Pros And Cons Of Cold Chain Logistics

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Conclusions
The world has become smaller due to globalization in many respects. But the transportation of goods across locations depends on the actual distance between two locations. The risk associated with the logistics has been increasing due to the increase of distances during transportation. Various kinds of risks can exist during transportation like perish ability risk, damage risk etc. due to factors like temperature variations, shock during transfer etc. The commodity may get damaged due to any of these risks and may result in the decrease in their value. The onus of damage of transportation will lie with the logistics system. Because of the massive competition, it has now become essential in the global marketplace to get the right

It is the logistic system that provides a series of facilities for providing a climate-controlled environment consisting of storage and distribution activities that maintains the product in an ideal environment from the point of origin to the point of consumption till retail level. There are two main components of the cold chain logistics system:

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(a) Surface storage: There are Refrigerated warehouses for storage of perishable product.
(b) Refrigerated transportation: In this, there are different kinds of transport like Reefer trucks, containers etc. for perishable product. Different cold chain technologies have emerged to cater to the needs of different types of products. The major technologies in Refrigerated transportation are as