The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), signed into law in 2011, put emphasis on proactive management of food safety. This helped to drive additional methods of ensuring that perishable foods were kept at proper temperature throughout the cold chain. Specifically, the Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food impacted a few areas: vehicles and transportation operations, staff training, and record keeping....

Written by SmartSense | August 24, 2018 | Supply Chain

Telematics has transformed the supply chain in significant ways. From improving road safety through automatic driving assistance, to simplifying navigation realized from GPS technology, transportation companies have embraced telematics as a way to enhance vehicular technology and improve fleet management.

Written by SmartSense | August 22, 2018 | Supply Chain

In the mid-nineties, Jeff Bezos founded Amazon to sell one of a few promising categories of products: compact discs, computer hardware, computer software, videos, or books. His decision to revolutionize the way we purchase books would prove to have a cascading effect on expectations with online shopping.

Written by SmartSense | August 15, 2018 | Supply Chain

Autonomous vehicles, commonly referred to as “self-driving cars,” were previously science-fiction, but in recent years have proved to be a viable technology that will undoubtedly change the way we think about driving. While most of the hype has been tied to consumer applications, such as ride-sharing services and personal vehicles being completely or at least partially outfitted with autonomous features, one of the...

Written by SmartSense | July 27, 2018 | Supply Chain

The supply chain, a series of product transfers between manufacturers, distribution centers, and retail locations, is a complex network of transactions. From raw material to finished product, every transfer throughout the chain requires documentation to ensure that product quality is not compromised, items are en route to their correct destination, and a number of other parameters that require monitoring to...

Written by SmartSense | June 14, 2018 | Supply Chain

In our second blog post about the trucking industry, we observed some of the causes of the truck driver shortage in the U.S. One major factor is the unhealthy lifestyle comprised of poor nutrition, lack of exercise, and sleep deprivation that can make the occupation unappealing to potential new recruits and force current drivers into early retirement for health reasons. In this post, we look at how some innovative...

Written by SmartSense | May 29, 2018 | Supply Chain