When it comes to transporting pharmaceutical products, several factors come into play that operators need to pay attention to.
Under government regulations, for example, there are many policies and procedures in place to ensure adequate transport methods for safe, secure and timely delivery of medications.
One of the most crucial ones is that cold chain medicines should be transported under conditions that have been validated or are monitored to ensure that the relevant temperature range is maintained during transport, as stated in the Australian code of good wholesaling practice for medicines in schedules 2, 3, 4 & 8.
Schmitz Cargobull’s refrigerated trailers themselves fulfil these precise requirements by meeting the exacting quality standards for pharmaceutical transport.
With the launch of the Schmitz Cargobull telematics system, TrailerConnect, in the Australian market, operators can ensure even further protection of sensitive freight by having the conditions of their refrigerated trailers monitored at all times.
ZJD Transport, based in New South Wales, has been trialling the TrailerConnects telematics system over the past couple of months through a new Schmitz Cargobull refrigerated trailer.
The unit has been transporting pharmaceutical products such as medicines and vaccines to hospitals, and according to ZJD Transport owner, Zvonko Naumoski, it has been vital not only to his operations but to the end user as well.
“The trailer means a lot to our business because people are relying on the products that we’re carrying inside,” he says. “We have to deliver medicine to the hospitals at the exact temperature. If it isn’t transported at the right temperature and a patient gets the medicine, they could die.
“That’s why it’s so important to us. We need a trailer like this because it’s keeping the temperature exactly how we want it.”
Image: Schmitz Cargobull.While the trailer’s ability to retain its temperature so effectively is mostly due to Schmitz Cargobull’s renowned FERROPLAST body, the TrailerConnect telematics system eliminates any potential risks during transport.
TrailerConnect, having already been proven overseas, can play a massive role in ensuring transparency and end-to-end documentation of the refrigeration chain in Australia.
With TrailerConnect FleetTrack, operators can manage, plan and monitor their fleet through one portal for refrigerated, pharmaceutical or general cargo transport.
FleetTrack provides accurate fleet visualisation by displaying the trailer’s exact geographical position and availability in real time, while also offering comprehensive notification and alarm configuration as well as personal reporting and a history of all events, positions and temperatures.
It also offers permanent information about door and coupling status.
Meanwhile, TrailerConnect’s TourTrack can follow vehicles and share information on a job-by-job analysis with targeted and selected data for each route, coupled with route-based real time monitoring including estimated time of arrival (ETA) and automatic generation of order-related temperature reports.
In addition, TrailerConnect FleetWatch provides real-time monitoring of the refrigeration machines themselves to ensure temperatures are maintained.
It has an automatic fault analysis with recommendations for remedial action, and in the event of breakdowns, it can refer operators to nearby service partners.
Furthermore, the TrailerConnect Data Management Centre essentially offers data integration all in the one place.
This includes infrastructure and consolidated platform for all telematics data, individual and secure configuration of the data streams as well as visualisation of the entire transport network, including subcontractors.
“It’s really good how the system connects to the trailer so that I can follow everything from my app,” Zvonko says. “For my business, it is very important because Schmitz Cargobull monitors everything. They know exactly where I am, what I’m doing, how many kilometres I’ve travelled, what the temperature is inside the trailer and even when I’m due for a service.
“The telematics system that they’re putting into their trailers is very good. Because they’re always monitoring the trailer, they will notice if something is wrong before I will.”
Prior to his use of the new refrigerated trailer and telematics system in Australia, Zvonko utilised a fleet of over 20 Schmitz Cargobull units at his transport business back in Germany which consisted of a mix of refrigerated and curtainsider trailers.
He was so impressed with the product and how it performed in transporting pharmaceutical products all across Europe that when he came to Australia, there were no second thoughts in returning back to Schmitz Cargobull.
“We were using Schmitz Cargobull trailers all the time in Germany, and they were the best,” he says. “A friend of mine bought one and he was very happy with it, so that’s why I chose to go with Schmitz Cargobull. I found that they were very easy to use and they weren’t too heavy either. They are very good trailers.”
Zvonko’s experience with the new trial trailer in Australia has been no different.
“I’m very happy with how it works and how it handles on the roads,” he says. “I can’t say anything bad about it. Everything is perfect, from the box to the wheels to the chassis.”
The Schmitz Cargobull trailer is also a favourite among ZJD Transport’s customers – Zvonko says he often gets requests for the vehicle to be used specifically for jobs.
“My customers are always asking for this trailer,” he says. “They are really happy that I’m using this trailer, and that we’re using the telematics system as well because it’s following what we do. We haven’t heard one bad thing about it from our customers, so it’s very good for everyone, not just for me.
“I’m very happy with the trailer and the service I have received. Schmitz Cargobull is a really good company and I’m looking forward to buying more trailers from them in the future.”
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