Nimble Wireless: Restaurant Temperature Monitoring

Use Case – Restaurant Temperature Monitoring

Use Case – Restaurant Temperature Monitoring #CS20001113 Nov, 2015

Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3

Restaurant Temperature Monitoring – The Problem ......................................................................................................................... 3

The Solution ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4

Cost Savings ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4

Nimble’s Temperature Monitoring Solution ......................................................................................................................................... 5

Benefits of Nimble’s Wireless temperature monitoring ...................................................................................................................... 6

About Us ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7

Contents


Introduction The objective of this primer is to provide the reader with an understanding of how an Indian restaurant chain used Nimble's temperature monitoring solution to reduce food wastage due to the failure of walk-in cooler.

Restaurant Temperature Monitoring – The Problem A leading restaurant chain in India with over 70+ outlets had an issue with their walk-in coolers. Due to frequent voltage fluctuations during Indian summers, the cooler's compressor fails quite often. When the cooler temperature failure is identified, the store admin would call the company's support team who will send a technician to fix the issue. On an average, the whole process of identifying the failure and attending the issue takes about 5 – 6 hours. If the situation goes unnoticed during a busy day or at night, good amount of food gets spoilt. To be safe, they had to dispose of all the food in the cooler and restrict restaurant service until the cooler was fixed and restocked. In this way, the company was losing nearly 20% of food during summer months.

The company wanted a solution that can alert their managers automatically when there is temperature failure. They wanted a reliable and automated wireless temperature monitoring solution that helps them reduce wastage and also increase their ROI, in the long run.


The Solution Nimble Wireless provided an end-to-end temperature monitoring solution to help the company reduce food wastage. Every walk-in cooler was fitted with a remote temperature monitoring device that would wirelessly communicate with a cellular gateway placed inside the store. The device will collect temperature data every 15 minutes and forward them to the mobile gateway. All the data is then forwarded through a cellular network to the IRIS cloud application.

The IRIS cloud application aggregates the data collected from all the stores and displays it on a remote dashboard. The managers were given a secure login to access the dashboard. Using the dashboard, the managers can have a bird's eye on all the freezers across different stores. Notifications were setup to alert their staff if any door is not fully shut or if temperature readings are above their limit, allowing them to respond appropriately. The admin can now act swiftly and change the freezer or move the stored ice creams to a different freezer. This way the company reduced its wastage from 20% to about 5% in summer.

Cost Savings For an initial investment of less than Rs. 40,000 ($550), the customer was able to deploy a comprehensive solution addressing all of their needs. Each walk-in refrigerator/freezer (one in each outlet) that the company is monitoring contains upwards of Rs. 1,200,000 (~$20,000) worth of food product.

Within the first month, there was an incident where a cooler door was not shut completely at the end of a shift, and another incident when the cooler compressor went out of order, which could have resulted in several thousands of dollars in spoiled inventory. Both the incidents were averted in time, and food spoilage was reduced drastically.


Nimble’s Temperature Monitoring Solution Nimble provides both hardware and software needed for reliable temperature monitoring thus providing a complete end-to-end solution. Unlike other products and temperature data loggers, Nimble’s devices are truly wireless devices that can run on both battery and power, the devices use Zigbee and cellular network to communicate the temperature data. With the built-in battery, the devices send temperature data even during a power outage, which is the at most needed time to monitor temperature.

Toucan devices send data through cellular

network

The data is stored and processed in cloud

NIMBLE’s IRIS Application correlates the collected data

Monitor freezers temperature remotely using desktop/mobile Configure the devices

using IRIS Application

Multi Point Temperature Monitoring

Toucan Cellular gateway

Cold Store Room

SORA Wireless Sensors

Deep freezer


Visible Cooler


SORA Wireless Sensors collects and sends the temperature data wirelessly to the cellular gateway


Benefits of Nimble’s Wireless temperature monitoring Simple and easy installation –Drop/Snap the device inside the storage containers and

configure it over the air

Simple automated alerts – When temperature excursions occur an automated alert is sent

as a text message and/or email.

Easy to track, trace and monitor assets – Monitor real‐time temperature and GPS location

right from desktop or mobile using IRIS application

Simple configurable settings– Configure threshold limits and set geo‐fence right from the

dashboard in simple steps.

One click reports ‐ View and download temperature history reports for compliance

purpose

Easily scalable – Monitor temperature from a single container to multiple storage

warehouses. Segregate them based on customized names, type of assets, region, etc.

Secure cloud storage‐ Data is stored and processed on secure cloud storage.

Easy access to data ‐ Access to information online in real time from any computer or

smartphone

• Toucan T25 has built-in GPS sensor to track asset’s location and temperature in real time • SORA Sensors can be placed in different rooms or floors and can also be used as a repeater to connect to the gateway • Optional External battery to extend battery life up to 3 years

SORA Sensor & Toucan T30 Toucan T20/25

Dimensions 63 X 60 X 32 mm 98 X 63 X 26 mm

Senor Temperature/Ambient/ Proximity

Temperature/Ambient/ Proximity

Temperature Sensor Type External Probe External Probe

Connectivity ZigBee/Wi-Fi (CDMA/GSM through gateway Toucan T30)

CDMA/GSM

Usage Multi-Point Temperature Sensor Single-Point Temperature Sensor


About Us Nimble Wireless is a leading M2M/IOT company. Nimble’s Toucan and SORA devices help customers to track and monitor assets remotely. The IRIS cloud application alerts users when something goes wrong and provides readable reports. Thus, providing an end-to-end solution for Asset Tracking, Cold Chain Monitoring, and Energy Monitoring. With worldwide GSM compatibility and certified by FCC for Verizon and Sprint in the U.S for asset monitoring and tracking.

www.nimblewireless.com INDIA

[email protected] +91-44-42656219

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Nimble Wireless: Restaurant Temperature Monitoring