Why Real-Time Temperature Monitoring and Track-and-Trace Technology Provide Supply Chain Control
As we enter the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s new era of smarter food safety, it is critical that we consider the interoperability of the various technologies that we implement within the supply chain. No longer is it acceptable to adopt a tool for a specialized task. It is critical that technology helps us solve a variety of logistics, quality, food safety, and cold chain problems by utilizing the data in different ways.
The food supply chain is changing. An increasing need for transparency and traceability is driving new technology to the forefront. Terms that were once considered buzzwords, such as real-time visibility, the cloud, the Internet of Things (IoT), predictive analytics, and blockchain are increasingly becoming commonplace.