FedEx adopts the monitoring technology of the Internet of things.

As an important part of the new generation of information technology, the Internet of things (The Internet of Things) is more and more used in logistics, retail and other industries, and FedEx is the first in the industry to use this technology.
FedEx recently has been widely used in the United States SenseAware service development to Hongkong, in addition to the real-time monitoring of goods location, temperature, humidity, impact induction function of the latest, more of the goods is beyond the degree impact customer default, immediately send warnings to remedy. In Hongkong, there are technical company developed a similar technology, at present is mainly used to monitor the retailer shops of goods, service promotion still need time.
FedEx said, Hongkong as the Asian trading hub, to deal with all kinds of precious and emergency goods demand is very large, such as emergency medical equipment, high-tech parts, confidential documents, art and wine. Company many years ago has been leading the world to create a shipment tracking technology, this technology has been in the industry for popularity, through the SenseAware service, the goods tracking and monitoring, can be to a new height.
The service is independent of the courier service, customers need to purchase the corresponding hardware, software, and can be used on its own, the sensor placed on the goods, send goods set position, temperature, humidity, air pressure and other information according to their own needs frequency, a new function is the induced impact, customers can set a the upper limit of the impact, if the goods have impact intensity exceeds the limit value, it will send a warning, express company in accordance with the requirements of customers in a recent site inspection of goods. Customers may also be used for other SenseAware courier service company, or monitor the inventory, unrestricted.
In addition to tracking, monitoring of goods, SenseAware also help customer to collect the information of supply chain, through the collation of the data, can be further on the transport path to optimize the design, improve the safety and efficiency of the transport of goods. It is reported, the service is currently Cathay Pacific Airways, Delta Airlines, Qantas Airways, United Airlines and private aircraft carriers use etc..
In fact, Hongkong is also a technology company developed a similar technique, and has been pushed to the market. Science information technology and telecommunications industry market and sales manager Zheng Peiqiang said, in Hong Kong, the Internet of things technology currently used mainly for retail, such as existing jewelry retailer using the technology to monitor the shop goods, such as supervision of other valuable construction equipment, flow management is also involved, but in the logistics, especially express, at present used less. He stressed that, for the small and medium enterprises, cost effect is the focus of their consideration.
FedEx says, there are customers expressed interest in SenseAware, but the service promotion, need time. Relative to the input, the Internet of things technology can bring more benefit for the business.
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MYEX min Asia International Express
2013-07-27