Integration
Reefer Temperature Logger Integration.
A reefer that drifts out of band at night is discovered at the RDC dock unless its logger feeds the control tower live.
What this source gives the control tower
- Live temperature against the product’s band
- Excursion start, end and duration
- The evidence QA needs to decide on release
How SCM for Manufacturers reads it
Telematics and loggers feed the ETA model and the cold-chain band on every reefer in transit. Portable loggers cover hired vehicles, and temperature compliance is reported per transporter.
Checks before anything goes live
- Logger mapped to vehicle, trip and batch
- Band set per product
- Gaps in readings shown as gaps
- Excursions routed to QA with duration
All six sources land on one record per trip in SCM for Manufacturers: the ERP dispatch sheet, carrier MIS files, FASTag and SIM, GPS and carrier APIs, the gate handheld, and POD with reconciliation. Every conflict with what is already recorded waits for a person. See the control tower guide.
Questions
Can portable loggers be used in hired reefers?
Yes. Portable loggers travel with the load and report against the trip, so the vehicle owner does not matter.
What happens when a reefer goes out of band?
An excursion is opened with its start time and routed to QA and logistics; its duration and the batch decide what happens next.
See it on your own data. SCM for Manufacturers puts the plant gate, carriers, RDC stock, cold chain and OTIF on one control tower. Book a 30-minute working session with an engineer.