Prodapt Case Studies High-value Container Tracking

	High-value Container Tracking Prodapt

High-value Container Tracking

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Technology Category	Functional Applications - Fleet Management Systems (FMS) Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Applicable Industries	Transportation
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases	Vehicle Telematics
Challenge	• Tracking the movement of trucks carrying valuable containers in order to plan shipment of empty containers back to India • Reduction of delays in the arrival of containers • Ability to track every stage of the containers • Avoiding manual intervention to know exact container location • Automation to intimate the position and arrival time of containers Read More
About Customer	The customer is a leading exporter of hazardous chemicals from India to China through container ships. The truckers at the Chinese port transport the shipped containers to designated end-customer locations. Read More
Customer Name	Undisclosed Read More
Solution	The Synapt team developed a smart solution for container tracking that makes use of several devices and sensors. The solution accurately tracks containers and informs of their real-time location. Read More Log in to view content
Data Collected	Arrival Time, Fill Levels Of Containers, Number Of Shipments, Vehicle Location Tracking, Vehicle Operation Load Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Functional Applications - Fleet Management Systems (FMS)

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Applicable Industries

Transportation

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Vehicle Telematics

Challenge

• Tracking the movement of trucks carrying valuable containers in order to plan shipment of empty containers back to India • Reduction of delays in the arrival of containers • Ability to track every stage of the containers • Avoiding manual intervention to know exact container location • Automation to intimate the position and arrival time of containers

About Customer

The customer is a leading exporter of hazardous chemicals from India to China through container ships. The truckers at the Chinese port transport the shipped containers to designated end-customer locations.

Customer Name

Undisclosed

Solution

The Synapt team developed a smart solution for container tracking that makes use of several devices and sensors. The solution accurately tracks containers and informs of their real-time location.

Data Collected

Arrival Time, Fill Levels Of Containers, Number Of Shipments, Vehicle Location Tracking, Vehicle Operation Load

Impact #1	[Efficiency Improvement - Labor] Reduction in manual labor to track containers
Impact #2	[Efficiency Improvement - Operation] Elimination of delay in the return of empty containers
Impact #3	[Process Optimization - Real Time Asset Tracking] Automated tracking of every stage of containers with GPS and sensors

Impact #1

[Efficiency Improvement - Labor]
Reduction in manual labor to track containers

Impact #2

[Efficiency Improvement - Operation]
Elimination of delay in the return of empty containers

Impact #3

[Process Optimization - Real Time Asset Tracking]
Automated tracking of every stage of containers with GPS and sensors

Benefit #1	Avoidance of purchase of additional containers (container costs are high—in the range of $150k)

Benefit #1

Avoidance of purchase of additional containers (container costs are high—in the range of $150k)

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Overview

High-value Container Tracking

Operational Impact

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