SPC, an Australian company that distributes canned fruit and other ambient products, began shipping refrigerated goods for the first time in 2012. They implemented the TempTRIP® temperature monitoring system to track shipments of chilled products from their factory in Shepparton to destinations around Australia. TempTRIP® data allowed SPC to ensure products reached customers in good condition and identify issues with transportation so they could be addressed. The system proved so useful that temperature monitoring quickly became a mandatory part of SPC's quality assurance process for shipping refrigerated goods.

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THEN DELIVER.
WILPAK CLIENT
CASE STUDY:
SPC

2. SPC are well known for
distributing ambient products
such as tinned fruit around
Australia and overseas.
In 2012, SPC took on a new chilled
product range which meant for
the first time, a refrigerated goods
product line was being shipped
around Australia.
With that in mind, the management
team at SPC were looking for tools
to help manage this new process.
Brett Morrison from SPC noted
that “We were in new territory as
the transportation of refrigerated
goods wasn’t our space.”
“When we came across TempTRIP®,
it certainly helped us understand
what was happening when the
goods left our Shepparton factory
and then later assisted us to
make better overall transportation
decisions”.
SPC implemented a two step
process where data was
downloaded from TempTRIP® in
two batches.
The first download occurred
when goods were transported from
Shepparton to Melbourne. The
second reading occurred during
the leg from Melbourne to the
destination, where a third party
carrier became responsible for the
goods.
“Once the process was in
place at our end and with
our carrier, it was easy and
worked well”
TempTRIP® data allowed SPC to
ensure the chilled products reached
the end user in the best possible
condition and also assisted in
the identification of trouble spots,
which could then be fixed before
they became larger issues.
TempTRIP® started as a short
term management tool, however
quickly transformed into a
quality assurance process
which became mandatory
with each shipment.
Find out more about the benefits of
TempTRIP® at www.wilpak.com.au

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