[Platum] Ulala Lab Launches Constant Temperature Management Solution for Fresh Food, Targeting the Retail Market

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The fresh food constant temperature management solution installed at the Deeplant Delish Meat store.

Smart factory specialist company Ulala Lab has applied its temperature and humidity management solution to the 'Delish Meat' brand store, which sells data-based aged meat.

Ulala Lab has been building smart factories for domestic and international manufacturing companies through its cloud-based smart factory platform, 'WimFactory'. Based on this foundation, it entered the smart farm market earlier this year and has recently expanded its business domain into the fresh food retail market.

Its first partner in the retail sector is 'Deeplant,' the operator of the data-based aged meat brand 'Delish Meat.' Deeplant introduced Ulala Lab's solution to provide customers with optimally aged meat through constant temperature and humidity management.

Temperature control is particularly important, as the grade and quality of aged meat vary depending on the maintenance of a constant temperature.

While recently released refrigerators and freezers provide their own temperature display functions, there are limitations to measuring the precise temperature of different sections of the products due to factors such as the frequency of opening and closing, the location of cold air vents, the installation environment, or the equipment's lifespan. To address this, Ulala Lab installed sensors throughout the interior of the refrigerators and freezers to measure the temperature and humidity for each specific area, building a system that allows managers to monitor temperature changes and manage the products in real-time.

Deeplant CEO Kim Cheol-beom expressed his satisfaction, stating, "Through the adoption of Ulala Lab's solution, we can now check temperature changes in real-time and adjust the position of the aged meat or the temperature of the refrigerators/freezers to maintain a constant temperature. It's also easily accessible on a PC or mobile device in addition to the in-store dashboard."

Ulala Lab installed Wicon-LoRa devices in the refrigerators and freezers at both the Delish Meat store and the main office, enabling real-time monitoring of temperature and humidity data on an in-store dashboard.

Ulala Lab CEO Kang Hak-ju commented on future market expansion, saying, "The Wicon-LoRa is an IoT device that is easy and simple to install anywhere. It allows stores, head offices, managers, and staff to monitor and manage the condition of fresh food in real-time. We expect it to be highly utilized in the fresh food retail market."

Ulala Lab's Wicon-LoRa series, based on LoRa communication, accurately detects the ambient temperature and humidity within a margin of error of ±0.3 degrees and provides real-time notifications to the manager. Furthermore, its small size of about 10cm makes installation simple. It enables integrated, real-time monitoring and management of temperature changes in the refrigerators/freezers at the Delish Meat store and the head office, which are 5km apart, thereby guaranteeing the quality of temperature-sensitive products.

Currently, Ulala Lab is in discussions with Deeplant to develop a delivery system, including a cold chain.