A prevailing challenge of every shipper is keeping cargo safe, intact, and free from damage. After all, consider the pathways that cargo travels. It's often transferred several times from one mode of transportation to another within a single leg of transport. A shipment may originate in Asia, be packed in a carton, combined onto a pallet, loaded into a container, then transferred onto a ship, into a freight yard,...

Written by SmartSense | January 18, 2019 | Supply Chain

In our previous post, we outlined general recommendations and national standards for vaccine storage and monitoring in Canada. Despite what may be common practice in The States, pharmacists cannot immunize patients in every province and territory, which directly affects the need for temperature monitoring of vaccines in pharmacies. In addition to the general recommendations and national standards, laws and...

Written by SmartSense | January 11, 2019 | Supply Chain

While the world may feel like it’s becoming smaller due to the advances in technology and communications, there is still a great disparity between the resources some countries have over others. This disparity can be partly explained by the lack of a substantial supply chain with supporting technology in developing or underdeveloped nations; it substantially affects their ability to move the same level of supplies...

Written by SmartSense | January 2, 2019 | Supply Chain

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. And with robust retail sales, retailers know that the success of holiday sales depends on satisfied customers and an agile supply chain to support them. The National Retail Federation (NRF) estimates holiday sales to rise between 4.3 and 4.8 percent above 2017 levels, with expenditure predictions at $717.45 billion to $720.89 billion.

Written by SmartSense | December 21, 2018 | Supply Chain

Monitoring the supply chain is essential for ensuring that perishable foods maintain their quality, and medications maintain their efficacy. In order to do so effectively, logistics managers need a solution that provides proof of inventory temperature throughout the cold chain. Real-time monitoring would not be possible without the help of IoT connected sensors and on-demand reporting.

Written by SmartSense | December 19, 2018 | FSMA, Supply Chain

In late October 2018, food manufacturers recalled 4 million pounds of goods shipped nationwide to grocers and food distributors due to a Canadian shipper's recall of vegetables used in the affected products. Earlier in the year, a seed snack mix produced in the United States and shipped to Canada was recalled first in Canada and later in the U.S. for fear of contamination from Listeria, a harmful bacterial...

Written by SmartSense | November 27, 2018 | Food Safety, FSMA, Supply Chain