SmartSense IIoT® & Asset Tracking for Intelligent Supply Chain
No more blind spots in the supply chain
PHI DATA offers an end to end solution for outdoor and indoor tracking.
Our focus areas
1. Industry
| Visibility on every step of the process flow, internally and externally | Compliance with delivery and condition agreements |
| Fast retrieval of assets | Follow up the conditions of your assets as part of your process or for regulatory compliance |
| Fully automated inventory in multi-locations | Avoid capacity issues at sites and subcontractors |
| Savings on maintenance costs and replacements | Avoid capacity issues at sites and subcontractors |
| Fleet capacity optimization and reduced replacement costs | Avoid high purchase and replacement cost for assets |
| Reduction of Work in Progress | No more production disruption due to shortage of assets and containers |
| Early detection and prediction of process delays and inefficiencies |
Transportation & Logistics
| Easy localization of individual trailers and containers | Fully automated inventory and digital log of whereabouts |
| Increased trailer utilization | Compliance with delivery and condition agreements like temperature |
| Alerts when a theft may be occurring | Detect idling or underused trailers |
| Detect delays | Avoid renting expensive parking place for your assets |
| Reduce time-consuming asset searches and retrieval costs | Eliminate tedious manual processes with human error |
| Optimize asset utilization and maintenance schedules |
3. Waste & Recycling
| Full visibility on location of containers | Increased waste container utilization |
| Easy retrieval of missing and lost containers | Digital logs and alerts in case of discrepancies |
| Detection of unused, misplaced or forgotten containers | Less need for new waste containers |
| Optimization of pickup transport routes | Support with compliance requirements |
| Automated container counts on multiple sites | Eliminate tedious manual processes with human error |
4. Rental & Construction Equipment
| Complete visibility on your rental fleet | Utilization insights enabling new revenue streams |
| Monitor theft & find back stolen equipment | Fully automated inventory in multi-locations |
| Efficiently manage machine inspections | Have an instant overview of your under- and overused equipment |
Cases
Warehousing & distribution
Eliminate scanning via pallet tracking
Forklift analytics & heatmaps
Fixed gate scanning
Tracking warehouse equipment
Production and operations
Tracking returnable transport items and palletboxes
Tracking packaging
Yard management
Trolley’s and roll container tracking
Tracking equipment in ports
Tracking construction tools and equipment
Transport and logistics
Intermodal container tracking
Tankcontainer tracking
Trailer tracking
Tracking glass stillages
Tracking keys
Renting
Waste container tracking
Rental machine tracking
Portable toilet tracking
How it works
SmartSense IIoT®
SmartSense IIoT® from PHI DATA is a comprehensive solution for managing and tracking your valuable assets, from goods and equipment to transportation equipment and personnel. This easy-to-use, yet advanced platform provides real-time visibility via various wireless communication protocols such as NB-IoT, Sigfox, 4G and Wi-Fi. Deployable in a wide range of industries, the system provides identification, location and condition monitoring (such as temperature) of your assets.
The platform is composed of four modular building blocks, making it easily adaptable to specific business needs. Whether you want to use RFID for automation at loading and unloading docks, need Bluetooth tags for indoor localization of warehouse equipment, or GPS/NB-IoT tracking for containers and trailers, SmartSense IIoT® provides a flexible, end-to-end solution.
As an independent platform and IoT building block, PHI DATA offers not only the technology but also expert advice for your specific situation. The integrated system means you don’t get caught up in multiple packages or data scattered across different systems. Thus, SmartSense IIoT® provides a seamless and customized solution for your asset management and tracking.
SmartSense IIoT® Platform - 4 building blocks
Base
Pro
Advanced
Analytics
Modular platform
1
Labelling, tagging and auto-ID
Give all your assets a unique license plate via a label, tag or tracker. Make alle your assets unique, identifiable, recognizable and scannable. Print your owns labels. Barcodes, QR codes, RFID tags. Handhelds and mobile terminals. Scan multiple items at once and from distance. Count thousands of assets with one RFID gun.
