IoT gateway is becoming a pillar of the logistics and transportation industry. The outbreak of COVID-19 has a significant negative impact on the smooth progress of global logistics, transportation, and product management. Inevitably, operators will face delays in the production and delivery of products, and they can’t do anything about the goods in transit.
Automotive OEMs like General Motors also temporarily shut down their manufacturing plants during the pandemic to prevent the spread of the virus. Big automotive suppliers, such as the Schaeffler Group, have adjusted their production schedules in Germany. The unsmooth progress of the supply chain caused by the epidemic involved all walks of life, promoting the demand for the industrial Internet of things in logistics and transportation management solutions.
With the application of big data and industrial Internet technology, the traditional model of the logistics industry has been brought into the new logistics era, and the industrial IoT gateway has gradually become an important part of the logistics and transportation industry. Based on industrial Internet technology, the IoT gateway can monitor and analyze all aspects of logistics’ real-time status and ultimately help enterprises realize efficient management.
Application of industrial Internet of things gateway in logistics transportation Management:
Industrial IoT gateway will provide high-speed wireless Internet connection for all stakeholders to ensure the smooth progress of logistics and transportation management. Besides, high quality industrial IoT gateway will provide inbound network access for maintenance and telemetry data.
Intelligent Transportation
Based on a GPS to locate the location and status of vehicles, IoT gateway enables enterprises to control the information of vehicles and goods in time and realize online docking supply and demand information of freight. It can also effectively integrate the scattered freight market and improve the operation efficiency of transportation.
Intelligent Warehousing
Relying on industrial Internet technology, IoT gateway can help plan, organize, guide and control all kinds of resources in the warehouse, and realize the management of goods storage and movement (warehousing and outbound). The integration, tracking, and sharing of warehousing information by IoT gateway can effectively realize the automation of picking up and accuracy of order processing.
Intelligent Distribution
With the help of industrial Internet platform, sensor and mobile communication technology, the industrial IoT gateway has played a great role in real-time monitoring the cargo volume of each warehouse and transfer center, extracting the required information of resource allocation, optimizing the transportation route and improving the loading rate of trucks.
Intelligent Scheduling
IoT gateway can help business owners integrate orders, vehicles, goods, personnel, and other resources. Through analysis of big data, industrial IoT gateway puts forward the optimal transportation scheme, distribution scheme, logistics scheme, storage scheme, and emergency disposal scheme so as to meet customer demand to the greatest extent and reduce logistics cost.
Industrial IoT gateway is an indispensable driving force in the future. With the cost reduction and standardization, IoT gateway should become an integrated platform.
Robustel is undoubtedly one of the world’s leading manufacturers of industrial quality solutions for the IoT and M2M market. Robustel offers a wide range of deployment solutions and compact industrial IoT gateways that provide reliable deployment with stable network connectivity and various inputs wrapped in industrial-strength housing.
Robustel industrial IoT gateway supports GSM / GPRS / edge 2G network, WCDMA,3G networks, HSPA + 3.5G, and LTE 4G network. It provides high-speed wireless network bandwidth for the device through a wireless connection, and it has dual sim card backup to ensure the stable connection of the wireless network. These unique characteristics make Robustel industrial IoT gateway play an important role in managing the logistics and transportation industry during the pandemic.
