'Bees' help businesses track shipments

IoT-based start-up Roambee provides real-time reports to businesses using tracking data

Vijay Nagariya, head of distribution at Mumbai-based Drums Food, the maker of greek yogurt Epigamia, could barely believe that he could, sitting at his workstation, check the temperature inside the vehicle that carried his products. But things changed for Nagariya in 2014, when Drums Food started using a tracking solution by Roambee, an Internet of Things (IoT) start-up that offers real-time data on shipments. “Before Roambee, we were at the mercy of the transporter,” said Nagariya, for whom monitoring the temperature is as important as tracking the shipment.
 
Roambee, operated by Roambee Services, based in Mumbai and the Silicon