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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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The $440 Billion Logistics Problem with Ilya Preston

The Logistics of Logistics

PAXAFE’s SaaS platform — CONTXT — is a device-agnostic risk-management platform that automates lane mapping and temperature management workflow, minimizes product and lane qualification lead times and reduces overall product loss for Life Science shippers and service providers.

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Breakbulk Americas with Jeff Tucker

The Logistics of Logistics

Jeff is the CEO of Tucker Company Worldwide , the oldest privately-held freight brokerage in North America, specializing in notoriously complicated freight, like temperature-controlled, oversized, and high-value, high-security shipments. Breakbulk Americas , is the region’s largest trade event for the project cargo and breakbulk industry.

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Easily Monitor Temperatures with Self-adhesive Labels

Logistics Business Magazine

Brady Corporation offers new RFID Temperature Labels that enable wireless temperature reading and monitoring for a wide range of devices, equipment, machines, racks, cables, and structures. The flexible, temperature-sensing smart labels can be applied to almost any surface to support informed, proactive decision-making.

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The Internet of Trucking (IoT) with Tapan Chaudhari

The Logistics of Logistics

Today, companies like TruckX are launching trucking specific IoT products like: Dash cameras that will videotape the outward-facing (driver’s view) and inward-facing (view of the driver) are useful in the event of an accident. Temperature sensors inside the trailer of temperature-controlled shipments.

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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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Simmons Foods’ Approach to Transportation Spend

Logistics Viewpoints

The company moves 46,000 shipments per year using dry van, temperature controlled, hoppers, live haul, and other trucks as well. Mr. Masters quickly determined that a procurement event was necessary just to set a baseline. He ran a network RFP (request for proposal) event.