A cold chain is a low temperature-controlled supply chain. An unbroken cold chain is an uninterrupted series of refrigerated production, storage and distribution activities, along with associated equipment and logistics, which maintain quality via a desired low-temperature range.
It is used to preserve and to extend and ensure the shelf life of products, such as fresh agricultural produce, seafood, frozen food, photographic film, chemicals, and pharmaceutical products. Such products, during transport and when in transient storage, are sometimes called cool cargo.
WAREHOUSING
Warehousing is an essential part of the supply chain for most types of businesses which deal in physical goods. This could be consumer businesses holding a product which eventually makes its way to an end retail customer, or it could be business to business (B2B) companies storing products which eventually make it to business customers.
For retail and eCommerce businesses, warehousing allows the purchase of wholesale goods in bulk which may not fit in a physical retail store or yet be purchased by an end consumer online.
