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Cold Chain

By Chris Lewis · March 12, 2018
As product storage, sorting and replenishment methods continue to evolve, food and beverage warehouses are embracing five technology trends.
By Sumantra Sengupta · January 25, 2018
Enabling the global promise of fresh food requires a new framework IF YOU FREQUENT TRENDY RESTAURANTS or shop at your
By Chris Lewis · January 19, 2018
Whether semi- or fully-automated, cold storage facilities can automate to cut costs, improve labor productivity and achieve compliance.
By MMH Staff · December 4, 2017
Lineage adds more than 20 million cubic feet of capacity to its network.
By MMH Staff · November 24, 2017
Mathew Reiffel, operations manager for Americold Logistics, will attend the 2018 Global Cold Chain Expo, 25-27 June in Chicago to compete with other young leaders from around the world for the GCCA NextGen Award.
By Josh Bond · November 3, 2017
Given their higher operating costs, cold storage environments stand to benefit most from fleet management best practices.
By Patrick Burnson · October 5, 2017
TOTE Maritime Alaska has selected ORBCOMM to provide a broad portfolio of telematics to monitor and control its refrigerated and dry intermodal and over-the-road assets, including containers, trailers and flatbeds.
By Patrick Burnson · October 2, 2017
The largest ocean cargo gateway for U.S. agricultural exports on the West Coast has announced a major upgrade, as Port of Oakland Commissioners last week approved an $11 million rail spur to Cool Port Oakland.
By Victoria Greene · September 6, 2017
By 2018, experts predict that online food and drinks sales revenue will grow to $18 billion, an average 21.1% growth year-on-year since 2013. However, in comparison to the total share of ecommerce sales worldwide (over $1,915 trillion), there is much room for improvement within the industry.
By Patrick Burnson · August 31, 2017
While Amazon’s recent bid to purchase Whole Foods made mainstream headlines, the e-commerce giant will still need to adhere to time-tested realities. Any way you slice it, the integrated U.S. cold chain requires optimized service from existing ports, 3PLs, cold storage warehousing, transportation providers and high-value vendors.
By Peter Moore · August 28, 2017
This consumer-focused “cold chain”—temperature controlled supply chain—is only a recent example of a decades-long push to perfect a global system of item level tracking in supply chain management.
By Patrick Burnson · August 28, 2017
Amazon’s recent bid to purchase Whole Foods made mainstream media headlines, but the e-commerce giant will still have to adhere to time-tested verities. An integrated U.S. cold chain requires optimized service from ports, 3PLs, cold storage warehousing, transportation providers, and high-value vendors.
By Patrick Burnson · August 23, 2017
Descartes Systems Group, a global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that it had acquired MacroPoint, LLC, earlier this month, LM learned that there would be implications for shippers reliant upon the cold chain chain.
By Patrick Burnson · August 16, 2017
Supply chain managers are measuring the impact of the Amazon/Whole Foods development with care.
By Patrick Burnson · August 15, 2017
Amazon's play for Whole Foods is a game changer for logistics managers who are still coping with the urgency of e-commerce demands.

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