Cold Chain Management | IoT Technologies

Cold Chain Management – The objective of IoT-enabled cold chain management processes (quality system) & technologies is to establish processes to maintain product quality and ensure compliance with global regulations and industry standards for the storage, handling and distribution of temperature-sensitive products.

Cold Chain Management – Q&A

How do you maintain a cold chain?

Proper temperature monitoring is key to proper cold chain management. Thermometers should be placed in a central location in the storage unit, adjacent to the vaccine. Temperatures should be read and documented twice each day, once when the office or clinic opens and once at the end of the day.

What logistics means?

Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption to meet the requirements of customers or corporations.

Pain point(s) around the need for a cold chain management solution:

Maintenance & monitoring
Cold chain management
Lack of infrastructure
Increased regulations
Maintaining compliance
Supplier risk
Delivery/distribution risk
handling
security risks
retailer risks
customer demand

Solution(s) provided by our cold chain management technology:

Track the shipment’s location and condition – key to knowing what is happening, where, and when
Monitor details in addition to more than temperature, such as humidity which is critical for certain types of vaccines and perishables
Analyze patterns and predict if something is going to go wrong in the future
Take preventive measures promptly using a control tower, and initiate corrective action before the shipment is destroyed.
Contain risks, especially
Safety – such as recalling compromised products before they hit customers
Financial – such as recalling compromised products rather than the complete batch
Data analysis aids in forecasting