Transportation & logistics
Track the cargo. Not just the truck.
Visibility down to the individual pallet, at a cost that makes sense.
Trucks are tracked. Trailers are tracked. But visibility into the individual pallets and assets inside them can quickly disappear as cargo moves through the transportation network.
SPARQ extends visibility directly to the cargo. Low-cost tracking options make it practical to track even lower-value shipments, extending the ROI of asset tracking and allowing tracking costs to be incorporated into the overall cost of the shipment.
At the facility
Know when cargo is staged, loaded, unloaded or waiting, with precise location visibility where required.
In transit
Maintain visibility between facilities, terminals and destinations, across the country or around the globe.
Through the network
Follow individual pallets through complex LTL journeys, even as terminals, trailers and vehicles change.
At delivery
Improve visibility into shipment progress and arrival, helping reduce missed delivery windows, costly penalties and customer frustration.
One shipment. Every pallet. Continuous visibility.
The cost of not knowing
Limited cargo visibility creates costs throughout the journey.
The consequences can occur at every stage, but four areas can have the greatest financial and operational impact.
Lost, stolen or misrouted cargo
Cargo moving through multiple terminals, trailers and vehicles can be lost, stolen or sent in the wrong direction, creating significant replacement, recovery and service costs.
SPARQ provides location and movement history, including the last known position, and can generate alerts when expected movement occurs, or when cargo fails to move when it should.
Missed delivery windows
Poor visibility makes it harder to anticipate delays and manage delivery commitments.
Missed windows can result in penalties, detention, re-delivery, expedited freight and other avoidable costs.
Customer relationships & revenue
Knowing where the truck is doesn't always answer the customer's most important question: “Where is my shipment?”
Cargo-level visibility enables more reliable answers, faster issue resolution and greater delivery confidence, helping protect customer relationships and future business.
Searching & handling
When individual pallets can't be located quickly, employees spend valuable time searching terminals, warehouses and staging areas, adding handling costs and slowing freight movement.
Know more than where the truck is.
Know where the cargo is. Know where it's going. Know when something isn't right.
Where SPARQ creates value
Extend visibility to the cargo, economically.
SPARQ combines long-life reusable devices with low-cost tracking options, allowing transportation companies to match the tracker to the value, journey and requirements of the shipment.
Individual pallets
Make pallet-level visibility practical.
Low-cost, lightweight trackers extend visibility to individual pallets and lower-value shipments where traditional tracking costs can be difficult to justify. Tracking costs can be incorporated into the overall shipment cost, eliminating the need to recover and reuse every device.
LTL shipments
Maintain identity through a complex journey.
Follow individual pallets as they move through multiple terminals, trailers and vehicles before reaching their destination. Know where the pallet is, where it's been and where it's going, even when the vehicle carrying it changes.
High-value & sensitive cargo
More visibility where the risk is greater.
Use long-life, purpose-selected trackers for higher-value cargo where location history, movement alerts and exception monitoring can help reduce risk.
Terminals & facilities
Turn transportation facilities into visibility zones.
Know when cargo arrives, where it is staged and when it leaves, with greater location precision where operationally valuable.
Returnable transport assets
Track the assets that keep freight moving.
Maintain visibility into reusable pallets, containers, racks and other transportation assets as they circulate between terminals, customers and partners. Reduce lost assets, unnecessary replacements and oversized asset pools.
The right tracker for the right shipment.
From a single pallet to a high-value asset, extend visibility wherever the economics make sense.
Visibility that travels with the load
From shipper to destination, maintain visibility throughout the journey.
SPARQ combines a Traveller device with low-cost pallet trackers to provide load visibility throughout the journey, while maintaining the identity of individual pallets within the load.
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At the shipper
One load. Individual pallet identities.
A Traveller is assigned to the load, with low-cost SPARQ trackers identifying the individual pallets travelling with it.
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On the road
Traveller keeps the load connected.
Traveller uses cellular connectivity in transit while communicating with the individual pallet trackers through SPARQ's highly efficient Bluetooth network. As long as pallets remain within range of Traveller, their presence within the load is maintained.
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Through SPARQ-enabled facilities
More infrastructure. Greater visibility.
When the load enters a SPARQ-enabled terminal or facility, Traveller transitions from cellular to the SPARQ network, significantly reducing power consumption while providing greater location visibility. The facility infrastructure can also identify individual pallet trackers within the location.
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When something changes
Identify exceptions when they happen.
If a pallet separates from the load, SPARQ can identify that it is no longer travelling with the group and retain its last known location and movement history. Alerts can notify users when expected movement, or lack of movement, indicates something isn't right.
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Before delivery
Know when the load is expected to arrive.
SPARQ can estimate arrival time throughout the journey and identify when a shipment is at risk of missing its scheduled delivery window. Alerts can notify operations teams, while updated expected arrival information can be shared with customers, providing time to respond before a late shipment becomes a bigger problem.
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At destination
Complete the journey.
Confirm load arrival and maintain a record of the journey, including the pallets associated with the load and any exceptions along the way.
One load. Individual pallet identity. Continuous journey visibility.
Know where the load is. Know what's travelling with it. Know when it will arrive. Know when something changes.
The SPARQ transportation model
Make cargo-level visibility economically practical.
SPARQ combines a connected Traveller with low-cost pallet trackers to extend visibility from the vehicle to the load, while keeping the economics practical for everyday shipments.
One Traveller per load
Maintain connectivity throughout the journey.
Traveller provides the connection for the load, using cellular while in transit and the SPARQ network when available.
Low-cost trackers
Give individual pallets an identity.
Low-cost pallet trackers identify what is travelling with the load without requiring an expensive connected device on every pallet. The tracking cost can be incorporated into the overall shipment cost, extending visibility to lower-value cargo.
Exception intelligence
Know when something changes.
Identify when an individual pallet is no longer travelling with the load, retain its last known location and generate alerts when movement doesn't occur as expected.
Delivery intelligence
Know when the shipment will arrive.
Estimate arrival times, identify shipments at risk of missing delivery windows and notify operations teams before the exception becomes more costly. Updated arrival information can also be shared with customers.
The business case
- Fewer lost or misrouted shipments: identify exceptions earlier and retain last-seen information.
- Reduced delivery penalties: identify potential missed windows early.
- Lower tracking cost: one connected Traveller plus low-cost pallet trackers rather than cellular on every pallet.
- Lower labour & handling costs: reduce locating and reconciling freight.
- Better customer experience: more accurate information and proactive ETA updates.
Track more cargo. Create more value.
Extend visibility to shipments where traditional tracking economics haven't made sense.
What would cargo-level visibility change for your operation?
See how SPARQ can extend visibility from the load to the individual pallets travelling with it, while keeping the economics practical.
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