On any given day, do you really know what your trailer refrigeration unit (TRU) is doing and is it performing to the standard you have established?
Most of the companies within the industry rely upon yard personnel to monitor trailer refrigeration units (TRUs) when domiciled at home facilities, or depend upon drivers to manage refrigeration unit performance during transit. But how can one know what his TRU is doing at a given moment and if it is performing to the standards that have been established?
Because of the lack of permanent monitoring for the TRUs, it is not clear why reefers fail all of a sudden or why product loads are not accepted at the delivery point predicated on inadequate temperatures. Technology is now revealing the gamble that industry takes by solely depending on individuals to assume responsibility for temperature management of high net worth loads.
Industry is now capable to get a real time view of how refrigerated goods are being managed and the corresponding impact this is having on product quality, food safety and improved cost of operation with the help of technology.
In the past, fleet managers have been able to find out what went wrong if the transportation of the goods failed by researching into historical data from data loggers and reefer control panel monitors. But now, advanced technology such as Cooltrax is able to provide real time visibility of the rolling refrigerated warehouse and allows management to be in control of trailer and products and respond immediately to a situation that can threaten load integrity or to communicate remotely to a TRU making adjustments to reefer settings.
Many of the fleet operators now using real time technology were skeptical regarding how their refrigerated assets are being managed. But it is being proven that there is real opportunity to improve operations from excessive cool down times to drivers forgetting to turn their reefers back on after a point of delivery. The information that Cooltrax provides with real time alerts and reporting provides a detailed picture of assets and products while in motion. Those "soft" ROI assumptions about operation now turn to hard ROI calculations predicated upon validation of how the assets are being managed or mismanaged.
With an increased awareness of product quality and safety initiatives influenced by recent food regulations and compounded by customer mandates, quality assurance directors and risk avoidance management personnel are also requiring access to the proactive information provided by Cooltrax. Being able to better control product integrity remotely by "hands on" management of product flow throughout the cold chain is a significant achievement. Active involvement in refrigerated management allows food shippers and distributors to better predict food life cycles, which can generate substantial dollars to bottom line profits and improve brand awareness.
Industry can no longer trust that yard personnel or drivers are controlling product temperatures and security. And, although some operators in the industry are worried about engaging technology because of what they may have to acknowledge or change, the track record of applications such as Cooltrax validates a return on investment that board rooms approve of.
Most of the companies within the industry rely upon yard personnel to monitor trailer refrigeration units (TRUs) when domiciled at home facilities, or depend upon drivers to manage refrigeration unit performance during transit. But how can one know what his TRU is doing at a given moment and if it is performing to the standards that have been established?
Because of the lack of permanent monitoring for the TRUs, it is not clear why reefers fail all of a sudden or why product loads are not accepted at the delivery point predicated on inadequate temperatures. Technology is now revealing the gamble that industry takes by solely depending on individuals to assume responsibility for temperature management of high net worth loads.
Industry is now capable to get a real time view of how refrigerated goods are being managed and the corresponding impact this is having on product quality, food safety and improved cost of operation with the help of technology.
In the past, fleet managers have been able to find out what went wrong if the transportation of the goods failed by researching into historical data from data loggers and reefer control panel monitors. But now, advanced technology such as Cooltrax is able to provide real time visibility of the rolling refrigerated warehouse and allows management to be in control of trailer and products and respond immediately to a situation that can threaten load integrity or to communicate remotely to a TRU making adjustments to reefer settings.
Many of the fleet operators now using real time technology were skeptical regarding how their refrigerated assets are being managed. But it is being proven that there is real opportunity to improve operations from excessive cool down times to drivers forgetting to turn their reefers back on after a point of delivery. The information that Cooltrax provides with real time alerts and reporting provides a detailed picture of assets and products while in motion. Those "soft" ROI assumptions about operation now turn to hard ROI calculations predicated upon validation of how the assets are being managed or mismanaged.
With an increased awareness of product quality and safety initiatives influenced by recent food regulations and compounded by customer mandates, quality assurance directors and risk avoidance management personnel are also requiring access to the proactive information provided by Cooltrax. Being able to better control product integrity remotely by "hands on" management of product flow throughout the cold chain is a significant achievement. Active involvement in refrigerated management allows food shippers and distributors to better predict food life cycles, which can generate substantial dollars to bottom line profits and improve brand awareness.
Industry can no longer trust that yard personnel or drivers are controlling product temperatures and security. And, although some operators in the industry are worried about engaging technology because of what they may have to acknowledge or change, the track record of applications such as Cooltrax validates a return on investment that board rooms approve of.
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