SMART CONTAINERS – The Smart Freight Transport
Food and Medicine – Two things that the modern day people cannot live without. With the change in food habits of people and developments in the medicine industry, the supply and demand of medicine has multiplied over the years. Also, the global population explosion has led to an increased requirement for food items. Each country doesn't produce its own food and medicine. Countries and states even, produce and export their food and medicine items to other places. For this export, the most elementary component of the system is the containers that are used for freight transport. These containers cannot be just any plastic box. They need to maintain proper temperature, be water and heat resistant, insulated and sealed among many other things, since food and medicine are perishable items. These containers can be transported by land, water or even flight.
With the development in technology, especially in IoT (Internet of Things) which lets us monitor anything and everything with sensors, "Smart containers" have been developed which are capable of monitoring temperature, pressure and other things of the freight container to ensure good conditions for proper transport.
Digitization and new technologies are rapidly changing all industries, forcing them to prepare for a tomorrow that is unpredictable. This also applies to the industry of container shipping, ports, and logistics, which largely has been driven by the traditional business models focused on optimizing how you move goods.
- Soren Skou
Food and medicine are now becoming more and more sensitive to these conditions, and there is a growing need for a safe, reliable and efficient means of transportation of these goods. This responsibility falls majorly upon the food and pharmaceutical companies. Thus, Smart Containers Group, and existing smart container producing company, have upped their game and provide a solution for better transportation of sensitive good monitored by blockchain-powered IoT.
**The Smart Solution **
With the evolution of technology, things that once upon a time couldn't even be imagined to be done by machines are now done pretty easily. Blockchain technology is the recently emerged technology that has caused disrupt in the global economy and given rise to the potential of a decentralised, digital economy. The team at Smart Containers group aim to use this technology in their transport system to make it more reliable and suitable for transport of sensitive, perishable goods like food and medicine.
The logistics of the currently existing systems are highly centralised, that lead to several limitations in spite of the developments in technology. By using blockchains, Smart Containers group aims to decentralise logistics in the form of a LOGI CHAIN platform. LOGI CHAIN aims to achieve goals like eliminating paper and disconnected information like email from the shipment process, automating billing throughout the supply chain and reducing transaction fees by accepting cryptocurrencies as payment. It also aims to provide services for the whole logistics community, including logistics players, airlines, sea freight companies, customs brokers and more
The team at Smart Containers Group have revolutionised not only their logistics process, but also the technologies in their freight containers by improving the temperature maintenance systems (cooling systems). They are also working towards several more goals like direct communication between producer and consumer, cryptocurrency payment services and much more to make the container transport process more efficient.
Revolutionising the Food and Medicine Industry
Over the years, the food and medicine industry have seen several developments, including the transport system. Smart Containers Group has come up with the biggest development yet. As an already established successful company, it is on its way to even more success by involving blockchains for more security, transparency and efficiency. The project shows innovation and potential, and with its talented team of professionals working diligently, it will definitely be a great product that contributes to the development of the freight industry and reduce the stress on the food and pharma companies for proper and safe transport of their products.
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Whitepaper: https://smartcontainers.ch/assets/20180208_smartcontainers_whitepaper_v1.pdf
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