Cold chain management

Description

Guaranteeing the conditions that ensure quality during the transportation of perishable products is vital for companies operating in the sensitive food industry. The e-track fleet management system offers unique capabilities for cold-chain management. It allows you to maintain the required quality of your products during transportation, protecting your company image and allowing you to efficiently manage costs.

Challenges

Maintaining your company's image in the sensitive market in which you operate. Maintaining the quality of your products. Cost control in real transportation conditions. Full control of emergency situations.

The solution

Capabilities of vehicle unit in vehicle cold chambers

• Interconnection with temperature sensor for recording the environmental conditions of product transportation
• Recording of door opening for minimization of temperature losses
• Recording of driver ID
• System for immediate notification from the driver to the company, in the case of an emergency (panic button)
• Alarms for dealing with emergency situations such as cargo temperature, deviation from scheduled route, excess speed, unplanned opening of doors, violation of safety regulations. Handling of alarms by sending SMS and e-mail notifications

Automatic delivery certificate

Application for recording overtime
Drivers have electronic IDs. Working hours are calculated automatically, based on routes and the hours the vehicle is in motion. Working hours and any overtime are automatically transferred by the e-TRACK system to the ERP for entry and processing.

Interconnection with invoicing application
Interconnection of invoicing application with central database, for wireless transfer of invoicing data via the e-TRACK system.

Integration with the SHORTREC routing system by ORTEC
The integration between the two systems ensures the monitoring of scheduled route progress.

Web based application for route progress forecasting
The system estimates vehicle arrival time at the point of interest and informs the user of any deviations from the scheduled route.

Benefits

• Reduces operating cost
• Supports product quality during transportation
• Reduces cost incurred by damaged products
• Improves company image
• Observes suitable transportation conditions of products sensitive to temperature fluctuations
• Supports the development of new business tactics and strategic planning

Our customers
CARREFOUR (supermarkets) (GREECE)
CARREFOUR (super markets) (SPAIN)
MEVGAL (dairy products)
NIKAS P. G. SAUSAGE INDUSTRY SA
MASOUTIS DIAMANTIS SA (supermarkets)
PROMITHEYTIKI KREATOS (meat products)
DODONI ICECREAMS SA (dairy products)
DODONI SA Agricultural dairy industry of Ipirous (dairy products)
ECHMI EPE
CARDINAL ETHNIC FOOD COMPANY (food importer)
CHARALAMBUS G (food products) (CYPRUS)
ITALFOOD SA (food products)
PGP (food products) (CYPRUS)
ARIADNI (supermarkets)
VLAHAKIS SA (food products)
GEMAK SA (food products)
D.PAPAIOANNOU SA (food products)
EMPORIKI TROFODOTIKI SA (food products)
IPIROS SA (dairy products)
KORDOU (dairy products)
MAVRIKOS IMPORTATIONS SA (food products)
MEGA FARM (food products)
MILOPOULOS SA (food products) 
OPTIMA SA (food products)

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