Temperature Monitoring for Pharmaceutical
Monitor storage conditions for APIs, finished goods, and cold chain pharmaceuticals. Get instant alerts on excursions with a complete audit trail for GMP compliance.
The Problem
Where Things Break Down
A 30-minute excursion can invalidate a $500,000 batch of API
Active pharmaceutical ingredients and biologics have strict storage requirements. A brief temperature excursion during a shift change or weekend can trigger a deviation investigation and potentially destroy the entire batch.
GMP audits demand continuous, gap-free temperature records
Regulators expect unbroken temperature documentation for every storage area. Data logger downloads with gaps, missing calibration records, or inconsistent timestamps create findings that can escalate to warning letters.
Multiple storage conditions across one facility create blind spots
A single pharmaceutical facility may have rooms at 2-8C, 15-25C, and -20C, each with different acceptable ranges. Monitoring each zone independently with separate systems makes it easy to miss a drift in one area while focused on another.
Our Approach
What Sandhed Does Differently
Sandhed connects directly to Shelly temperature and humidity sensors via MQTT. Every reading is mapped to the sensor's physical location on your 3D floor plan in real time. You see color-coded overlays showing which zones are in range and which are drifting. When a reading crosses your configured threshold, the system creates an alert, determines severity automatically based on how far the reading has drifted, and sends email notifications to the right people. If the temperature returns to normal, the alert auto-resolves. Every reading is stored in TimescaleDB for audit trails and trend analysis.
Live Temperature Mapping
Every Shelly sensor reading displayed as a color-coded overlay on your 3D floor plan. See freezers, coolers, production areas, and storage zones at a glance with current temperatures and trend direction.
Configurable Threshold Alerts
Set high and low temperature limits for each sensor. When a reading crosses a threshold, Sandhed creates an alert with severity calculated automatically. Warning for small drifts, critical for readings 20% or more beyond your limit.
Automated Alert Routing and Email
Alerts go to subscribed team members filtered by severity. Quality managers get critical cold chain alerts. Maintenance gets warning-level equipment drift. Each person sees what they need to act on.
Historical Trend Analysis
All temperature readings stored in time-series format. View historical overlays to spot gradual equipment degradation, identify recurring drift patterns, and generate audit-ready records for any time period.
Expected Outcomes
Results You Can Measure
Faster excursion detection
Reduction in time to detect temperature drift
Less product loss from temperature events
Reduction in temperature-related spoilage
Alert to first response
Average time from threshold breach to action
Setup time
From floor plan to live temperature monitoring
Based on platform capabilities and industry benchmarks. Results vary by facility.
FAQ
Common Questions
Related Solutions
Environmental Monitoring
Humidity creeping up in a cleanroom or pressure dropping in a controlled area can compromise an entire production run. Sandhed puts live environmental data from every sensor onto your 3D floor plan so you catch problems the moment conditions change.
View SolutionCompliance & Audit Trails
Most facilities piece together audit documentation from spreadsheets, paper logs, and disconnected systems. Sandhed records every action, threshold breach, and maintenance event automatically, so your compliance evidence is ready before anyone asks for it.
View SolutionSee Your Cold Chain on a Live Floor Plan
We will model your actual facility and show you how Sandhed monitors your specific temperature zones. No generic demo.