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How to Avoid the November Crush in Distribution
November is the cruelest month in cold chain logistics. It is the week when Thanksgiving inventory, early holiday stock, and everyday replenishment all hit the distribution network at the same time. Retail DCs are running at full capacity, carriers are booked solid,...
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Cold Chain Checklist for Q4 Retail Holiday Programs
Q4 is the make-or-break quarter for CPG manufacturers supplying retail grocers. Holiday demand surges from October through December, and every link in the cold chain has to hold. A single temperature excursion or missed delivery window can mean out-of-stocks on shelf...
Year-End Warehouse Audit Prep for CPG Brands
How to Prepare for a Flawless Year-End Physical Inventory It's late October. Your finance team has circled a date in December for the year-end physical inventory count. Your operations team looks at the calendar and starts calculating how many temporary counters...
How Real-Time Temp Data Builds Retailer Confidence
A category manager at a major retailer is evaluating two CPG suppliers for a new refrigerated product launch. Both brands have similar product quality, similar pricing, and similar marketing support. One supplier hands over a continuous temperature monitoring record...
Why Consumers Care About Your Cold Chain (Even If You Don’t Ship Direct)
A consumer picks up your product off a shelf in a grocery store in suburban Chicago. They've never heard of your cold chain. They don't know the name of your 3PL. They don't know what temperature the trailer was set to, or how long the product sat in a distribution...
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