Shipment Logger Pairing for Post-Delivery Asset Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing logger devices for monitoring environmental parameters during transport are costly, time-consuming, and inefficient, with shipment-material often being lost after delivery due to separation from assets, leading to waste and theft.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for real-time position tracking of shipment-material using a logger device with a unique ID, allowing pairing with the shipment-material before transport, maintaining the pairing after delivery, and enabling reuse, thus ensuring continuous monitoring and reducing loss.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If logger devices are separated from shipment-material after delivery, then the shipment order can be terminated and the logger device can be returned to service center, but the shipment-material is lost and cannot be tracked after the shipment is completed
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary pairing between the logger device and shipment-material ID before the shipment starts. This preliminary action creates a persistent link that allows tracking the shipment-material after delivery, resolving the contradiction by establishing tracking capability in advance rather than relying on post-delivery communication.
2Productivity
If logger devices are re-charged and prepared at service center after each shipment, then the logger devices can be reused, but the process is costly and time consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary pairing between logger device and shipment-material ID before shipment, eliminating the need for post-delivery service center processing. This allows logger devices to be reused immediately after delivery without time-consuming re-charging and preparation cycles, significantly improving productivity while reducing time loss.
3Adaptability or versatility
If more shipment-material is ordered than needed, then there is sufficient material for multiple shipments, but the excess shipment-material is abandoned in warehouses and stolen
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides continuous feedback on shipment-material location and status through real-time tracking. This feedback mechanism enables the supply chain company to monitor and recover shipment-material, reducing abandonment and theft while maintaining sufficient availability for multiple shipments.
4Ease of operation
If the only way to locate shipment-material is to call warehouse or shipment facility, then the process can be simple, but it is greatly time consuming and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces manual phone communication with automated electronic tracking using logger devices and communication modules. This substitution maintains operational simplicity while dramatically reducing the time required to locate shipment-material, as the system automatically provides real-time location data without human intervention.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a method and a system for tracking in real-time the position of a shipment during transport from an origin location to a destination location where the shipment comprises a shipment-material uniquely identified via a unique shipment-material ID, where the shipment-material is configured to carry an asset during the transport. A logger device is provided configured to be attached to the shipment-material. The logger device is uniquely identified via a unique logger device ID and is paired to the shipment material. When a shipment order is created for an asset such as a pharmaceutical product, a unique shipment order ID is generated, and a subsequent pairing to the shipment-material and the logger device pairing. After completion of the transport of the asset at the destination location the second pairing to the asset is terminated, while the shipment-order pairing between the shipment-material and the logger device is maintained.