Pallet Alliance’s IntelliPallet™ platform reduces operating costs with flexible tracking applications.
Semtech Corporation announced that Pallet Alliance* has integrated Semtech’s LoRa® devices and the LoRaWAN® protocol into its IntelliPallet™ Internet of Things (IoT)-based pallet monitoring logistics platform.
The IntelliPallet platform is the first of its kind in the logistics industry and enables enterprise-scale pallet management by integrating location and environmental sensors into wooden pallets, which comprise more than 90 percent of the worldwide palletized shipping market.
Michael Jones, a principal at Pallet Alliance, said:
“The IntelliPallet platform integrates LoRa devices in wooden pallets to provide accurate, in-depth data over distances, enabling managers to optimize the logistical efficiency of their operations, integrate pallets into cold chain and pharmaceutical blockchain applications, and leverage data collection at the pallet level to satisfy a wide range of business requirements.”
“Semtech’s LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN protocol reduces operating costs by providing an ideal combination of low power, flexibility and simplicity in deployment to create reliable tracking applications with industry-leading battery lifetimes.”
Wooden pallets represent an economical, sustainable and customizable standard in the shipping and logistics industry. However, legacy solutions and industry practices provide limited economically feasible methods for tracking pallet location. Pallet Alliance’s IntelliPallet IoT platform delivers comprehensive location and environmental data down to the individual pallet, and reliably tracks these assets through the supply chain from manufacturer to end-user, including while in transit.
Pallets equipped with LoRa-enabled sensors integrate seamlessly with existing pallets and networking infrastructures, and leverage LoRaWAN networks to deliver long range, accurate and real-time data on pallet location and status.
The flexible LoRaWAN-based platform offers customized tracking capabilities, including an entry/exit notification from a geo-fenced area, stationary time and arrival/departure from designated hubs, as well as environmental monitoring for factors including temperature, humidity and motion. Managers audit this data through Cloud-based third-party applications to optimize their logistics workflow and protect assets.
“Integrating LoRaWAN solutions for geolocation and logistics monitoring enables customers to reduce inefficiencies and optimize processes,” said Marc Pegulu, Vice President of IoT in Semtech’s Wireless and Sensing Products Group.
“LoRa devices allow mass adoption of asset management and Pallet Alliance can simplify development as well as create flexible IoT platforms that successfully monitor and report pallet status and location over wide areas, including while in transit. This advanced and real-time insight is valuable to end users and allows them to optimize their processes for a quick ROI.”
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