Monitoring cold chain fleet for transportation company

Problem

CCN Transportación is a leading Mexican freight transportation company. To maintain its leading position on the market, the company wanted to establish complete control over its fleet, improve schedule compliance, and prevent profit loss and thefts.

CCN Transportación was also interested in accessing their fleet performance metrics and historical information for more grounded decision making.  

Solution

The solution called the TRM platform was designed and delivered by Cobertura Total en Telemetría (CTTMX), a Mexico-based telematics service provider. The solution allows CCN to track its operation in real-time and manage the fleet more effectively. 

The data from sensors, as well as the data from trackers, is sent to Wialon. There, it is conveniently shown, and from there, it is sent to the client’s ERP platform. 

A wide range of telematics equipment was used for the project: 

• CalAmp LMU-2630 installed on trucks and vehicles; 
• JPOD sensors for CANbus; 
• TTU-2840 sensors in pipes; 
• Teltonika FMU130 GPS trackers; 
• temperature sensors for refrigerated boxes;
• Escort-TD 150 fuel sensors.

Now the CNN staff can easily detect the unit location, estimate its arrival time, and optimize the schedule.  

The solution calculates ETA (Estimated Time Arrival) and EDA (Estimated Distance Arrival), generates alerts and high-risk notifications, stores the data for statistics and deep-level reports, and much more. The TRM platform connects with the client’s different departments. For example:

• the traffic department. They are in charge of planning trips and managing the fleet, and now they get information about the fleet performance. Once a trip has been uploaded to the system, they receive alerts in case of accidents, delays, or other events and promptly take adequate measures. By the end of the day, they have a full picture of their fleet daily performance, with indicators, KPI, and reports, and can assess the results and decide on further improvement;

• the cold chain department. They use the solution to monitor the temperature in a vehicle, achieve better transportation conditions and detect temperature fluctuations.