Success Stories
WESTERN UNIVERSITY IN LONDON, ONTARIO USES IOT TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE FOOD SAFETY AND SERVICES ACROSS CAMPUS.
SITUATION
With food services provided to over 40,000 faculty and staff daily across 26 different locations, Western University needs an efficient, systematic and secure way to monitor food safety.
• Food service delivery on campus requires the monitoring of over 170 cold storage units
• Manual, paper log readings are time-consuming, and subject to human error
• Data for air temperature, food temperature and handhelds needs to be centralized
The challenge is to replace the paper based system, as the manual process of tracking temperatures across different locations is overwhelming and inefficient.
SOLUTION
At Western University, each food service venue offers distinct menu options and operating hours. Food service is delivered at residence dining, great hall catering, in vending services, and at stadium concessions, conferences and events.
blueRover™ designed and installed a smart monitoring system to automatically track and monitor temperature in all food services venues across campus. With over 40,000 regular patrons, thousands of conference and event guests, and international students from over 107 countries, people depend daily on the safety and security of the Western University food service operations.
SERVICES
Food Safety Compliance
blueRover™ technology ensures accurate temperature data collection across multiple locations. With over 20,000 people served daily, Western University Food and Safety requires all refrigerated food to be kept at 4° or colder. Fresh shellfish and lobster is stored at 7°C, frozen foods -18°C, and ice cream at -10°C. Management can monitor and access centralized temperature data, individual food venue rankings and performance reports by location.
Western University needed temperature monitoring for the high volume delivery of food services across disparate locations. With simple online dashboards, the team at Western University can stay constantly connected to critical food safety and food services operations data.
- 26 food service venues across campus
- 40,000 regular patrons daily
- International students from 107 countries