Perishable products face unique challenges during route delivery. Cargo loading, frequent door openings and variations in ambient truck temperature can all potentially reduce product shelf life. There is clearly a need for a system that monitors the environmental conditions inside the refrigerated and freezer compartments throughout the delivery route while also tracking the vehicle’s location. The FlashLink BLE Route Delivery System has been purpose-built to address these route delivery monitoring needs. The new BLE Route Delivery System uses Bluetooth technology and features FlashLink BLE Beacons that are placed inside the refrigerated, freezer and ambient storage compartments to wirelessly transmit temperature and humidity data to a BLE Mobile Gateway that is installed in the vehicle and connected to the vehicle battery or if desired, to the refer battery. The BLE Gateway then utilizes cellular and GPS technology location data to monitor in-transit temperature and location with position accuracy within two meters. All data is then automatically transmitted to the cloud service for easy access.

The route delivery system benefits customers in that it also addresses temperature fluctuations that can occur during product loading and unloading. Because significant time can elapse between the time the first and last products are delivered to the final destinations, this delivery time difference can create product quality disparities throughout the truck.

As delivery routes often involve multiple drop-offs from distribution centers to multiple stores, each door opening potentially causes temperature changes in the vehicle that affect the quality of all remaining cargo. The FlashTrak BLE Route Delivery System monitors the products from the time a truck is loaded until it reaches each delivery point.

The BLE System is beneficial when used in multi-temperature zone trailers and trucks. Beacons may be placed in each of the compartments and measure temperature in each of these different zones. The system enables monitoring of trailer cool down before loading with automated tracking of compartment temperatures. This benefit enables shipping to know when the set point is reached before loading the products. Cost savings result through eliminating personnel that otherwise would be necessary to manually check temperatures. Time is also saved as only trucks that are ready to load can back into the dock.

To better monitor your perishable shipment, the BLE Route Delivery System just might meet your needs.