Article by Konign Wood
Sep 192011
Cold storage warehousing logistics are a widely used tool in the complex and competitive market of manufacturing and distribution. With the use of controlled temperature warehousing on the rise, more and more companies are turning to the expertise of the third party logistics industry to meet their storage and distribution needs. However, with this growing refrigerated warehousing trend there emerges a heavy responsibility on cold storage chains to meet the ever-so growing demand of trade and consumption rates. Just more than a decade ago, many of these logistics companies wondered if they could stand up to the challenges in running a one stop shop. Fortunately, in the past 10 years, the precision of technology has made cold storing operations easier to manage. This has made resisting outsourced cold storage for manufacturing companies too difficult to pass up. Before long, the result was that food manufacturers began to outsource their food storage and transportation needs to refrigerated storage experts. This quickly became a more economical and more convenient way to manage a supply chain in need of cold storage.
Some may wonder if it is necessary to use a facility in the winter. It is true—cold storage is more than just a cold room. Professional cold storage can keep your business operating even outside of your normal peak season. Take for example the farming industry. Farmers have busy seasons, typically from the last frost to the first frost of the year. Once their crops are harvested, anxious consumers want their fresh goods. What happens when it’s not peak season anymore? Farmers don’t have to stop providing goods, but they must be safely stored as backups early in the season.