COLD SUPPLY CHAIN
Supply Chain reliance. It is required.
The global pandemic has challenged the modern global cold supply chain like never before.
Tom Craig President LTD Management, Pennsylvania, USA, a leading authority and professional consultant on logistics and supply chain management and regular contributor to Global Supply Chain explores the multiple challenges confronting the cold chain and riding out the peaks and troughs of supply and demand as economies reopen —Editor 58 SEPTEMBER 2021
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here are markets whose products fall into a special niche--temperature sensitive. These include pharmaceuticals, edibles, foodstuffs, meat, fish and seafood an even chemicals. The challenge is to protect against thawing, freezing, melting, degradation, spoilage particularly in relation to perishables. Add to that the growth of pathogens, the loss of efficacy, crosspolymerization and product
degradation all of which are Irreversible physical changes, part of the putrefaction process. With problems and failures, the product loses some or all of its purpose, quality, and value. It may also create dangers and risks for end-users. As a note, there is more as to industries and products, but this is illustrative of temperature control. The cold chain segment got global attention with early stories about one of the Covid vaccines
