Toward an intelligent solution for perishable food cold chain management

With the continuous development of Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, and artificial intelligence, many cold chain logistics providers have updated their IT solutions to enhance the quality control of perishable food products in the cold chain industry. Based on RFID, WSN, GPS, and cloud computing, a typical cloud-based IoT platform empowers a logistics company to monitor the real-time status of supervised food products and give decision support intelligently in a cost-effective way. Furthermore, complex problems such as load planning and route planning can be solved by using the artificial intelligence. Therefore, in this paper we attempt to propose and present an intelligent solution from the perspective of key enabling technologies and system framework.

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