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Study: IoT solutions for cold supply chains offer strong ROI

Today's real-time monitoring systems and connected platforms offer advances in cellular and satellite connectivity to link warehouses and distribution centers and host cloud-based data to enable anytime availability and analytics.
August 25, 2016
Real-time monitoring solutions and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies can identify more problems in cold chains than incumbent systems, but a strong business case exists only for high-value products and commodities that suffer high loss rates, according to Lux Research, Boston.
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Study on milk truck microbes aims to improve dairy food safety

Microbes with the potential to cause disease are destroyed during milk pasteurization, but not all bacteria and its associated enzymes are eliminated by that process.
August 25, 2016
Fresh, or raw, milk transported from farms to dairy processing facilities in tanker trucks contains a diverse mix of microbes, which varies from season to season, according to researchers from the University of California, Davis, Davis, Calif.
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Tops Markets opens new freezer warehouse

The new facility has the capacity of holding 2,500 SKUs and ensures that the company will no longer have to rely on outside storage.
August 23, 2016
Tops Friendly Markets, Williamsville, N.Y., announced plans to move its freezer warehouse to an expansive 200,000-square-foot facility in West Seneca, N.Y.
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Technomic study: Consumers blame restaurants for third-party delivery service mistakes

• Third-party services are generating additional business for casual dining restaurants and other concepts that do not offer delivery.
August 23, 2016
A majority of consumers (76%) hold the restaurant at least partially responsible for any errors, even if restaurants have a formal agreement with third-party ordering portals and delivery services, according to a study conducted by Chicago-based Technomic.
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JAXPORT welcomes new 100-gauge electric container cranes

The new container cranes are equipped to service wider, post-Panamax vessels to reach across 22 containers.
August 22, 2016
JAXPORT’s ongoing investment in building the port of the future is on display as three state-of-the-art 100-gauge electric container cranes cruised in on the St. Johns River.
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