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Monitor Temperature Levels with a GPS Tracking Device!

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While GPS tracking devices can be quite discreet and useful for tracing the location of an object or vehicle, there’s so much more to consider in terms of use—for example, temperature tracking. Maybe a blinking little box that someone sneaks onto the bumper of a car in a Tom Cruise movie?

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The Essential Role of Warehouse Management Systems in Optimizing Cold Chain Operations

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By maintaining specific temperature conditions, the cold chain ensures that everything from perishable foods to beverages remains in optimal condition until they reach the hands of consumers. However, controlling the temperature to maintain quality can bring a series of complex challenges.

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Tag the Temperature

Logistics Business Magazine

Pharma cold chain logistics requires strict adherence to temperature ranges, regulatory controls, and tight expiration windows. Furthermore, there is no guarantee that shipments would arrive intact and usable without the ability to monitor temperatures, be exposed to humidity and light, or withstand an impact/shock event.

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Unpredictable weather calls for predictable trucking resources

Fleet Owner

But the exact time, location and amounts of temperature change, precipitation, high winds and road closures is not. For example, eastern Washington, northern Mother Nature is somewhat predictable, as we have these things called “seasons,” after all.

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Five Keys to Cold Chain Success with Tyler Hildebrand

The Logistics of Logistics

A cold chain is a temperature-controlled supply chain for perishable food products, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals in order to maintain their quality and increase their shelf-life. FSMA applies to: Food transported in bulk, where the food touches the walls of the vehicle (Example: juices). What is the cold chain?

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6 Different Types of Logistics Warehouses: A Complete Guide

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For example: we have the traditional warehouse and the cold storage warehouse. Meanwhile, cold storage is designed for storage that requires strict temperature control, such as perishable foods, pharmaceuticals, or biological materials. Which Type of Logistics Warehouse is Right for Your Business?

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How to Improve Exception Management with End-to-End Supply Chain Visibility

The Logistics of Logistics

Inclement weather or another force majeure – Winter storms, tornadoes, flash floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, and wildfires are just a few examples of the things Mother Nature can dish out that lead to delivery delays. Damaged packages – Sometimes it’s the shipping label that either gets knocked off or becomes illegible while in transit.