Interactive Freight Systems – SmartFreight Tracker4Transport
The Australian Business Award for New Product Innovation recognises new products and services that provide innovative solutions for new and existing market needs.
Operating in enterprise, professional and express capacities, SmartFreight Tracker4Transport is a low cost, electronic freight tracking solution. It includes a proof of delivery (POD) system for newer, lower capitalised carrier entrants to the market and customers who operate their own fleet of vehicles, but have no way of tracking or providing proof of delivery on these deliveries.
IFS’s SmartFreight Tracker4Transport platform is designed to work in five steps, offering digital functionality that automates key processes whilst maintaining flexibility for customization and the ability to operate in mobile environments. IFS operate a highly secure closed data centre to facilitate the movement of consignment data from SmartFreight. This data centre has multiple industrial servers and utilises multiple internet service providers for redundancy purposes.
As an entry level solution, the platform aims to maximise accessibility by being user friendly and scalable at a low price point. As a result, Interactive Freight Systems have been recognised with a New Product Innovation Award in the Australian Business Awards 2016 for the design and development of SmartFreight Tracker4Transport.
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