Hiroshi Hanyu
Sales Promotion Center, WirelessInfo Div., Information & Telecommunication Systems Company, Hitachi, Ltd.
Takanori Shimura
Sensor Networks Business Development, WirelessInfo Div., Information & Telecommunication Systems Company, Hitachi, Ltd.
Takuya Fukui
Sensor Networks Business Development, WirelessInfo Div., Information & Telecommunication Systems Company, Hitachi, Ltd.
An increasing number of companies are incorporating HACCP practices into their food manufacturing processes in response to growing public concern about food safety and security. Monitoring is an essential part of HACCP and this article describes the features of a Hitachi wireless sensor network designed to perform this task efficiently together with a case study of its use. Hitachi's sensor network information system can perform monitoring of food production and distribution in real time with no loss of data and its features include sharing of information across a network and easy installation on existing equipment using wireless communications.
WirelessInfo Division, Information & Telecommunication Systems Company, Hitachi, Ltd.
sensor networks, wireless, ZigBee, HACCP
