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July 1, 2008

To the right degree - a shipper's guide to temperature control

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By Deborah Aarts
Materials Management & Distribution, July/Aug 2008

Once upon a time, cold chain management meant little more than throwing a few ice packs in a cardboard box. Today, shippers of temperature-sensitive products must be masters of precision, balancing increasingly stringent regulations, unique product characteristics and ever-present business deadlines. Deborah Aarts thaws out some ways to create shipments that are not too hot, not too cold, but just right.

Food. Plants. Pharmaceuticals. If you've shipped any of them lately, you're well aware of the complexity of the cold chain (the same holds true if you've got to keep cargo warm - the term 'cold chain' has come to represent the movement and storage of any product with temperature controls on it).    Read more

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