The future of Smart Load Units
Doing things just a little smarter: that's how we like to work at Van den Bosch. Which is why we put so much effort into obtaining data which delivers valuable insights. Recently we've partnered with Xeelas, a specialist in monitoring and tracking hardware, to develop Smart Load Units.
Smart Load Units originated from the philosophy that a container should be the source of all relevant information. Currently we receive information from the truck's on-board computer including the real-time location, the amount of traffic on the road and the estimated time of arrival. In the case of intermodal transport, this is particularly time consuming and challenging. Additionally, shippers need more comprehensive and more detailed information - and they need it much faster. That's why we asked ourselves the question: What would it take to get this information from the container into our systems in a fully automated way?