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What is a reefer?

Globalior

The reefer container is unique, because it has its own with a refrigerator motor. Reefer Controlled Atmosphere: This type of container contains special internal equipment that allows a certain atmospheric pressure to be maintained in order to control, for example, the ripening processes of some fruits. The post What is a reefer?

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How Cold Chain Logistic Providers Build Trust with Traceability

Logistics Viewpoints

This has led to a dramatic change in the perception of frozen and refrigerated foods, as consumers now have access to products previously unavailable to them. Take tracking produce, for example. The WMS should make decisions around quality of goods whenever a traceable event is not within the boundary.

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Facing Cold Chain Challenges

Trinity Logistics

Some examples of these are: U.S. Addresses the need for maintaining drugs under stable conditions and meeting manufacturer’s specifications. 21 CFR 211.150 Provides guidance on the written procedures for managing expirations and a reliable system for identifying the distribution of drug samples in the event of a recall.

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Transforming Freight Benchmarking

Logistics Viewpoints

For example, if a shipper needs to ship goods from Chicago to Detroit, the TMS will have a record that on this lane, the transportation planner should contact Carrier A first. Google maps would be an example of this kind of application. However, the system can be used standalone, and some shippers do use Emerge this way.

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DoKaSch strengthens presence in Japan

Logistics Business Magazine

Back in July, for example, DoKaSch Temperature Solutions K.K. Electrically powered and fully climate controlled, the active containers can both cool and heat without using dry ice or other refrigerants. The show is held inside INTERPHEX Week Tokyo; Asia’s leading comprehensive pharma and cosmetics event.

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Inventory Carrying Cost: What It Is, How to Calculate It and How to Reduce It

FourKites

That likely means warehouse space, rent, electricity, refrigeration (or another form of temperature or climate control), as well as salaries for the people tasked with maintaining that storage, and transportation costs for moving things in and out of storage. Examples of inventory carrying costs. Storage Space Cost. Opportunity Costs.

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Does Perfect Customer Service Make Sense?

Logistics Viewpoints

Many of the specialty drugs need to be refrigerated and have short lifespans. That’s why the supply chain team proactively kicked off a series of meetings. Manufacturing would not have been able to respond to that kind of event for two months. “We Ipsen produces drugs to treat oncology, neurology, and rare diseases.