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Cover image: inside a cold room with shelves of chilled products and a discreet wall-mounted sensor

Fundamentals · Aug 28, 2026 · 7 min read

What cold chain monitoring is (and why a spreadsheet doesn't count as one)

Cold chain is the unbroken run of cold that separates product from loss. Monitoring it means measuring continuously, proving the record and acting before the damage — three things a spreadsheet cannot do.

Tiago MendesProduct and FieldRead article

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Cover image: a time-series temperature panel with one anomaly highlighted in red

AI & Data · Aug 14, 2026 · 6 min read

How AI helps keep food and medicine safe

Predictive models don't replace the thermometer — they read what the thermometer can't say on its own. An honest tour of what AI already does well in cold chain, and what is still a promise.

Marina Duarte

Cover image: composition of IoT sensors, a circuit board and a refrigerated supermarket aisle in the background

Trends · Jul 30, 2026 · 6 min read

4 ways technology is reshaping the cold chain

Cheap sensors, networks that don't need store infrastructure, energy as a health indicator and compliance as a by-product. The four shifts redrawing refrigeration operations.

Ana Cavalcanti

Cover image: a clipboard with a temperature control form next to a printed digital report

Compliance · Jul 11, 2026 · 5 min read

Temperature logging: what inspectors expect from your operation

What needs to be recorded, how long to keep it, what to do when temperature leaves the range, and why the form filled in at the end of the shift is the weakest point in your documentation.

Tiago Mendes

Cover image: discarded product crates beside a cold room, with a waste tag attached

Operations · Jun 24, 2026 · 6 min read

What a poorly monitored cold room really costs

Product loss is only the visible line. Add energy, corrective maintenance, spreadsheet rework and sanitary risk, and the annual figure surprises even people who already suspected.

Tiago Mendes

Cover image: a bank of refrigeration compressors in an industrial plant room, with a vibration sensor fitted

Maintenance · Jun 05, 2026 · 7 min read

Predictive maintenance for compressors: what vibration tells you before the failure

Compressors warn you before they fail — in vibration, in inrush current and in recovery time. How to read those three signals and turn them into a maintenance window.

Pedro Lins

Cover image: a cold room door left ajar with a magnetic sensor fitted to the frame

Operations · May 19, 2026 · 4 min read

Door open: the cheapest, most effective alarm you can install

A reed switch worth a few coins solves the problem that consumes the most energy and degrades compressors fastest in food retail. And the effect isn't technical — it's behavioural.

Ana Cavalcanti

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