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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? Documentation.

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Fresh Demand Planning: How AI Empowers Retailers

Logistics Viewpoints

Given that we are in the age of AI/ML, I often think of how the small deli where I worked was a perfect training ground for applying AI/ML in fresh supply chain planning. Next week, temperatures go back to seasonal norms; what does that mean about my expected demand? To what extent will my demand be impacted by rainy weather?

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3PL Basics: The 11 Transportation Services with Jeremy Thone

The Logistics of Logistics

Refrigerated ships (reefers) are cargo ships used to transport temperature-controlled transportation, mostly fruits, meat, fish, vegetables, dairy products, and other foodstuffs. To provide maximum trading flexibility they are usually geared and modern examples are fitted for the carriage of containers and grains. Jeremy Thone.

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DHL Global Forwarding Combats Covid-19 with Charter Flights and Trains

Airfreight Logistics

For example, for the past week, we have been transporting around 100,000 COVID test tubes a day from China to Germany and the Czech Republic for a customer specializing in medical accessories. Additionally, the capacities for complete trains on the New Silk Road have almost doubled in recent weeks.

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How the IoT is Changing the Supply Chain Landscape

Material Handling and Logistics

For example, when shipping produce, it is essential to keep the product at a certain temperature throughout the supply chain, so by installing sensors on the container of fruit or vegetables, both the seller and buyer can ensure the load maintains a proper temperature while in transit. Along the Rail. The Last Mile.

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Where’s the Hype for Automated Trains? – Part 2: Unions & Human Judgement

Morai Logistics

In this final part, we look into the role unions and the need for human judgement play in keeping trains from being universally automated. In last week’s blog post , we asked why there’s little media excitement around automated trains. The strongest case in favour of making train automation universal has to do with safety concerns.

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7 Things That Matter Most To Fresh Food Supply Chain Leaders

Logistics Bureau

No retailer or producer for example, wants to be implicated in a consumer health scare resulting from poor quality-management in their supply chain. In order to attain control over the entire supply chain , some larger supermarket chains are becoming directly involved in production activityfarming for example.