IVAN: Intelligent Van for the Distribution of Pharmaceutical Drugs

• Asier Moreno ^[1] ; Ignacio Angulo ^[1] ; Asier Perallos ^[1] ; Hugo Landaluce ; Ignacio Julio García Zuazola ; Leire Azpilicueta ; José Javier Astrain ; Francisco Falcone ; Jesús Villadangos
  1. [1] Universidad de Deusto

     Universidad de Deusto

     Bilbao, España

     
• Localización: Trazamed: sistema basado en tecnología de identifi cación RFid para la trazabilidad de productos farmacéuticos durante la fase de distribución / coord. por DeustoTech Mobility, 2014, págs. 117-144
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This paper describes a telematic system based on an intelligent van which is capable of tracing pharmaceutical drugs over delivery routes from a warehouse to pharmacies, without altering carriers’ daily conventional tasks. The intelligent van understands its environment, taking into account its location, the assets and the predefined delivery route; with the capability of reporting incidences to carriers in case of failure according to the established distribution plan. It is a non-intrusive solution which represents a successful experience of using smart environments and an optimized Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) embedded system in a viable way to resolve a real industrial need in the pharmaceutical industry. The combination of deterministic modeling of the indoor vehicle, the implementation of an ad-hoc radiating element and an agile software platform within an overall system architecture leads to a competitive, flexible and scalable solution.