Automatic Conditions Monitoring of Perishable Products in Warehouses


Automatic Conditions Monitoring of Perishable Products in Warehouses
Published in:	Megaprojects: Building Infrastructure by Fostering Engineering Collaboration, Efficient and Effective Integration and Innovative Planning: Proceedings of the 10th Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology
Date of Conference:	July 23-25, 2012
Location of Conference:	Panama City, Panama
Authors:	César Stoll Quevedo
Refereed Paper:	#22

Abstract
The natural decay of fresh products is an unavoidable process and generates great loss a long the fresh food supply chain. The FEFO heuristic – First Expire First Out – improves the management of perishable products during its storage; nevertheless, there are strong technical limitations. This paper proposes the use of automatic conditions monitoring of fresh products in order to overcome current limitations. The proposal is based on simulation scenarios. Information and comunication technologies (ITC) support the implementation of automatic conditions monitoring of perishable products to guide the optimal inventory rotation.