Improving Inefficiencies: Get the Data You Need to Streamline Your Supply Chain with IoT-powered Sensors

Do you have the data sets you need to do the type of supply chain analysis you want? So often, analysts only have basic data points such as origin, destination, lane, carrier and pick-up/delivery dates and time.?

Limited data sets can lead to many assumptions in your supply chain analysis. Because they aren’t founded in a rich data set, these assumptions amount to risky bets. Without sufficient information, it is difficult to be confident in the decisions you make about changes to your supply chain.

And now you have so-called “predictive modeling” that takes these limited data sets and tries to recognize patterns that might indicate future behavior. However, if you don’t have a complete picture of the movement of your freight, the only thing predictive modeling can do at this point is automate assumptions about the performance of your supply chain.

To discover and correct the inefficiencies in your supply chain, analysts require as much information as possible. That means being able to see where cargo is, what condition it’s in, where it’s moving, and how quickly it reaches each stop along its route to the final destination.

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.?

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.?

Turn Real-time Data into the Real Picture

You shouldn’t have to rely on incomplete data to perform analyses on your supply chain. To successfully diagnose the full extent of your supply chain, you need more than traditional milestone data, which can only provide insight into a small number of movements your cargo makes as it reaches certain waypoints.?

Sensor-based logistics can provide much more than that. With Cargo Signal, each piece of cargo that has a sensor attached to it will be able to provide a new and unique set of data points. Information on temperature, humidity, light exposure, dwell time, route deviations, real-time location, and movements like shock and tilt can all be gathered from sensors.?

This allows you to have the rich data points necessary for the in-depth supply chain analysis you deserve.

Cargo Signal Will Help You:

• Retain a complete data set that will enable you to create dashboards and reports for you and all your stakeholders.
• Discover and correct inefficiencies in your supply chain quickly by enabling you to analyze your data in real time.?
• Maintain a store of historical data about your supply chain that will empower you to make confident predictions.

Contact Cargo Signal today so we can help you get the data you need and improve efficiency across your supply chain.