Staying competitive in today’s market doesn’t just require a healthy sales funnel. In fact, what happens after you make a sale has the power to determine your future success. That means ensuring the security of your cargo, minimizing losses, focusing on on-time delivery, and prioritizing customer service. No freight tech on the market can accomplish all of these goals better than an asset tracker.
Let’s take a look at how asset trackers stack up to other technology on the market, and learn why your freight is in safer hands with pallet-level intelligenceTM.
A Leader in Freight Tech
When Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) became mandatory for tracking drivers’ Hours of Service (HOS), it seemed like a leap forward in freight tech. But soon, the limitations became clear: ELD is simply not tracking the right metrics for shippers or 3PLs (3rd-Party Logistics) to improve their process and workflow.
What can ELD offer someone specializing in ocean freight? How about helping 3PLs and freight forwarders digitize their operations surrounding the location of their assets and improve the quality of customer service by automating tracking updates?
Delivery Chain leverages sensor trackers powered by the Internet of Things that track your freight over land and sea, no matter who’s transporting it. And that’s just the beginning. Our asset tracker helps you detect damage, minimize losses, and streamline paperwork. That doesn’t just help your bottom line — it also empowers you to provide top-notch customer service.
Key Features of an Asset Tracker
Let’s take a deeper look at how an asset tracker can transform the way cargo owners, brokers, freight forwarders, and Logistics Service Providers (LSPs) do business.
For starters, asset trackers stay with your freight, no matter where it goes. Visibility of actual location and status can empower cargo owners and supply-chain managers with key information to take action — not just put out fires. Freight doesn’t sleep, so neither should the information regarding your freight. So when freight changes hands numerous times, we’ve still got you!
This is especially useful when you’re shipping Less-Than-Truckload (LTL), which make more frequent switches between hubs and even exchanging freight with other carriers, called “interlining.” Oh, and trains? They don’t have ELDs either, making them a huge potential blind spot in your ability to track your cargo the next time an Over the Road (OTR) carrier decides to throw your freight on the rail.
Delivery Chain’s asset trackers also offer empowering insights with geofencing technology. You can preset automatic trigger notifications for when your freight arrives at key waypoints. This ensures that your customers stay up-to-date on delivery times, and that you can immediately notify them of any delays.
But you won’t just be able to track location. Our trackers also include accelerometers and temperature sensors. That way, you can know when and where damage occurred. And we’ll provide essential information when filing a claim.
You might even be able to prevent losses before they happen: you can receive immediate auto-alerts on your desktop or mobile device of any temperature shifts. That way, you can contact the carrier right away to try to rectify the situation.
Our asset trackers even help you improve your workflow with documents. Our platform recognizes when an asset tracker reaches its destination so we can help you leverage automated document processing, which will support you with everything from BOLs to PODs to invoices. It’s truly the best of freight tech, all in a single package.
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Gone are the days when you lost pallets for weeks or even months on LTL shipments. Inefficient and time-wasting check calls to drivers are now a thing of the past. Know where your shipment is every time of the day or night, and rest easy. Delivery Chain’s got you covered.