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Semtech’s LoRa® Devices Track Pallet Location to Optimize Shipping and Logistics
Pallet Alliance’s IntelliPallet™ platform reduces operating costs with flexible tracking applications CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Semtech
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nPallet Alliance’s IntelliPallet™ platform reduces operating costs with flexible tracking applications\n\n CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nSemtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading supplier of high-performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, announced that Pallet Alliance, a leading innovator in comprehensive pallet management programs for multi-site manufacturing and distribution companies, has integrated Semtech’s LoRa® devices and the LoRaWAN® protocol into its IntelliPallet™ Internet of Things (IoT)-based pallet monitoring logistics platform. The IntelliPallet platform is the first of its kind in the logistics industry and enables enterprise-scale pallet management by integrating location and environmental sensors into wooden pallets, which comprise more than 90 percent of the worldwide palletized shipping market.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200312005098/en/Pallet Alliance implements Semtech's LoRa (Graphic: Business Wire)\n\n“The IntelliPallet platform integrates LoRa devices in wooden pallets to provide accurate, in-depth data over distances, enabling managers to optimize the logistical efficiency of their operations, integrate pallets into cold chain and pharmaceutical blockchain applications, and leverage data collection at the pallet level to satisfy a wide range of business requirements,” said Michael Jones, a principal at Pallet Alliance. “Semtech’s LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN protocol reduces operating costs by providing an ideal combination of low power, flexibility and simplicity in deployment to create reliable tracking applications with industry-leading battery lifetimes.”\n\n\nWooden pallets represent an economical, sustainable and customizable standard in the shipping and logistics industry. However, legacy solutions and industry practices provide limited economically feasible methods for tracking pallet location. Pallet Alliance’s IntelliPallet IoT platform delivers comprehensive location and environmental data down to the individual pallet, and reliably tracks these assets through the supply chain from manufacturer to end-user, including while in transit. Pallets equipped with LoRa-enabled sensors integrate seamlessly with existing pallets and networking infrastructures, and leverage L...