The beverage industry faces significant challenges in maintaining product quality during storage and transportation in the supply chain. Elevated temperature and mishandling can lead to spoilage, impacting quality and safety of the products. Traditional methods of tracking kegs are often manual, time-consuming, and inaccurate. Here, Konvoy explain how they addressed these issues by developing an IoT-based tracking solution that tracks movement, location and temperature and turns these into actionable insights to customers.
The Problem
Creature Comforts, founded in 2014, is a purpose driven B-Corp brewery based in Athens, Georgia and Los Angeles.
It prides itself on delivering quality beer to its customers, however had no ability to guarantee that quality throughout the supply chain.
The Solution
Konvoy, a leader in keg rental, introduced IoT Keg Tracking Technology to address challenges related to product quality, lost assets and asset efficiency.
Creature Comforts fit 100 of their kegs with Konvoy’s solution in 2024.
The Benefits
Identified root cause of temperature anomalies at distributor and venue.
Improved draught quality to customer.
Eliminated lost kegs on the tracked fleet.
Gained understanding of dwell time at location.
Daniel LePage, director of quality at Creature Comforts, explained: “Product quality is at the core of what we do; we spend every ounce of energy ensuring that our beer is in its optimal state when leaving the brewery.
“The problem is, once it does leave the brewery, tracking every point-of- sale is impossible. It’s largely a black box and can easily lead to poor consumer experiences if not mo”
Marc Eggins, chief operating officer at Konvoy added: “It has been so rewarding to apply my 17+ years in logistics and 8 years in keg pooling to a technical solution that is at the forefront of real time analytics and operational excellence. It is providing real outcomes to asset owners.
It’s been a pleasure working with Daniel and the wider Creature Comforts team to see the genuine passion and commitment to beverage quality.
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