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Cold Chain Logistics
The Effects of Cold Chain Logistics and Technology on Global Freight Distribution By Matthew Craig Honors Thesis For the Department of Geography Hofstra University Thesis Advisor: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue 5/17/2007 1 Introduction While Globalization has made the relative distance between two regions of the world vastly smaller, the physical separation of these same regions is still a very important reality. Phone calls, emails and videos can be transmitted in fractions of seconds to all corners of the globe, but physical objects such as a bushel of grapes, a drug or a bodily organ cannot. It takes time and coordination to efficiently move a shipment and every delay can cost money and in some cases may even cost lives. To ensure that cargo does not become damaged or compromised throughout this process, businesses in the pharmaceutical, medical and food industries are relying more and more on the cold Chain technology.
materials along a supply chain, relies on thermal and refrigerated packaging methods and ... the logistics industry is experiencing a growing level of specialization and segmentation of cold chain shipping in several potential niche markets. This fits well within the growing body of literature analyzing the emergence of global commodity chains ...
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