Computer-based systems employing a network of sensors to support the storage and/or transport of various goods and methods of use thereof to manage losses from quality shortfall

A method comprising:

• obtaining, by at least one server, historical environmental measurements of at least one environmental condition associated with at least one consumable item during a plurality of historical transports;
• predicting, by the at least one server, a plurality of historical quality scores of the at least one consumable item during the plurality of historical transport of the at least one consumable item, based at least in part on the historical environmental measurements and at least one of:
• at least one item attribute of the at least one consumable item, or
• at least one characteristic category of the at least one consumable item;
• determining, by the at least one server, a pre-determined quality score of the at least one consumable item during a transport based at least in part on the plurality of historical quality scores, wherein the pre-determined quality score is indicative of an expected condition of the at least one consumable item throughout the transport;
• receiving, by at least one server, from at least one multi-functional sensor, the at least one environmental measurement of the at least one environmental condition associated with the at least one consumable item during the transport;
• wherein the at least one environmental condition is associated with at least one quality metric that is utilized in determining a current quality score indicative of a current condition of the at least one consumable item during the transport;
• wherein the at least one multi-functional sensor comprises a control board and a communication module, the communication module is configured to:
• receive, via one or more communication modes, at least one remedial instruction comprising at least one operational change to at least one other device, and
• communicate, via the one or more communication modes, the at least one operational change to at least one other device;
• wherein the at least one operational change is configured to cause, before a threshold time associated with a threshold quality score, at least one change to at least one operational parameter of one of at least one consumable item container, the transport of the at least one consumable item, or the at least one consumable item, to maintain, based at least in part on at least one remedial action, the at least one consumable item at or above the pre-determined quality score indicative of the expected condition of the at least one consumable item;
• automatically and dynamically predicting, by the at least one server, the current quality score of the at least one consumable item during the transport, based at least in part on the at least one consumable item and at least one of:
• at least one item attribute of the at least one consumable item, or
• at least one item characteristic category of the at least one consumable item;
• and
• automatically and dynamically determining, by the at least one server, the threshold time associated with the threshold quality score, wherein the threshold quality score comprises a maximum reduction from the pre-determined quality score;
• at a time prior to the threshold time:
• automatically and dynamically determining, by the at least one server at a time prior to the threshold time, the at least one operational change based at least in part on the current quality score of the at least one consumable item and the pre-determined quality score of the at least one consumable item, and
• communicating, in real-time, to the at least one multi-functional sensor, via the one or more communication modes, at least one instruction to instruct the at least one operational change to the at least one other device;
• wherein the at least one operational change is configured to cause, before a time associated with a threshold quality score, the at least one change to at least one operational parameter of one of the at least one consumable item container, the transport of the at least one consumable item, or the at least one consumable item, to maintain the current quality score at or above the threshold quality score;
• and
• at a time after the threshold time:
• instantaneously instructing, by the at least one server, during the transport of the at least one consumable item, to pay, without physical inspection of the at least one consumable item, a payout amount based at least in part on:
• the pre-determined quality score of the at least one consumable item and the current quality score of the at least one consumable item.