effective evidence when the goods are delivered to the customer and the customer claims for disputes due to some reasons; and supervise the drivers and staff to maintain the interests of the company and customers in establishing a good image of the company. With the help of the wireless monitoring system, managers and drivers can understand the geographic location, operating status, and generate operational statistical reports of freight vehicles in real time through the network, so as to provide customers with better and more convenient services and enhance the competitiveness of logistics companies.

System functions:

       Real-time temperature and humidity collection and monitoring: Temperature and humidity sensors are installed in the car to collect and store data from the monitored points in the car in real time, which greatly reduces the workload and disadvantages of early manual collection. At the same time, real-time monitoring is carried out. Once an abnormality is found, an alarm is immediately sent to the driver and the cloud monitoring platform to handle it in time to prevent greater cargo losses;

       Video monitoring: Real-time video monitoring of the vehicle, remote viewing of various on-site conditions and historical video data. When the vehicle turns left or right, the video screen of the corresponding position can be dynamically switched inside the vehicle to provide driving assistance to the driver. In the event of a traffic accident, it provides a basis for accident retrospective analysis.

       Safety driving assistance system: The built-in safety module of the vehicle terminal can realize the driver’s driving status monitoring DSM system, such as yawning, closing eyes, smoking, talking on the phone, drinking water, looking around; at the same time, the vehicle’s forward-looking auxiliary driving ADAS system, such as front vehicle collision warning FCW, vehicle distance warning HMW, lane departure warning LDW ;

       Vehicle driving status detection: The vehicle terminal has a unique built-in GSensor algorithm to realize dynamic detection of vehicle driving, such as sudden acceleration, sudden deceleration, sudden left and right turns, and rollover collision detection alarm, to strengthen the supervision of the driver’s driving behavior;

       Positioning monitoring during operation: Through the GPS geographic information/satellite positioning system in the vehicle , the positioning signal can be sent to the vehicle monitoring and dispatching center in a timely manner. The vehicle’s location, speed, and direction information can be dynamically displayed on the GIS map. Ultimately, the vehicle’s positioning navigation, service and rescue trajectory recording and other functions can be realized through the service center.

       Basic information management : including vehicle terminal equipment management, vehicle management, vehicle fuel management, personnel information management, route information management, fleet information management, and company information management ;

      Emergency alarm function: Real-time SOS alarm can be issued through the alarm and status panel . In case of emergency, the alarm can be triggered with one button. The alarm information is automatically uploaded to the monitoring center, the image inside the vehicle automatically pops up on the center display, the alarm vehicle icon flashes on the GIS map, and the monitoring center can make voice calls to the vehicle remotely in time.

      Large-capacity UPS redundant backup: Optional large-capacity UPS can be used to prevent traffic accidents during driving that cause abnormalities in the vehicle’s battery. The on-board monitoring terminal can continue to work to ensure the continuity of data collection and storage at the accident scene.

      Operation analysis report : The system provides the generation, query, EXCEL format display, statistical chart display, printing, etc. of various required operation reports, so as to help bus companies fully understand the operation status and provide detailed and timely data support for analysis and decision-making.

System topology diagram, please refer to the color page material for detailed pictures PPT