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IVAN: Intelligent van for the distribution of pharmaceutical drugs

Authors
  1. Asier Moreno
  2. Ignacio Angulo
  3. Asier Perallos
  4. Hugo Landaluce
  5. Ignacio Julio Garcia
  6. L. Azpilicueta
  7. J.J. Astrain
  8. F. Falcone
  9. J. Villadangos

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Abstract

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. © 2012 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.