by Kira Nezu | 25 April 2024 | Blockchain, Featured, Track and Trust
In this article, we explore how the Track & Trust system ensures predictive maintenance in offline environments, enabling organizations to maintain equipment efficiently even without internet connectivity.
In today’s industrial landscape, predictive maintenance is crucial for efficiency and reducing downtime. However, challenges arise when equipment operates in areas with limited or no internet. This is where Track & Trust steps in, enabling predictive maintenance online, even in offline environments.
Bringing Predictive Maintenance Online, Anywhere
Track & Trust uses a mesh network to collect data from sensors and machinery in offline environments. Once collected, the system sends this data to a device with internet connectivity. From there, it integrates into the operational data infrastructure. As a result, organizations can access real-time insights despite any connectivity challenges.
Enhancing Asset Reliability and Efficiency
Track & Trust enables predictive maintenance in offline environments, helping organizations reduce breakdowns. Moreover, it minimizes reactive maintenance for machinery without internet access. This is particularly beneficial in industries like smart mining, asteroid mining, and smart farming. In these industries, connectivity limitations are common. With Track & Trust, organizations can proactively address equipment issues, reduce downtime, and optimize operational efficiency.
Empowering Industries to Thrive
Track & Trust acts as a catalyst for industries aiming to enhance their capabilities in offline environments. In addition, it bridges the gap between offline monitoring and online systems. Therefore, organizations can make data-driven decisions and improve overall asset reliability.
Key Takeaways
In an era where connectivity is not always guaranteed, Track & Trust offers a reliable solution for bringing predictive maintenance online, even in offline environments. Through its seamless integration of offline monitoring with online systems, organizations can gain real-time insights. Consequently, they can drive operational efficiency even when facing connectivity challenges. As industries continue to evolve, Track & Trust helps them stay ahead of the curve, maximizing operational performance.
Track & Trust is funded by the European Space Agency. It is a joint development project by Ororatech, Weaverlabs, and Datarella.
by Rebecca Johnson | 18 July 2022 | Blockchain, Track and Trust
Datarella is proud to announce the signing of a piloting agreement with Aid Pioneers e.V. (Aid Pioneers) to further work on a shipment with the space-linked supply chain product Track and Trust (T&T). Track and Trust is funded by the European Space Agency as a 2-year Demonstration Project. In this regard, Datarella, as prime contractor, together with its partners Weaver Labs and OroraTech, recently successfully completed a significant milestone with ESA.
The consortium led by Datarella is currently working on a Blockchain-based enterprise solution to tackle complex supply chain challenges that humanitarian agencies across the world face in order to track aid in locations that lack access to reliable communications infrastructure. At the end of two years of development and commercial trials, Track & Trust aims to deliver a scalable cost-efficient communications platform & network combining satellite, IoT mesh and blockchain components serving mostly supply chain use cases.
Aid Pioneers agreed to join the Track and Trust initiative as a shipment partner. They will initiate and organize an aid supply for the demonstration of the Track and Trust service. The first shipment is planned for 2023 with the goal to support people in Ukraine. Aid Pioneers is a German association joining other NGOs to build logistics to foreign countries helping people in need.
“We are very proud to have Aid Pioneers on board as our piloting partner for Track and Trust. Aid Pioneers is a young but well-established aid organization active for aid shipments to various regions including Africa, Middle-East including Balkan and Ukraine. With Aid Pioneers as our shipment partner, we have a strong setup to make a success story out of Track and Trust.” Yukitaka Nezu, Co-Founder and CFO at Datarella.
We are very excited to have a piloting agreement with Aid Pioneers and are very much looking forward to a successful shipment with them, leveraging the integration of blockchain, space and network infrastructure technology into our product Track & Trust.
As an expression of our recent progress, we can also announce: Datarella, together with its partners, successfully passed the Critical Design Review (CDR) as one of the significant milestones with ESA. Our design for Track & Trust has been assessed as valid by ESA. We are looking forward to entering the development phase next, together with our partners, in order to start piloting soon!
by Kira Nezu | 2 October 2019 | Blockchain, Track and Trust
In October 2018, we started developing a blockchain based supply chain solution for UK government’s DFID. The system was supposed to track accountability of goods on their way to disaster areas. In June 2019 we successfully tracked a shipment from Pakistan to Dubai, involving four parties managing and handing over the shipped items. With this delivery, the first pilot was successfully concluded. We are continuing to develop the system – which now carries the name „Track & Trust“.
So, naturally, a system under continuous development needs some kind of visual identity – starting with the logo. Having a strong graphical background, anything that needs to be visually enhanced at Datarella ends up on my desk – be it websites, visuals or: Logos. To be honest, this kind of work is a real treat for me! It allows for deep concentration on one single task (opposed to fast communication of everyday work). So, I indulged in some meditative work for a few hours and came up with the Track & Trust logo.
At the beginning of the logo design process, we brainstormed on which qualities, objects and attributes we connect with the Track & Trust system. We came up with: Accountability, security, location, path, road, ID, fingerprint, authenticity, address tag, technology – and the letter „T“.
After completing this list, I chose 1-3 aspects and started scribbling with pencil and a good deal of paper. The winning idea of this scribble contest then was replicated in vectors (I prefer Adobe Illustrator for this work).
The result combines several attributes: The sense of security is transported through the shield form of the logo. The lines represent authenticity and digitalization through their fingerprint- and circuit-like appearance. And lastly, even the letter “T” made it into the logo!
