Cold Chain
What is cold chain monitoring?
Cold chain monitoring refers to using internet of things (IoT) technology to continually monitor temperature-sensitive products being transported in a “cold chain”—that is, a supply chain of perishable and/or temperature-sensitive products such as pharmaceuticals, biologics, food and beverages. Without proper monitoring, suboptimal conditions during transport and storage can damage the quality of these products. This can put people’s health and safety at risk and potentially damage a company’s brand, customer loyalty and bottom line.
What are the business benefits of cold chain monitoring?
Effective cold chain monitoring, leveraging an advanced IoT technology solution, offers multiple benefits. It helps enterprises and their transportation partners access and monitor real-time data to:
- Quickly detect product temperature problems and minimize damage by troubleshooting or rerouting payloads to refrigerated warehouses or dispatching crews to repair malfunctioning equipment.
- Keep track of all cold chain products from a single technology platform, receive alerts when temperatures breach optimal settings and take corrective action before product spoils.
- Improve predictive maintenance, compliance, remote monitoring, fleet management, and predictive quality and usage analysis by integrating sensor data with supply chain management, regulatory reporting and other platforms.
Applications / Industries Requiring Cold Chain Monitoring:-
- Agriculture Industry
- Blood Banks
- Cold Storage
- Food Storage
- Hospital Industry
- Pharma Industry
- Transportation Air, Land, Road, Sea
- Warehouse Monitoring
Cold Chain is a Technology
Cold Chain is also a technology using various different physical principles to maintain and document defined temperature conditions along the supply chain:
- Compressor heating and cooling
- Phase Change Materials (PCM)
- Insulation and vacuum insulation
- Electronic temperature measurement
- Wireless data transmission
- Database and business process management software
Cold Chain is a Process
Cold Chain Management is also a process since a series of tasks must be performed to manufacture, store, transport and monitor temperature sensitive products along the entire supply chain. Thus, every single step in the supply chain requires adherence to a defined process – often called Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). They include:
- Using the right equipment for packaging and monitoring
- Transporting products in time, avoid exposure to extreme conditions
- Following the defined release process at destination
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