Which hauliers is Cold Chain designed for?
In general, there are two types of transport goods. Those that do not require special attention, which are easy to store and do not need to be constantly checked during transport. Then there is the second type - transport cargo that needs careful handling. These goods can be undesirable for many hauliers because of the increased risk involved in transporting them.
Such cargo can be thermosensitive goods such as:
- Fresh and frozen food: ice cream and other frozen food, meat and fish, fruit and vegetables, dairy products
- Pharmaceutical products: medicines and vaccines
- Cosmetic products: creams and face masks
These types of goods require special attention during transport, which consists of temperature stability. Maintaining the safety and quality of these items is so crucial that failure to transport them properly could endanger human life.
While some hauliers specialize mainly in the transport of thermosensitive goods, while for others, such orders are just a supplement to other transports. If you have found yourself in these lines or are planning to move in this direction in the future, we have good news for you. Eurowag will ensure that your transported goods will be always as safe as possible, thanks to our Cold Chain monitoring solution.
What are the benefits of using Cold Chain?
Simply put - the Cold Chain is designed to keep temperatures in the cargo hold low and in complete compliance with regulations. This design is essential to ensure that thermosensitive products do not deteriorate during transport. Let's list some of the specific benefits that Cold Chain brings to its users:
- Product quality assurance: some temperature-sensitive products (e.g., medicines, food, and beverages) require specific temperature ranges to maintain their quality and safety. Cold Chain temperature monitoring ensures that the temperature is maintained within the required range throughout the transport process, thus preserving product quality.
- Compliance with regulatory requirements: industries such as healthcare and food are subject to legal requirements for temperature control during transport. Cold Chain helps to ensure compliance with these requirements, avoiding costly fines for non-compliance.
- Reduced waste: products can spoil if they are not stored at the correct temperature. This leads to waste and financial losses for the company. Cold Chain helps reduce this waste by ensuring goods are transported under the right conditions.
- Improving efficiency: Cold Chain monitoring improves the efficiency of transport operations by providing real-time information on the temperature, location and condition of the products being transported. This information can help optimize routing, reduce transport time, and improve delivery accuracy.
- Increased customer satisfaction: your customers expect their products to be delivered in good condition and on time. Cold Chain helps you deliver products in optimal condition, which, of course, leads to increased customer satisfaction and loyalty.
- Risk mitigation: Cold Chain helps to lower the risks associated with thermosensitive products during transit. By monitoring the temperature of the environment in real time, potential problems, can be identified and addressed in a timely manner.
- Increased transparency: Cold Chain provides greater transparency and accountability throughout the transport process. Both the dispatcher and the customer have real-time access to information about the location and condition of the products being transported, which can help build greater trust between your company and your clients.
What are the main benefits of Eurowag's Cold Chain solution?
Let's assume that you are aware of the various benefits of the Cold Chain and have concluded that it could also help your business. But why choose a solution from Eurowag?
We bring the Cold Chain function to our customers as an optional add-on with the monitoring of their vehicles through EW Telematics. Among the features we are most proud of is our new and improved Route Planner. Along with Cold Chain monitoring, our users are offered special benefits that you will get if you start using our Fleet Management. The main features include:
- Create easily Cold Chain configurations templates that can be linked to a planned route and re-used for future routes.
- Plan a route once, add Cold Chain profiles and save it as a template. No need to configure Cold Chain alert thresholds each time.
- Cold Chain alerts can be added to individual route sections. If, for example, the first route section includes Cold Chain tracking and then those goods are unloaded and the truck continues with non-cold chain goods, then alerts will be deactivated after unloading and false alerts will be avoided.
- Check the temperature history on a simple graph. With the Timeline report, you can monitor the temperature changes of the sensors as well as any unwanted deviations from the defined thresholds.
- Monitor the current cargo temperature on the Live map. See the current cargo temperature for each cold chain vehicle and easily check if it’s alerting or not.
- Download temperature logs. Export is possible both in PDF and Excel, so you can easily work with the temperatures values or share with third parties.
- Find all the alert information in one place. Alerts history provides you with details of the alerts generated – where they occurred, their duration and current status.
- Easily find the temperature chart in the Journeys Activity. When checking the Journeys Activity for cold chain transport, enable the cold chain graph to view the recorded temperature for each route location.
How can I get Cold Chain monitoring in my vehicle?
Are you interested in the Cold Chain service, and do you think it could be beneficial for your business? Cold Chain monitoring is possible with the help of a simple installation of a thermometer in the vehicle, either by bluetooth connection with the EVA or Vetronics unit, or directly with cooling systems such as Thermoking or Carrier.
If you want to transport thermosensitive goods in maximum safety, order the EW Telematics solution and pay only €1.99 per vehicle per month for the Cold Chain service.
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