Case Study: Logistics and Transportation Company achieves real-time fleet visibility and optimized operations with Advantech (Azure IoT solution)

Logistic and Transportation Company - Customer Case Study

Logistic and Transportation Company faced the challenge of gaining real-time visibility and centralized control over vehicles, goods and personnel across multiple distribution centers — including the need to track GPS location, monitor engine and cargo sensors, and manage temperature-sensitive shipments. Advantech supplied the solution hardware and platform, using its super‑rugged in-vehicle computers integrated with Microsoft Azure Cloud Services (WISE‑PaaS, Azure IoT Hub, Stream Analytics and Power BI) to meet these requirements.

Advantech deployed in-vehicle IoT gateways and the WISE‑PaaS edge platform tied to Azure, enabling sensor and GPS data collection, barcode-driven shipment verification, centralized remote monitoring, and dashboard visualization on Power BI. The Advantech solution delivered real-time fleet visibility, secure cloud data traceability and a marked improvement in operational efficiency—optimizing vehicle deployment, reducing shipping errors, and enabling data-driven logistics planning.