Jun 07, 2022

Each year, an estimated one fourth of all food products are wasted due to fluctuations in temperatures, which leads to product degradation. This is because of improper monitoring and handling, which, in addition to ruined food, leads to slower operations. These factors may lead to recalls of products and a damaged customer reputation. Therefore, it’s imperative that businesses properly track assets to monitor temperatures. In fact, to prevent food from being wasted, studies show that nearly nine out of ten food and beverage industry decision-makers plan on increasing investments in food monitoring technology.

Technology that effectively tracks low temperatures and sudden temperature changes minimizes food waste because it ensures products remain in the proper storage environment without requiring 24/7 worker monitoring. Effective temperature monitoring is achievable with technology solutions that deliver:

• Reduce downtime - Cutting down on incidents where devices need to be repaired streamlines worker shifts and improve workforce productivity
  
• Higher visibility - The right scanning technologies for cold chain environments can empower workers with real-time data access.
  
• Elevated functionality - When your cold chain maintenance productivity and higher accuracy, your cold chain operations are elevated to improve handling and monitoring

How Heartland Does It:

Food safety can be improved with enhanced handling and monitoring from  technology solutions. Implement real-time visibility with Heartland to ensure proper temperature monitoring and reduce wasted food with...

1. Ensure quality device performance in extreme temperatures with tough features such as IP66 sealing, true frost, and integrated heaters. Tougher equipment that is built for cold chain environments reduces downtime spent fixing devices. Heartland’s hardware technology solutions help workers maintain productivity when traveling between warm and cold environments.
   
   
2. Specific features built for flexible operations in challenging environments - Additionally, Heartland’s cold chain technology solutions come equipped with smart temperature sensors to automatically control heaters and a flat surface immune to ice, dust, or water. These extra features help reduce downtime in your cold chain because devices are less likely to fail with solutions that are specifically designed to operate in their respective environments.
   
   
3. Reliable data capture and expanded read range for flexibility in tough environments - Reliable data capture in challenging environments helps efficiently track and monitor your perishable assets. HEARTLAND’S BARCODE SOLUTIONS put the power of effective barcoding technology for asset tracking and inventory management in the hands of your cold chain workers. This helps identify and eliminate wasted food, reduce asset loss, and optimize cold chain management. Expand your operations and improve your cold chain management.

Effective mobile technology effectively monitors your perishables to reduce food waste. Contact us today for a free assessment of your cold chain.