Descartes Enables Complete Visibility Across the Air Cargo Cold Chain
Shipment Condition & Location Monitoring for Cargo in the Airport and on the Ground
Descartes Enables Next Generation Cold Chain & Pharmaceutical Shipment Tracking and Monitoring through:
Advanced Tracking Tags
Next generation tags that monitor location, temperature, humidity, light, and shock exposure to shipments and equipment.
Comprehensive Mesh Networking
Track the location of air cargo with low cost mesh networks that can fill in visibility gaps.
Mobile-based Technology
Enable workers to capture data, receive or deliver shipments, and view shipment status on-demand.
Cloud-based Tracking
Access shipment status information via cloud-based tracking to focus on exceptions, monitor trends and make better decisions.
Air freight has always been the best choice for high-velocity, high-value or environment-sensitive goods such as pharmaceuticals. However, because of the nature of air cargo, it has always been a complex process with many hand-offs.
Recent advancements now enable the air cargo logistics community to transform the cold chain and pharmaceutical logistics chain to provide a higher level of visibility to goods.
The key is to have technology that can enable deeper insight into the ambient conditions of the cargo, location-based tracking of assets and cargo through an advanced network, mobile-based access, as well as continuous communication to all parties on the location and status of goods.
The Future of Pharmaceutical Shipment Tracking
Learn more about the need for better location and status monitoring in the air cargo supply chain. The piece covers the anticipated need to transport large volumes of COVID-19 vaccines and how to track them using the right technology.
"With the Descartes system, we now have a digital solution to identify the exact location of an air freight container and the status of its load at any given moment. The ability to continuously and automatically track air freight is a powerful boost to customer service and helps to significantly reduce the costs of air cargo operations."
Jonathon Dale
Manager Commercial, Cargo and Ventures
Air New Zealand
"A significant percentage of air cargo coming from Asia today is PPE to fight COVID-19. Combined with an imbalance of ULDs, air carriers are challenged to move critical freight. The combination of our ULDs and the Descartes CORE ULD Tracking solution allows air carriers to track shipments and assets more effectively."
Kenneth Poon
General Manager
innoAviation
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