General Questions
What is coal logistics tracking? End-to-end real-time monitoring of coal trucks from mine to plant — GPS location, halt analysis, route deviation alerts, and activity sensing using sensors to detect unauthorized unloading.
How is coal tracking different from standard fleet management? Standard fleet management tracks vehicle location and driver behaviour. Coal logistics tracking adds material-level visibility — specifically whether coal has been unloaded at an unauthorised point. This requires IoT activity sensing in addition to GPS.
Which industries use coal logistics tracking in India? Thermal power plants, steel mills, aluminium smelters, cement manufacturers, and coal washing plants — any operation receiving inbound bulk coal via road.
Technology Questions
How does activity sensing detect pilferage? An IoT device on the truck body captures physical activity data using sensors. The platform analyses this data to determine whether an unloading event is occurring — physical displacement of the cargo body, sustained activity consistent with material discharge. When this pattern is detected outside an authorised delivery point, an alert fires.
Can activity sensing work without GPS network coverage? Yes. Sensor data is stored locally and synced when connectivity resumes. Events are timestamped locally — ensuring accurate reconstruction of the unloading event even in network black spots.
What is a confidence score in activity sensing? A 0–100 indicator of how closely sensor data matches a known unloading signature. High (80+): automatic alert. Medium (50–79): human control tower review. Low (<50): logged but no alert.
Operations Questions
How long does deployment take? Typically 2–3 weeks: hardware fitted, geofences configured, risk zones mapped, control tower briefed, live monitoring active.
Does the system work with ad-hoc market trucks? Yes. Portable plug-and-play IoT devices are fitted at the mine gate and collected at the plant. Intugine manages device reverse logistics across 12,000+ pin codes.
What integrations are available? SAP/ERP (trip creation and GR posting), LIMS (quality sampling flags), weighbridge systems (risk score display), and custom API.
Commercial Questions
What is the typical ROI? For a plant receiving 300+ trucks/month at 5–10% pilferage, the platform pays for itself within the first month from losses prevented.
Who are Intugine's coal and mining customers? Customers include Hindalco and Vedanta, alongside cement manufacturers (UltraTech, Shree Cement, Adani Cement) who use the same activity sensing technology for outbound distribution.
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