cold chain Archives

The Hidden Business Risk of Unmonitored Refrigerators and Freezers in Medical Cold Chain

November 6, 2026 Harshul Gupta Healthcare Comments Off

Healthcare refrigerators, freezers, and cold rooms are critical to protecting temperature-sensitive medicines, specimens, and research materials. Yet disconnected monitoring systems, delayed alerts, and fragmented workflows can create costly operational blind spots. Discover how connected fixed-asset monitoring helps healthcare organizations reduce storage risks, improve exception response, and protect operational efficiency.

The Hidden Cost of Poor Cold-Chain Asset Utilization in 3PL Operations

October 27, 2026 Keith Miller Healthcare Comments Off

Why better visibility into cold-chain assets can help pharmaceutical logistics providers reduce unnecessary purchases, improve fleet availability and protect operating margins. A pharmaceutical third-party logistics (3PL) company may have hundreds or even thousands of temperature-controlled shippers, reusable courier totes and other cold-chain assets circulating through its network. Yet, when a […]

Building a More Resilient Pharma Cold Chain Through Visibility, Supply and Partnerships

September 25, 2026 Keith Miller Uncategorized Comments Off

Pharma cold-chain logistics showing 3PL transportation visibility and PCM temperature-controlled packaging

What will pharma cold-chain leaders be talking about at LogiPharma USA 2026? Akuratemp is heading to Boston with two focused conversations: helping 3PL organizations improve cold-chain visibility, asset utilization and custody evidence through Akurasense®, and helping temperature-controlled packaging manufacturers strengthen PCM supply with savENRG®.

From Packaging Program to Cold-Chain Operating System: A Maturity Model for Lab Networks

August 5, 2026 Harshul Gupta Healthcare, Insights Comments Off

Most lab networks do not begin with a cold-chain operating model. They begin with practical needs. A collection site needs specimens picked up. A courier route needs a temperature-controlled tote and a logger. A lab adds a shipping SOP. A customer asks for proof of control. A compliance team wants […]

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

July 21, 2026 Keith Miller Healthcare, Specimen Rejection Comments Off

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

Prevent Temperature Excursions in Cold Chain Before They Disrupt Operations

June 25, 2026 Keith Miller Specimen Rejection Comments Off

Most cold-chain teams are not short on alerts. They are short on time. By the time a temperature alert fires, the specimen has often already entered the risk zone. The courier may be mid-route. The tote may already be delayed at a handoff. The parcel may be sitting at a […]

Scaling Specimen Transport Visibility Without Increasing Operational Overhead

May 20, 2026 Keith Miller Laboratories Comments Off

Most healthcare cold-chain teams don’t struggle to capture temperature data. They struggle to prove control consistently—across sites, shifts, and exceptions—without turning every review into manual work. That’s the real business problem with audit trails: So audit readiness becomes a “panic event” instead of a byproduct of daily operations. This is […]

Building a Dry-Ice-Resilient Cold Chain with PCM and Reusables

May 8, 2026 Keith Miller Laboratories Comments Off

Dry ice is supposed to be the “reliable default” for frozen shipments. But in 2026, two forces are making dry ice a business continuity risk—not just a packaging choice: If you run a lab network, a medical courier operation, or a healthcare logistics program, the real cost isn’t the dry […]