PINC Solutions Announces New Extension of Yard Hound™ Products
for Real-Time Monitoring of Temperature Controlled Trailers
Released
on: April 29, 2009, 4:02 am
Author: PINC Solutions
Industry: Transportation
& Logistics
BERKELEY,
CA, April 28, 2009 – PINC Solutions, the leader in cost-effective
yard management solutions based on real-time asset visibility
technologies, announces the latest addition to its growing portfolio
of RTLS-enabled yard visibility and management products for cold
chain management applications. Yard Hound Reefer enables automated,
remote monitoring of the current temperature inside refrigerated
trailers and their fuel levels. With Yard Hound Reefer installed,
the yard personnel can effectively supervise refrigerated trailers
without conducting repeated, time-consuming manual checks.
Design
with the same principle of scalable architecture and minimal infrastructure
requirements as the core Yard Hound systems, Yard Hound Reefer
leverages passive RFID and IEEE 802.15.4-standard based mesh networking
technology for transmitting monitored information from the trailers
back to the database in real-time. Available with permanent or
temporary mounting options, the PINC Reefer Tag is a PINC Tag
enhanced with a low-power circuitry to monitor temperature, fuel
level, and the status of the attached trailer refrigeration unit.
Customer configurable, automatic alarms and notifications can
be set to alert of events such as temperature exceeding alarm
set point or fuel-level decreasing below predefined threshold.
Trailer temperature history and preventive maintenance information
of the monitored units are also available through the system.
Key benefits of Yard Hound Reefer
include
• Save labor costs for frequent yard checks for visual inspections
• Prevent costly product shrinkage due to spoilage and the
resultant insurance claim
• Lower fuel consumption and associated greenhouse gas emission
• Optimize yard zoning by eliminating the constraint of
proximity to the guard
• Reduce maintenance and repair costs
About
PINC Solutions
PINC
is a privately held company headquartered in Berkeley, California.
Its real time asset visibility and management solution, Yard Hound™,
is deployed at industry-leading customers in manufacturing, retail
and transportation sectors throughout North America. PINC’s
clients include Fortune-500 businesses as well as leaders in the
SMB segment. PINC has pioneered the development a unique RTLS
platform using passive RFID, MEMS and other wireless sensors to
determine the item position in real time, eliminating the need
for heavy capital investment in the infrastructure. The Yard Hound
systems are turnkey solutions delivered over the web on a Software-as-a-Service
(SaaS) platform. These systems have already proven their value
through immediate efficiency improvements in customers’
daily operations, with the overall improvements in economics typically
generating a positive ROI in less than a year. For more information
about PINC Solutions and the Yard Hound products, please visit
www.pincsolutions.com
Media Contacts
PINC Solutions: Michelle Kiang
(press@pincsolutions.com, +1 510-845-4900)
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Contact Details: PINC Solutions
2095 Rose Street, Berkeley, CA 94709
510-845-4900
www.pincsolutions.com
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