Data Loggers and Air-Tags

2019 trends in the global food supply chain The complexities of moving food and beverages throughout the supply chain are ever growing. What can we expect in 2019? Increasing consumer demands, from faster shipping and improved transparency to greater fresh food selections and e-commerce options. The threat of a global trade war and seemingly never-ending … Continued

COLD CHAIN MANAGEMENT

What is the Cold Chain Management? A cold chain is a temperature-controlled supply chain. An unbroken cold chain is an uninterrupted series of refrigerated production, storage and distribution activities, along with associated equipment and logistics, which maintain the desired low-temperature range. Cold chain logistics includes all of the means used to ensure a constant temperature … Continued

Managing supplies of vaccines is a huge problem

New research asks how often vaccines are exposed to temperatures below the lower limit. KEEP a tomato cool in a refrigerator and it will stay fresh far longer than it would at room temperature. Accidentally freeze it, though, and you will reduce it to a disgusting mush. A similar problem plagues the storage of vaccines. … Continued

Measure to Manage – The Cold Chain Quality Guide

In the cold supply chain the big risk is thermal abuse. In order to properly ensure quality control of perishable products throughout the cold chain process, we need to combine good science with sound operational procedures, and then continuously measure temperature each and every step within the chain. If we do not measure – we … Continued