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Cold Storage Warehouse Fire Safety

Logistics Business Magazine

While it may seem counterintuitive that fire is even a risk in spaces designed to maintain cold temperatures, cold storage in fact presents a huge fire hazard for warehouse designers and builders, life safety installation companies and facility owners. So as the demand for refrigerated products grows, so does the need for better fire safety.

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Plastic firm optimises production

Logistics Business Magazine

So the company went looking and came across an article about a new machine monitoring and data collection system (MDC system). In addition, these are of course transmitted to the SmartMONITOR software. “And of course we discuss the values every morning at our store floor meeting in production.”

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2016 Supply Chain Trends: 7 of 12 Trends that Will Drive Supply Chain Management in 2016

GlobalTranz

The display would show the driver critical information including cargo temperature (especially important when transporting medical devices or other fragile goods), gasoline efficiency (which changes based on the weight of the truck!), and a variety of interesting and critical information. And further, that advent of Industry 4.0

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WMS: what comes first – hardware or software?

Logistics Business Magazine

In my recent article, Should My Warehouse Be Automated? Of course, as in all aspects of life, there are exceptions to every situation. Here’s a couple of examples: A temperature-controlled warehouse for goods that need either extreme cold or hot storage and subsequent movement within, and in and out of the facility.

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Taking cover from the heat

Automotive Logistics

The second-costliest tropical cyclone on record and the third hurricane of the exceptionally active 2017 hurricane season, it inflicted a reported $125 billion in damage and, according to Forbes magazine, destroyed over a million vehicles, mostly through flooding. Globally, extreme weather events are not uncommon, of course.

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SoCal ports dealing with

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Related Articles. Cold chain capabilities will be enhanced with a 13,000-square-foot temperature-controlled facility on the West Coast. course, peak volumes are also putting a strain on the system. course, peak volumes are also putting a strain on the system. I Agree.

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SoCal ports dealing with ‘chassis dislocation’ | Full Stories – Caption as the Content | Full

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Related Articles. Cold chain capabilities will be enhanced with a 13,000-square-foot temperature-controlled facility on the West Coast. course, peak volumes are also putting a strain on the system. course, peak volumes are also putting a strain on the system. I Agree.