Remote Temperature Monitoring of Perishable Goods Saves Money

• Analytics & Modeling - Big Data Analytics
• Networks & Connectivity - Gateways
• Networks & Connectivity - Wireless Local Area Network

• Electronics

• Procurement

• Supply Chain Visibility

RMONI was facing temperature monitoring challenges in a cold chain business. A cold chain must be established and maintained to ensure goods have been properly refrigerated during every step of the process, making temperature monitoring a critical business function. Manual registration practice can be very costly, labor intensive and prone to mistakes.

RMONI created a complete solution with hardware, wireless sensors deployed with XBee modules, gateways and the Sensor2Web application. The modules collect and pass sensor data to a centralized gateway. The gateway packages and sends the data to the cloud. With the Sensor2Web application, RMONI customers can view data in real-time on a dashboard, create reports to provide to regulatory authorities and receive alerts sent via email and SMS messages.

Hardware Components - XBee ZigBee modules - Centralized gateway

Software Components - Sensor2Web application

• [Process Optimization - Real Time Asset Tracking]
  The status of assets can be identified in near real-time.
• [Efficiency Improvement - Operation]
  Problems are indicated to line operators when the condition of a device or associated equipment changes beyond predetermined limits.
• [Data Management - Data Analysis]
  Cloud solutions enable aggregation of 'big data' to enable more robust analysis and lower costs.

• The solution has decreased supermarket food waste by 10%.