Prime concern is the safety for the end customer and the main objective for producers or manufacturers of Fresh Consumables, Precooked Foods, Fresh and packaged Produce, Freshly Cut Flowers, Chilled Fresh Meat and Seafood(LIVE). and perishable products. Reducing perishable shrinkage by tracking Cool Chain shipments and their shelf-life is one of the most challenging product categories for retailers, logistics companies and manufacturers to manage effectively.

Temperature sensitive shipments (JIT) items have a limited shelf life and the clock starts as soon as the item is picked or manufactured. Poor process handling of the shipment, logistics errors and exposure to extreme temperature and environmental conditions reduce the effective shelf-life of perishables or unfit, which leads to excessive shrinkage. Most of the perishable goods are transported using reusable containers, such as totes and cartons.

Smart Sensing Asset Tracking solution solves challenges associated with inefficiencies in a perishables supply chain by effectively associating the perishable items and their expiration date with the reusable asset. By tracking the asset with temperature logs the solution effectively tracks the perishables across the supply chain, ensures first-expired-first-out logistics and error-proofs supply chain processes.

RFeye has created a solution to leverage Smart Sensing RFID and sensor technologies to bring a new level of visibility and control over the supply chain. This solution which enables you to tag, track, and instantly locate assets, content, and component parts across the enterprise—and beyond, to include third-party vendors and trading partners.

Most of the temperature sensitive perishable goods are transported using reusable containers, such as totes and cartons. The EnTrack asset Tracking solution solves challenges associated with inefficiencies in a perishables supply chain by effectively associating the perishable items and their expiration date with the reusable asset. By tracking the asset, the solution effectively tracks the perishables across the supply chain, ensures first-expired-first-out logistics and error-proofs supply chain processes.

Smart Sensing Key Components and asset Tracking solution Areas:

• Work-in-Process
• Reusable Container Tracking
• Yard Management
• Floor Visibility
• Fleet Management
• Shipment Tracking
• Temperature data logger reporting & Tracking
• Order Management

Reduce in process down time with up-to-date asset visibility during process, assembly management, tool tracking and equipment are vital to a well-run operations floor. During operations team are subjected to deadlines and are prone to misplacing tools and assets which at time cannot be located.  Such instruments and devices are process critical assets when they are needed they are compromised and have an impact on business performance in terms of delays, lost productivity and unnecessary replacement costs. EnTrack Asset Tracking solution with RFID virtually eliminates these issues. By Smart Sensing, Automation the intelligent tracking process gives you real-time visibility of enterprise-wide, it enables you to precisely monitor inventory and asset movements over a dashboard.

Pulling critical information in real time to have full visibility to the current status or situation of a temperature sensitive item is mission critical for the entire shipment’s condition, value and it’s on time delivery.  Smart Sensing RFID tags and readers set up in strategic positions, it becomes possible to automatically detect the location of devices, instruments, tools and assets, without compromising on process time and locating them. Shipment transportation visibility with real-time data capture, you know exactly what assets you own, lease, or control, as well as how and where those assets are being used throughout their lifecycles, from acquisition all the way through disposal.

Smart Sensing Cold Chain Logistics by Means of RFID

Active temperature recording and transmission during shipment’s journey through multimodal transportation

Smart Sensing RFID sensors allow you to monitor component quality, temperature logging, motion and information of any foreseen defective assets before they break down. Smart alerts for quality issues can reduce defective production and safeguard against breakdowns in your supply chain as well as line choke points or at inspection desk for delivery.

Smart Sensing Visibility, Traceability and Management is Essential for all just in time Shipments

RFeye understands the way you carry out your business and the requirement of your customers, with this knowledge we have gain years of experience and specialise in offering capabilities of obtaining, real time temperature logs and historical records, tracking and managing key functions of perishable goods, which include: consumption and expiration dates, batch packaging, container, crate and bins management, registration of movement of goods and data in “Real Time” without human intervention.  Whether product shipments are inbound or outbound. Smart Sensing RFID-tagged pallets and cases are automatically processed, tracked and managed as they move through the shipment transportation cycle in the supply chain. Smart Sensing EnTrack solution also helps identify fraudulent or counterfeit goods—without opening containers. Corrective action is taken before incorrect shipments are processed for dispatch, the item is quickly identify, the error in time corrected and prevent a costly shipping error and a delay which has a domino affect across the complete chain of events.

Smart Sensing RFID Adds Value

The production, processes and supplychain of the Fresh Consumables, Precooked Foods, Fresh and packaged Produce, Freshly Cut Flowers and Chilled Fresh Meat and Seafood(LIVE) sectors has a similar connotations with different requirements. This is where Smart Sensing RFID adds indisputable value; by allowing us to identify the materials, processes and tasks of employees, pulling and recording data from the beginning to end. Organisations typically insist on an improvement rate between 80% to 99% in areas where Cold Chain JIT products are involved due to nature of the product with a very high value.

• Control and visibility, traceability of the contents of each package, pallet or container
• Enhance Regulatory Compliance
• Automate compliance with the U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and other food safety regulations.
• Comply with stringent pharmaceutical transport requirements, such as the Good Distribution Practice(European Directive 92/25/EEC).
• Leverage devices from a manufacturer validated for Good Automated Manufacturing Practice (GAMP5) compliance.
• Management of buckets, refrigerators, cars, crates, boxes, cases and other assets
• Expiration alert management and other custom alerts
• Temperature Logs on real time basis or at the end of the shipment journey
• Control of tasks in production and build or break down processes
• Automating and error-proofing business processes
• Provides real-time visibility into asset movement and improves asset utilization
• Reduces asset in process idol time, shrinkage and downtime
• Assets tracking with visibility of contents through the transportation cycle till delivery and proof-of-delivery
• Streamlines shipments journey across multimodal logistics, shipping, receiving and procurement operations, and automates critical inventory management processes to help lower costs and improve revenue potential
• Creates a flexible environment, enabling your enterprise to respond to customers quickly while gaining added flexibility

The Smart Sensing RFID modules include:

To find out more about Smart Sensing “Perishables” Solutions, you can reach us by sending an e-mail to vasih@rfeyesolutions.com