Twenty years of cold chain

After the industry self-regulation declaration was internally adopted, the Meat Products Association released it through news websites, newspapers, and other channels. At the same time, the Meat Products Association is making every effort to implement the three commitments mentioned in the declaration.

For the testing of clenbuterol, all company members follow a unified procedure, and breach of contract clauses are included in cooperation with farmers. Special scholarships have been established at universities such as Qingning University, Qingning Polytechnic University, and Qingning Agricultural University, and a training team has been formed within the association to conduct safety and business skills training in designated areas.

Hu Shutong has recently devoted a great deal of energy to this, the most complex of which is undoubtedly the temperature control plan to be completed before the end of the year.

Currently, the RFID market in Qingyan City, including local and out-of-province branches, has seven or eight competitive companies vying for market share in various sectors such as logistics parcel tracking, bus hub management, and tobacco and alcohol anti-counterfeiting. In the meat processing industry, the application of RFID technology is still mostly limited to warehousing and sorting, and there are not many companies using temperature sensors.

The declaration immediately triggered a flurry of activity among RFID manufacturers, as their differing technical standards resulted in incompatible products. This declaration clearly demonstrates the meat industry association's determination to achieve comprehensive integration, meaning they will most likely ultimately select only one partner.

The association has a complex network of relationships, and several large companies have experience cooperating with RFID manufacturers, resulting in multiple candidates and a bidding process.

Hu Shutong strongly promoted Da Ye from beginning to end.

Beyond the general applications of radio frequency identification, he values ​​even more the new product developed by Li Zhou – Leng Yunxing!

When Hu Shutong first saw Li Zhou's product demonstration, he was inwardly amazed by the doctor's impressive skills. After working with him to analyze a lot of detailed data, Hu Shutong felt even more strongly that this was a powerful tool for cold chain transportation that was well worth promoting!

This "Cold Transport Star" is an in-vehicle information terminal system that installs hardware terminals inside the vehicle to visualize a wide range of information. For example, this system can monitor cargo temperature, vehicle location, delivery management, refueling status, and fuel consumption statistics in real time.

What Hu Shutong appreciates most is the idle speed warning feature.

According to market research conducted by Daye, half of the refrigerated trucks used during transportation are idling, either due to driving habits or scheduling issues, which has not received enough attention in the past.

Idling means the engine is producing power but not actually working; it's just idling and burning fuel, contributing nothing to transportation. The fuel consumption of 60 minutes of idling is equivalent to the fuel consumption of 80 to 120 minutes of driving.

It's important to understand that refrigerated trucks are different from private cars; they can easily carry ten or twenty tons, resulting in significant waste. Calculations show that, for a fleet of 25 refrigerated trucks, reducing idling time by just 15 minutes per day can save over 6,000 liters of fuel per year, reducing fuel costs by nearly 40,000 yuan!

Moreover, once the idling time exceeds ten seconds, the fuel consumption is higher than restarting the engine. Li Zhou's Leng Yunxing can accurately monitor these idling conditions and issue reminders.

With such a competitive product, coupled with Hu Shutong's recommendation within the association, Daye should have had little trouble winning the bid. However, Dr. Li's stubbornness was something no one had expected.

In the office, Hu Shutong crossed his arms, almost falling asleep from Li Zhou's long-winded speech.

"Dr. Li, couldn't you find someone from your company, Daye, to recommend you? Why do you have to do this yourself?"

"They don't understand, they don't understand at all."

"How about we find someone from your R&D team?"

"I didn't use them in the development of this Cold Star."

Hu Shutong scratched his forehead, but two consecutive questions displeased Li Zhou. "Mr. Hu, you're suggesting we replace him with someone else. Da Ye didn't say anything like that. Why can't he meet your standards?"

Hu Shutong thought to himself, how could Da Ye dare to offend this powerful figure? No matter how considerable the order was, he couldn't go against this strong and strange person.

"Dr. Li, could you please simplify the technical principles? Half an hour has passed and you still haven't gotten to the point about saving money. You can just gloss over things like antennas and wireless processing centers in a few words."

"They don't even understand the technical principles; how can anyone be convinced that they can save money?"

Hu Shutong hesitated, wanting to speak but stopping himself. To be honest, Dr. Li Zhou had been working for several years since graduation, and had frequent interactions with the Daye branch and Tongxing, yet even Hu Shutong didn't recognize the second person beside him. This scene made Hu Shutong realize that Dr. Li hadn't changed at all; he was still that aloof, focused technologist, and even after graduation, he hadn't developed his own social circle.

But his achievements in combining radio frequency identification with cold chain logistics are truly admirable.

"How about I demonstrate it for you?"

Li Zhou's eyes immediately lit up. "Great! Your methods are always reliable!"

Hu Shutong cleared his throat. "This equipment has been used in Tongxing for more than two months. Regarding the technical aspects, everyone can get first-hand practical data from Tongxing. Next, I will mainly talk about why Leng Yunxing was favored by Tongxing."

Li Zhou blinked rapidly. This one sentence completely disregarded the principles. He never expected that Hu Shutong would mention Tongxing so many times during this time.

Hu Shutong continued, "The cost of cold chain logistics involves not only hard investment but also numerous soft costs. Today, Daye will only mention one statistic: Cold Chain can save companies 15% to 20% on fuel consumption."

Li Zhou was still waiting for more, but Hu Shutong didn't speak again after a long while. This concise recommendation was astonishing; he had simplified everything to the word "saving money."

Li Zhou felt that Hu Shutong's description of the system was too narrow and did not fully explain its true power; it was not the complete picture of Leng Yunxing.

"N-That's all?"

"That's all."

……

I've loved cold chain logistics for twenty years.