Sensormatic Solutions by Johnson Controls Expands Its Connected Solution Suite With Food Safety Compliance Platform

Rhea-AI Summary

Johnson Controls (NYSE:JCI) has announced the integration of PENN Connected into its Sensormatic IQ platform, aimed at enhancing retail operations. This digital solution focuses on remote refrigeration monitoring, helping retailers ensure food safety by tracking storage temperatures and reducing waste. With the rising global concern over food wastage, the platform aims to increase compliance and streamline operations, ultimately offering retailers greater visibility and efficiency. This development positions Sensormatic Solutions to better meet customer needs in an evolving market.

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• Integration of PENN Connected into Sensormatic IQ enhances operational efficiency.
• Digital food safety platform reduces food waste and improves compliance monitoring.
• Remote monitoring solution may decrease manual labor for compliance tasks.

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• None.

• Johnson Controls brand Sensormatic Solutions empowers retailers to effectively drive retail operations and delight customers
• The Sensormatic IQ intelligent operating platform improves retail outcomes with greater scalability, agility, and more actionable insights
• The solution may assist retailers with an increase in food compliance and safety standards through digitalisation

NEUHAUSEN, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Johnson Controls today announced that Sensormatic Solutions is adding PENN Connected to its Sensormatic IQ platform capabilities, to increase operational efficiency through remote refrigeration monitoring and digital compliance.

The digital solution helps retailers combat food waste, and assists with compliance by monitoring product storing temperatures, both hot and cold. The digital food safety platform provides remote monitoring, empowering retailers to better serve their shoppers with quality products at the right temperature. Through prompt alerts, retailers can intervene early to reduce or control product losses.

“With trillions of pounds / euros of food wasted each year, and with essential product scarcity top-of-mind around the world, it is critical to use a full range of tools to help maintain a culture of product safety and compliance,” said Craig Szklany, Sensormatic Solutions vice president of global solutions management & marketing. “With the digital food safety solution under the Sensormatic Solutions umbrella, we are uniquely positioned to better serve our customers. Offering a remote access monitoring system and greater compliance will provide retailers the flexibility to adapt to new business models as well as the peace of mind that their consumers have access to high-quality products.”

The food safety platform is designed to integrate with Sensormatic IQ in the future to further accelerate digital transformation for retail organisations. The remote monitoring solution helps cut waste and loss, which reduces costs while furthering sustainability and compliance efforts. The solution may help retailers increase compliance and help save hours of work per year by streamlining the compliance processes, from eliminating the need for manual temperature checks to reducing office hours spent filing documentation. With an enterprise view of sites provided by Sensormatic IQ, the food safety platform promotes optimal visibility to help increase grocery retailers’ levels of traceability, transparency, and proof of quality in their global compliance.

No matter where a retailer is on their own digital transformation journey, Sensormatic IQ help retailers effectively digitise their operations and enhance customer experiences.

To learn how retailers can take remote monitoring to the next level with Sensormatic Solutions and PENN Connected, visit www.sensormatic.com/landing/penn-connected.

About Johnson Controls

At Johnson Controls (NYSE:JCI) we transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play. As the global leader in smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, our mission is to reimagine the performance of buildings to serve people, places and the planet.

With a history of more than 135 years of innovation, Johnson Controls delivers the blueprint of the future for industries such as healthcare, schools, data centres, airports, stadiums, manufacturing and beyond through its comprehensive digital offering OpenBlue. With a global team of 100,000 experts in more than 150 countries, Johnson Controls offers the world's largest portfolio of building technology, software as well as service solutions with some of the most trusted names in the industry. For more information, visit www.johnsoncontrols.com or follow us @johnsoncontrols on Twitter.

About Sensormatic Solutions

Sensormatic Solutions is the leading global retail solutions portfolio of Johnson Controls powering operational excellence at scale and enabling smart and connected shopper engagement. Our intelligent digital operating platform – Sensormatic IQ – combines the full Sensormatic Solutions portfolio, including third-party data to deliver unmatched insights into shopper experience, inventory intelligence, loss prevention and operational effectiveness with advanced technologies, like AI and Machine Learning. This enables retailers to act on prescriptive and predictive data-driven outcomes to confidently move into the future. Please visit Sensormatic Solutions or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, and our YouTube channel.

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FAQ

What is PENN Connected in relation to Johnson Controls (NYSE:JCI)?

PENN Connected is a new addition to Johnson Controls' Sensormatic IQ platform that improves operational efficiency through remote refrigeration monitoring.

How does the Sensormatic IQ platform help retailers?

The Sensormatic IQ platform assists retailers by providing remote monitoring of food safety, ensuring compliance, and reducing food waste.

What benefits does the integration of PENN Connected provide to retailers?

The integration enhances operational efficiency, improves food safety compliance, and decreases manual compliance monitoring work.

How does the new digital solution affect food waste?

The digital solution helps combat food waste by monitoring product storing temperatures, allowing for timely interventions to prevent losses.