2
Warehouse, stocks and asset management
Digitize your equipment, components and materials. Make a digital twin of your warehouses, depots and zones. Search for an asset, scan for inventory, transfer assets, register maintenance and inspections, compare and detect anomalies. Digitize your flows in your warehouse: from receiving to put away goods to picking to transfers to shipping to deliveries.
3
Inventory automation
Fully automated inventory in multiple locations. Know in real-time which assets dwell in which zones, warehouses, yards and depots. Set up KPI’s and receive automated alerts when low or high on stock. Avoid shortages delaying your processes. Pinpoint the exact location of an asset even while in transit or at your suppliers or subcontractors. Complete visibility of where an asset is in your supply chain.
4
Track & trace
Track anything, anywhere. Raw materials, parts and assets. From high value assets like trailers and containers to rental equipment like scissor lifts, excavators and mobile toilets. Pinpoint returnable transport packaging like boxes, metal racks, pallets. Even keys are trackable. Consult historic location, journeys and travel patterns of your fleet. Follow hundreds of assets as they move from site to site. Protect your assets from theft and find them back when lost.
5
Utilization monitoring
Detailed insight into the utilization of each asset. Monitor the metrics that impact your business like duration of use, distance travelled, number of trips made or how often a container has been emptied. Extract data for each individual asset or for your total fleet. Identify under or overperforming assets. Define and visualize your own KPI’s.
6
Process flow management
Map your production stages and process flows. Create a digital twin of your desired asset flows and compare with real flows. Detect anomalies and manage by exception. Measure rotation, cycles and retention times and intervene where necessary. Predict delays in your supply chain. Detect bottlenecks.
7
Status and condition monitoring
Track temperature and humidity of your goods in assets like refrigerated containers or cool boxes. View the orientation states of your waste containers and see if they have been emptied or not. Monitor if returnable packaging has been opened. See if the door of a trailer or container has been opened. Additional sensors provide the desired intelligence to manage quality and control the condition of perishable goods.
8
Maintenance
Expand the lifetime of your assets by switching from a reactive to a proactive maintenance model. Create maintenance programs based on actual usage like kilometers driven, number of times used or total usage duration. Ensure the maintenance planning is respected. Record in the field or on the floor functional and cosmetic damage of your assets. Create alerts for timely maintenance and inspection actions.
9
Monitoring of production cycle
Create a digital twin of your factory or shop floor and its different zones. Set up stages in your production process and see how assets move and flow between these zones of interest. Predict delays and measure your production against deadlines. Set up a digital multi-stage environment equal to your actual production. Add multiple factories, warehouses, suppliers and subcontractors.
10
Performance management & WIP optimization
Ensure the performance of your operations and different production stages. Make every step in your supply chain and production transparent. Produce more with less, faster. Reduce your work in progress time with real-time visibility of your shop floor operations. Make sure your stocks and supplies are optimized for your production process.
11
Quality compliance
Monitor expiry dates of your products and raw materials. Generate notifications before treatment delays are over. Manage cleaning, disinfection and washing of tanks and containers. Make optimal use of your asset fleet which consists of different volumes, different contents (powder, liquids, solids), weights, sizes. Import sensor data in the platform or add forms and information directly via the app.
12
Information declaration, tasks and collaboration
Share relevant information amongst your shop floor staff. Real-time visualization of jobs in progress. Beam KPI’s and production statistics in your plants. Implement real-time scheduling and communication systems to prioritize tasks. Alert operators in case of delays, discrepancies or anomalies. Inform operators about progression, tasks status and completion. Digitize your work orders and MRO’s.
What do companies accomplish with it?
Industry
- 80% time reduction for retrieval
- 500+ hours saved in manual stock counting
- Significant reduction in Work in Progress
- 65% reduction in ad-hoc interventions
Transportation & logistics
- 90% reduction in lost fleet assets
- 85% reduction in manual logging
- 5% increase in trailer utilization
- Compliance with required transport conditions
Waste & recycling
- 20% saved in container management costs
- 80% reduction in lost containers
- Hundreds of hours saved in container searches
- 5% increase in container utilization
Rental & construction equipment
- Reduction in fuel costs
- Reduction of loss and theft
- Less maintenance due to less extensive equipment fleet
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Why PHI DATA?
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