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SpotBot Cellular with Real Time Temperature Alarms
We’ve added temperature-threshold monitoring to our leading impact-monitoring device SpotBot™ Cellular, bringing even more supply chain data and transparency to the fingertips of its users. With this additional information accessible anywhere through the SpotSee...

SpotBot Cellular is Certified in Brazil
Spotsee has earned the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) Certification for its impact-monitoring device, SpotBot™, allowing it to be sold and used in Brazil. As a global company, it is important that SpotSee can serve customers around the globe. All wireless...

SpotBot Cellular is Certified in Japan
SpotSee has earned the Giteki mark for its impact-monitoring device SpotBot™, allowing it to be sold in Japan. As a global company, it is important that SpotSee can serve customers around the globe. All wireless devices sold in Japan must be tested to obtain...

How Vibration Monitoring and Preventive Maintenance Increase Efficiency By Modern Pumping Today
In most scenarios, preventive maintenance is a more cost- and time-effective solution to increase efficiency rather than waiting for it to fail and having to stop operations to repair or replace the broken piece. The latter requires the company to accrue downtime and...

Introducing ShockLog Cellular
We are pleased to announce the launch of the ShockLog Cellular module, a cellular-connected accessory that is easily added to any ShockLog® 298 impact recorder, giving users real-time alerts, along with date, time and location, of potentially damaging events. Trip...

SpotSee at Breakbulk Americas 2018
There’s no shortage of new products and ideas at a trade show, but what’s the point if you leave without something actionable? As the global leader in supply chain monitoring, we were excited to show you the industry’s preferred solution to your break bulk logistics...

Oil and Gas Producers – Increase Up Time and Reduce Costs
Downtime can be the biggest cost to your oil and gas operation, but it can be avoided. Spotsee provides critical monitoring to oil and gas equipment while in transit and in use, alerting users of potential damage and warning them of equipment failure before it occurs....

SpotSee Opens Global Calibration Facility in Brazil
SpotSee has opened a new global calibration facility in São Paulo, Brazil, to better serve its international customers by quickly and cost-effectively servicing ShockLog® units. ShockLog units must receive firmware updates and be recalibrated every year in order to...

How to Keep Medication Safe During Home Deliveries
Baby boomers started turning 65 in 2011 and the American Hospital Association projects that by 2030, more than 60 percent of this generation will be managing more than one chronic condition, increasing the need for medication. As the population ages and medical...

Blockchain in Logistics and Supply Chain
We’ve joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA) to help develop the standards for blockchain in the transportation market. What does this mean? While supply chains are highly complex global environments within the transportation industry, blockchain can help...

Using Satellite Communication to Show Real-Time Supply Chain Damage
When high-dollar assets like power transformers are being shipped to remote areas like the jungles of the Amazon, it can be difficult to track and review damages that occur. The SpotSee Cloud receives data from devices either through cellular or satellite...

How to Monitor Power Transformers In-Transit
“Power transformers are intricate and expensive pieces of equipment that are susceptible to damage during transit.Knowing a transformer was potentially damaged before installation could save companies millions of dollars,” said Angela Kerr, Vice President of Product...

Logistics Visibility Through Connected Recorders
“An average shipment is handled 10 times before it reaches its destination,” said Angela Kerr, vice president of product portfolio & project management, SpotSee. “SpotSee adds visibility to the supply chain by connecting users with their assets through our...

Pipeline Oil and Gas Magazine Talks with SpotSee
Pipeline Oil and Gas Magazine is the market leading oil and gas publication since 1996. They are the most dependable source for global oil and gas news and updates. We were very excited to sit down with the publication to discuss new technology in transformers, market...

Keeping Food Out of the ‘Danger Zone’
Specifically, the “Danger Zone” for bacteria growth is between 40 degrees Fahrenheit and 140 degrees Fahrenheit. In this zone, bacteria grows most rapidly and can double in number in as little as 20 minutes. For suppliers, not keeping temperatures below or above this...

SpotSee Names Jan van Niekerk VP of Engineering and Innovation
SpotSee announced today that it has appointed Jan Van Niekerk as the company’s vice president of engineering and innovation. In this role, Jan Niekerk will be responsible for the gathering of direct insight from targeted customers and translating customer problems...

How to Prevent Downtime and Mechanical Failure in Mining Facilities
SpotSee is making mining facility downtime and mechanical failures a thing of the past with the OpsWatch Vibration Monitoring System. The product delivers real-time impact and vibration information, which allows users to spot trends and identify potential issues...

SpotSee Opens New Facility in Chihuahua, Mexico
SpotSee has opened a new facility in Chihuahua, Mexico, to better reach its customers, more easily manufacture products in-house and continue its global expansion.“Sixty percent of our revenue comes from outside the U.S.,” said Ted Harvey, vice president of...

Types of Data Loggers
What is a Data Logger? A data logger is an electronic device designed to record measurements at specific intervals. Measurements can include water temperature and water level, air temperature, humidity, current and voltage, variations in pressure, light intensity,...

SpotSee Pursues Legal Action After Counterfeit Raid in Taiwan
SpotSee, a global internet of things (IoT) connectivity platform and parent company to leading logistics monitoring brands ShockWatch®, SpotBot, ShockLog® OpsWatch, ShockLog Satellite and WarmMark®, orchestrated a raid of suspected ShockWatch product counterfeiters in...