Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has announced the launching of SmartAir!, a tracking tool for the real-time tracking of air cargo shipments. Together with the Bonn-based start-up BlueBox Systems, Hellmann developed a web-based platform, which aims to provide customers with information about their air freight shipments, regardless of airline, route or type of shipment.
Based on GPS coordinates, SmartAir! will be providing information on all stopovers and loading times for live tracking of shipments. In addition, the system offers numerous analysis options for the performance of individual airlines, routes and airports, aiming towards the optimisation of supply chain management.
Hellmann also offers tracking for sea freight and the generally applicable Smart Visibility tracker. These can record, in addition to tracking data, information on humidity, temperature, incidence of light, vibration and door opening, thus enabling detailed transport control of shipments.
“SmartAir! is a real game-changer in the tracking of airfreight shipments, which has not been available on the market in this way before. In times of digitalization and ever smaller time windows for decisions, quickly available real-time data within global supply chains are becoming increasingly important. This will also be of particular relevance in the upcoming distribution of Covid-19 vaccines,” says Henning Pottharst, Product Manager Smart Visibility, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics.
Source: Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
