Wondering where your online order ended up may soon be a thing of the past thanks to a new launch from Samsara which makes tracking your deliveries easier than ever.
At its Samsara Beyond event, the company revealed the Samsara Tracking Label: a smart, single-use Bluetooth adhesive label that is able to provide near-real-time visibility on where a shipment actually is.
From dispatch to delivery, the label can dial into the company’s Samsara Network along its route, allowing accurate tracking at all times - particularly useful for areas such as pharmaceuticals, where companies need to know exactly where a delivery is at all times.
Samsara Tracking Label
The Tracking Label is an adhesive-backed, flexible, paper-thin label which can have a a 45-day battery life after being activated. The battery contains no lithium or hazardous materials, meaning it can be cleared for air, ground, and rail shipments, and is suitable for disposal without special handling.
Samsara says the launch goes beyond typical trackers, which can be lost or damaged in transit, leading to a lack of information or insight into where a delivery actually is, with its network covering 99% of major US roads and tens of thousands of worksites.
“This is no longer science fiction, this is reality,” David Gal, VP of Connected Equipment at Samsara, told attendees at Samsara Beyond.
The company says cargo theft costs US businesses roughly $35 billion annually, a figure which is only set to increase over the coming years as online shopping continues to grow.
It notes how current solutions such as RFID and cellular connectivity, can struggle with cost and coverage problems - but Bluetooth can go beyond that and gives much more insight.
The label process can be scaled up easily depending on customer demand - and although specific pricing information isn’t available yet, the move could help companies of all sizes save time, money and stress on tracking their deliveries.
The Tracking Label can be managed within Samsara’s new Shipment Center and Shipment App, which seamlessly plug into an organization's existing infrastructure, regardless of which shipping carrier they use.
This platform allows customers to not only see the real-time delivery schedule and deter theft, but also let them spot issues or delays before they happen, track deliveries across borders, and provide easier dispute resolution, helping keep their customers happy.
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