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Monitor Temperature Levels with a GPS Tracking Device!

RasTrac

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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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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Fresh Demand Planning: How AI Empowers Retailers

Logistics Viewpoints

Next week, temperatures go back to seasonal norms; what does that mean about my expected demand? Understanding that when the weather is 5 degrees warmer than the average temperature, ice cream sales increase by 50% allows for more accurate and real-time forecasts in your demand planning process.

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Temperature-controlled Rail Transport between Europe and Asia

Logistics Business Magazine

This year, the transport company has added temperature-controlled rail transport to its regular range of services. The performance and internal temperature of the containers are monitored around the clock. The reefer was operated at a set point of 12°C and proved its worth even under extreme outside temperatures of up to 42°C.

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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.