At ADLM2026, Discover How Specimen Transport Visibility Enables Cold Chain Control  

In diagnostic logistics, cold chain risk rarely starts with one dramatic failure. It usually starts with small moments that are easy to miss.

• A specimen cooks in the lockbox before pickup.
• There is no visibility to how the courier totes perform across routes.
• A handoff happens without a clear record.
• A temperature event is discovered after the specimen failed to test.
• A repeat draw creates extra work for staff, frustration for the patient and most importantly delays patient care

For clinical laboratories, courier networks, and healthcare logistics teams, these moments are not just cold chain issues. They are operational issues. They affect timely diagnostics, specimen integrity, turnaround time, staff productivity, service quality, and confidence in the transport process.

At ADLM 2026, Akuratemp is bringing this conversation to the booth through three connected pillars:

1. Cold Chain Operational Intelligence Platform
2. Cold Chain Process Optimization Services
3. S.M.A.R.T. Cold Chain Packaging Solutions

Together, these pillars answer a practical question for lab and logistics leaders:

How do we define potential sources of risk, measure the performance of the source, analyze data collected in comparison to what good looks like, make improvements to bring the performance to requirement, and control it before it disrupts operations?

Pillar 1: Cold Chain Operational Intelligence Platform

Define & Measure: The Blind Spot Costs You

You cannot manage what you cannot see.

That is especially true in specimen transport. Most lab teams have strong control inside the lab. They have defined specimen draw procedure, receiving processes, controlled storage, trained staff, and quality procedures.

The blind spot often sits between the collection site and the lab.

That is where specimens move through staging areas, pickup points, courier routes, handoffs, dwell times, and receiving workflows. Without connected visibility, teams may not know exactly where a delay happened, which asset was involved, whether the right custody steps were followed, or when a temperature excursion began.

This is where the operational intelligence platform  fits into the story.

Akurasense is Akuratemp’s cold chain visibility platform that brings together asset digitization, temperature visibility, workflow visibility, proof-of-custody, exception notifications and standardized reporting across assets. It helps operations and QA teams see the cold chain assets as a connected workflow instead of a disconnected set of assets.

For labs and courier teams, the value is not just knowing that a shipment arrived. The value is knowing what happened along the way.

• Every asset.
• Every handoff.
• Every temperature event.
• Every point where risk may enter the workflow.

When those events become visible, teams can move from assumption to evidence.

Pillar 2: Cold Chain Process Optimization Services

Analyze & Improve: Your Data Has an Answer. We Find It.

Visibility is only the first step.

Once cold chain data is available, the next question is whether anyone is acting on it. Many healthcare logistics teams already generate useful information every day. Assets move. Routes repeat. Temperature patterns emerge. Dwell times show up. Handoffs create friction. Certain sites, routes, or workflows produce more exceptions than others.

But without a structured analytical and improvement process, the data remains underused.

That is the role of Cold Chain Process Optimization Services.

Optimyz is Akuratemp’s continuous improvement service designed to help laboratory cold chain operations identify failure modes, improve reliability, and build stronger end-to-end traceability.

In practical terms, Optimyz helps teams look at their actual workflow and answer questions such as:

• Is the cold chain and its assets performing to expectation? If not, 
• Where do the exceptions show up?
• Which assets are underperforming?
• Which handoffs could have detected the exception?
• Could an early notification save an exception?
• Is the exception unique to routes or sites ?
• What needs to change to bring the cold chain into compliance?

This is not about adding complexity, it is about using the data already coming from the cold chain to build a practical improvement roadmap.

Optimyz brings together benchmarking, process mapping, data asset validation, workflow validation, and continuous improvement tools so teams can prioritize what to fix first.

• For a lab network, this can mean fewer repeat issues.
• For courier operations, it can mean clearer accountability.
• For quality teams, it can mean stronger evidence.
• For patients, it can mean fewer avoidable repeat draws and treatment delays.

Pillar 3: S.M.A.R.T.* Cold Chain Packaging Solutions

Control & Benefit: Engineered for the Last Mile

(* Secure-Monitored-Adaptive-Reliable-Traceable)

The hardest part of the cold chain is not always the freezer. It is often the hours between the patient and the lab. Specimens may move through collection rooms, staging counters, lockboxes, courier vehicles, transfer points, receiving docks, and accessioning areas before they reach the controlled environment of the lab.

Legacy ice packs, lockboxes, courier totes, and parcel shippers may appear sufficient, but without validated performance and the right workflow fit, they can introduce uncertainty.

That uncertainty shows up as inconsistent thermal performance, unclear custody, route-level variation, and avoidable operational follow-up. Once the source of exceptions is identified and the performance is improved, it’s time to control the performance and reap its benefits. 

Akuratemp’s S.M.A.R.T. Cold Chain Packaging Solutions are designed to help teams control the last mile with validated thermal packaging, courier totes, homecare totes, and parcel shippers. These solutions are powered by savENRG®phase change technology that provides reliable and repeatable precise thermal performance. –

This pillar completes the operational loop.

Akurasense helps teams see what is happening.
Optimyz helps teams understand the what and analyze for why and improve.

 S.M.A.R.T. packaging design helps teams standardize &  control the performance

When these three pieces work together, the cold chain outcome becomes predicatable, repeatable, measurable, and defendable.

Why These Three Pillars Matter for Cold Chain Operations

Cold chain operations are not just about keeping something cold. They are about keeping the entire specimen journey reliable.

For labs and healthcare logistics teams, that reliability depends on three things:

First, teams need visibility across the actual movement of assets carrying specimens. Without visibility, temperature excursions, dwell times, and handoff gaps are often discovered too late.

Second, teams need a way to analyze recurring issues. A single excursion may look like an isolated event, but repeated patterns by site, route, asset, or process step can point to deeper operational causes.

Third, teams need predictable outcomes through validated packaging 

When any one of these is missing, the operation becomes reactive.

Teams spend time investigating issues after they happen. Staff make extra calls. Couriers answer questions without enough evidence. Quality teams chase documentation. Labs face redraws, delays, and service complaints.

When all three pillars are working together, the operation becomes reliable. Teams know where specimens are.

• They know what happened during transport.
• They know which assets performed as expected.
• They know where processes need improvement.
• They have stronger records when questions arise.
• They can reduce uncertainty without slowing down daily operations.

The End Result: Less Guesswork, More Control

The goal is not to create more data for the sake of data. The goal is to make specimen transport reliable.

When operational intelligence, process optimization, and validated packaging come together, labs and courier teams can build a standardized cold chain program that is consistent, accountable, and scalable.

That is the shift Akuratemp® is bringing to ADLM 2026, July 26–30 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California

Visit the Akuratemp website, request a demo, or connect with our team (Harshul, Keith and Tulay) to discuss how to optimize your cold chain operations. Akuratemp’s contact page also includes options for a cold chain operations audit and Akurasense platform discussions.