Berlin, Germany: Moeco has developed a tracker that uses 5G to reduce overheads.
Data from the trackers feeds into a cloud dashboard, enabling logistics companies to track global shipments.
The Moeco Act Tracker uses 4G and 5G cellular networks and supports 2G and 3G network gathering to provide logistics companies with real-time access to geolocation, temperature, humidity, light and shock data.
The tracker works in over 180 countries and is compliant with the International Air Transport Association requirements. Real-time tracking means that cargo acceptance at intermediate points of the supply chain is automated, and the number of goods that need to be checked manually is reduced significantly.
Since conditions are continuously monitored, only those goods that have violated the conditions of transportation require manual checks by staff, which reduces checkpoint labour costs.
Logistics companies can access analytics on shipments in real time through a SaaS platform with dashboards and one-time trackers that easily stick onto packages and boxes. This enables logistics companies to offer premium shipment tracking and disposition services to their customers, which is an additional advantage in a highly competitive market.
The Moeco Act Tracker contains less than 2g of lithium, which means they can be disposed of as plastic waste, and, with a unit cost starting at $14, is up to 80% less expensive than competing analogue sensors.
Alexa Sinyachova, chief executive, Moeco said: “There is a pervasive misunderstanding in this industry that any reusable item is better than a disposable item, when in fact, a reusable tracker has a higher CO2 impact than a disposable tracker. This is because only five percent of all shipments require two-way tracking – or reverse logistics – but reusable trackers have to be returned to the original location once a shipment has reached its destination.
“In addition, the production of a reusable tracker generates more CO2 than the production of a disposable tracker, since the battery in the reusable tracker is larger,” he said.
“A disposable tracker does not require reverse logistics. Upon arrival at the end point, it is folded in half, electronic components are disposed of separately, plastic ones separately. We advocate the creation of disposable trackers. It’s more environmentally friendly,” Sinyachova, said.
