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8 BULKDISTRIBUTOR Tank Containers November / December 2017

8 BULKDISTRIBUTOR Tank Containers November / December 2017

No too hot to handle

The unusual heat wave in June of this year is only one of the many extreme phenomena that have characterised the weather in the past few years . Increasingly dynamic changes in the weather and the rise in extreme conditions pose new challenges in sectors previously unaffected . One such is transport and logistics for temperature-sensitive goods . To ensure product quality during shipping , real-time monitoring and temperature control are increasingly important . What , if in the future every tank container were intelligent ex-works ? Well , it seems like the future is now . Digitisation along the entire logistics chain : monitoring and real-time control are becoming more and more important for temperaturecontrolled shipments . Not too hot and not too cold : is it possible to monitor in real-time , remotely control product temperatures , and provide uninterrupted accurate quality proofs along the logistics chain ? Savvy Telematic Systems offers its customers temperature remote control and adjustment from any location at any time . Dispatchers at desktop computers or shipment staff members on business trips can correct and / or adjust temperatures from a smartphone . Likewise , where temperature deviations or disturbances arise , designated persons are automatically notified . Two clicks suffice to configure the escalation workflow as needed . Ongoing temperature monitoring ensures optimum quality and safety for temperature-controlled shipments . Savvy ’ s solution enables operators , leasing firms , and chemical companies to offer their customers new services that reduce costs and further increase transport productivity . For example , shipments can be automatically and

precisely pre-heated or cooled for the respective goods . Exact protocolling means there is always a record of when and how long the tank container was pre-heated , and the temperature at which it was put into operation . This is not only a reliable basis for billing tank container heating costs . All of the record protocols are available retroactively as quality proofs , so taking manual – and error-prone - notes of product temperatures or pre-heating duration is no longer necessary . Worldwide , a number of companies specialised in chemical products or food products use Savvy ’ s solution to monitor and control trace heating and cooling units remotely . Examples are Respol Resinas SA , a chemical company from Portugal and China-based Wanhua Chemical Group Co . In the case of disturbances , deviances from target temperatures or other events , an automatic alarm is immediately triggered . This enables shipment personnel to intervene without delay . “ We have equipped our tank containers with Savvy FleetTrac . This means we have taken the next step in improving investment security for our customers ,” says David Wang , sales director , CIMC Tank . “ Thanks to Savvy ’ s state-of-the-art telematics technology , uninterrupted , digital temperature protocols are not the only thing we are getting . The sophisticated alarm , diagnosis and control options offered by the Synergy Portal enable unprecedented real-time management for temperature-controlled shipments .” Aida Kaeser , CEO of SAVVY Telematic Systems , adds : “ For tank container operators and leasing firms , collaboration with us is not only attractive because of our market and technology leadership . Savvy is the exclusive telematics provider of the worldwide largest tank container manufacturer , CIMC . Our customers benefit from this in two ways : they get intelligent tank containers from
CIMC that are already equipped with Savvy technology ex-works . This way they do not have to worry about it anymore and save both installation time and money .” Robust , and with very low power consumption , also suited for long autonomous operation , the telematics units are connected by interfaces to the container and tank wagon heating and / or cooling units . Savvy ’ s intelligent interface architecture makes it possible to use the technology with a broad range of manufacturing systems . Currently , there are Savvy telematics units in operation in all established heating and cooling systems , such as Dirac , Eltherm , Löbbe and Klinge . During operations , the units record current temperatures and transmit them to the telematics firm ’ s Synergy Portal . This enables both real-time monitoring and , later on , seamless proof of
Savvy CEO Aida Kaeser : Customers get intelligent tank containers from CIMC that are already equipped with Savvy technology ex-works . This way they do not have to worry about it anymore and save both installation time and money
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quality . The cloud-based Synergy Portal enables dispatchers also to have access to the individual units worldwide and maintain granular control over target values and unit parameters . “ Active , non-stop shipment monitoring , transmission every five minutes , etc , is possible with our system but does not make sense technically and economically . I don ’ t eat constantly to prevent feeling hunger but eat when I am actually hungry ,” explains Kaeser . “ Our telematics systems are hybrid and equipped with self-learning software . Instead of bombarding users non-stop with data , we notify them when there are actual deviations which are of interest for their task . The software takes care of the rest because it is developed to recognise automatically certain patterns , learn from them , and adjust to them accordingly . We are very
proud of the self-learning capacity of our software , resulting from long-standing experience in the development of highly complex algorithms . The advantage of digitisation is after all to automate flows to free employees from mindless , repetitive tasks . Valuable time is then available for tasks that truly add value .” – In addition to comprehensive transport safety and automated production of required documents , the Savvy solution offers more cost optimisation potential . The portal provides extensive business intelligence functions to analyse the transport processes of chemical and transport companies with respect to individual indicators . These can be used to provide optimal support for capacity utilisation , asset management or to develop new business areas . www . savvy-telematics . com