How to Get Started: Setting Up IoT-powered Sensors to Optimize Your Supply Chain

So you’re interested in sensor-based logistics, but you don’t know how to get started? If you’re constantly asking where your shipment is, or if your shipment is damaged, late, or at risk, then it’s time for “Smart Cargo.”

Not knowing the status of your cargo can cause difficulties in making business decisions beyond your supply chain. Being able to monitor shipments in real time provides you with the data you need to be prepared for any disruptions or even to prevent damage or theft.

The first step is easy. Just contact Cargo Signal and we’ll get you set up with the devices you need to track any of your global shipments.?

The Cargo Signal Solution

The IoT-powered sensors that Cargo Signal attaches to global freight track real-time data about shipments, providing end-to-end visibility, security, and quality control of goods moving through your supply chain.?

Our technology is supported by a Command Center staffed by logistics professionals who monitor your freight around the clock, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. If anything goes wrong with your shipment, Command Center will intervene on your behalf to solve the problem.?

• Customizable alerts allow you to receive updates on arrival & departure times, delay times, carrier route deviation & stationary times, cumulative & consecutive temperature, humidity, light exposure, shock & tilt, and more.
• Our over 300 offices worldwide can connect you to local resources if a problem arises.
• Sensors require no reverse logistics.?

How to Best Leverage Sensor-based Logistics and Improve Your Business

The second step in getting started is identifying the scope of shipments you would like to cover with our IoT-powered sensors. What is your most valuable, most at risk, or most operationally-crucial cargo?? Are there shipments that are frequently targets of theft or highly sensitive to changes in temperature, light, or sudden and jarring movements?

Starting with your most critical freight will help you immediately see the value of having real-time visibility with sensor-based logistics. The ability to know at all times the location of your cargo, the direction and duration of travel, and the conditions around it enables you to act immediately to protect it, prevent disruptions, and be prepared for any unexpected circumstances.

After you have determined the scope of your most critical shipments, the third step is simply to attach our sensors to your pallet, container, or box.

The final step is to log on to the Cargo Signal platform to view all your shipments and any associated alerts with possible problem shipments. Sensor-based logistics is helping to digitize deep-seated analog processes within the supply chain and logistics industry. Though it may seem intimidating to get started, our team here at Cargo Signal will help you transform your supply chain.

Cargo Signal Will Help You:

• Safeguard your cargo from damage and theft, allowing you to intervene the moment our devices detect a potential problem.
• Automate and manage your inventory by keeping you informed about exactly where your shipments are and when they will arrive.
• Locate pain points in your supply chain and automate and increase carrier transparency, saving you time, effort, and money.

Contact Cargo Signal today so we can help you gain insight into your supply chain and improve your operations with the latest innovative technology available.?