Design and Implementing of IoT Based Container Operating Management System

This era would be addressed as the Internet of things (IoT) era
where millions of devices, sensors, vehicles and humans are
connected and reacted together. Using IoT in supply chain
management and logistics could be considered as one of the
promising IoT applications as it can optimize both cost and
operating time. This work proposed a frame work for tracking
containers using physical devices as GPS tracker, GSM modem
and Internet as connection media to optimize its journey cost and
time. The original studied shows that manual system of tracking
containers caused many problems such as absence of integrity and
efficiency. In case of using the manual data filing system many
problems arise such as unfinished ordering request, false requests,
vague locations, difficulty in choosing efficient distribution
process and assigning tasks to drivers. Also, the wasted time due
to checking availability of containers, lost driver looking for the
delivery location, delayed updates about container status
(available, must empty), unknown container location. This paper
proposes a solution that based on IoT to connect and control
remotely all the objects involves in container tracking such as GPS
tracker, GSM modem with an aid of mobile base application to
issues orders in an optimized manner, saving both time and cost.
The current work uses a clustering technique to improve
distributing and managing construction dumping containers.
Automating the process of distributing and monitoring the
containers using IoT based solution have many pros such as saving
companies’ monetary resources, saving employees time, serving
customers better.