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An architecture for reliable transportation of delicate goods

dc.contributor.authorMatos, Paulo
dc.contributor.authorRufino, José
dc.contributor.authorLopes, Rui Pedro
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-10T15:32:55Z
dc.date.available2023-03-10T15:32:55Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractAdequate conditions are critical to avoiding damage or degradation of products during transportation, especially in the case of delicate goods like food products, live animals, precision machinery or art items, among others. The damages are not always readily identified: sometimes they are only detected several days or weeks after the merchandise has been delivered. Moreover, it may be hard to assess if the problems resulted from the transport conditions, and it may be even harder to prove it, making it difficult to determine and assign responsibilities. Also, transport is a global business, typically involving different companies and means (truck, train, plane, ship, …). Usually, customers hire the service to a single commercial entity, but the service is performed by several companies, like transporters, stockists and dispatchers. To know whether the transport requirements are fulfilled or not is thus essential to assessing responsibilities and encouraging compliance by all the players in the process. In this paper, the authors propose an architecture that allows certifying, in an exempt manner, the conditions under which the transport of sensitive goods are carried out. In case of compliance, it protects the entities of the transport chain and ensures the customer that the merchandise has not been subject to conditions that may have affected its integrity or quality. If problems are detected, it allows to identify the non‐compliant players and to assign responsibilities. The solution is based on ultra‐low‐power, low‐cost devices (equipped with several sensors, a real‐time clock, and Bluetooth Low Energy services), a mobile application and several cloud services (including a Coordinated Universal Time service)pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationMatos, Paulo; Rufino, José; Lopes, Rui Pedro (2021). An architecture for reliable transportation of delicate goods. Sensors. ISSN 1424-8220. 21:8.pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/s21082645pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1424-8220
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/27631
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherMDPI AGpt_PT
dc.relationFCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia within the Project Scope:UIDB/05757/2020.pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectBLEpt_PT
dc.subjectBlockchainspt_PT
dc.subjectDelicate goodspt_PT
dc.subjectIoTpt_PT
dc.subjectTransportationpt_PT
dc.subjectUltra-low powerpt_PT
dc.titleAn architecture for reliable transportation of delicate goodspt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.issue8pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleSensorspt_PT
oaire.citation.volume21pt_PT
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person.givenNameJosé
person.givenNameRui Pedro
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