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Embracing the Chill: How the Consumer Shift from Fresh to Frozen Effects Cold Chain Transportation

Blue Grace Logistics

This, of course, leads to the expansion of cold storage facilities at various points in the supply chain as well, which includes warehouses, distribution centers, and retail outlets. Additionally, the shift to frozen alternatives has driven innovation in temperature control technology.

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Do you know the best temperature to store pineapples?

World Food Programme Logistics

Photo: WFP/Edward Johnson Using itemised data Once those cheaper transactions are made, WFP collects sales data through the points of sale in almost all contracted shops in order to monitor consumer behaviour, track high demand items and monitor prices. There is a lofty goal behind the food safety courses?—?#ZeroHunger.

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SONAR expands its reefer data

FreightWaves SONAR

Since its introduction in 2018, FreightWaves SONAR has provided subscribers with the most current freight market data, analysis and insights. SONAR is the only freight forecasting platform that combines contract tender data with spot rate data and creates predictive freight rates.

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Top Solutions for Supply Chain Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

Many-to-many can also refer to many participants in a network accessing many, many sources of event data critical to supply chain operations through a public cloud network. COVID of course taught companies the need for agility. Real-time location and IoT data such as condition statuses (e.g., Stuff happens.

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Getting Smart With Logistics Big Data

Freightos

Here at Freightos, we’re big fans of making global logistics work better by bringing data online (and especially instant freight quotes!). And, like many other logistics startups , we’re particularly enthusiastic about how Big Data can change the way goods are moved around the world. Getting Smart With Logistics Big Data.

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IoT in Logistics: Hackathon Team Aims to Slash Food Waste

IoT World Today

Of course, the Internet of Things and the broader field of artificial intelligence have a host of potential supply chain applications. . The team decided to leverage multiple sensor-enabled pallets, carriage carts that store the produce in transit and measure moisture and temperature trends in real-time.

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Stord Launches Stord Parcel to Help Brands Unlock Greater Optimization for Last-mile Delivery

Stord

Still, the result is not optimal—brands leave money on the table when last-mile shipping is based on carrier delivery guidelines and simple rate shopping instead of real-time data. This way, brands can stop spending on a higher service level than is actually needed while still meeting customer expectations for fast delivery.