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Mixed store deliveries: which visits can be combined?
9 June 2023
Mixed store deliveries: which visits can be combined?

Count separate visits to each store; combine only after checking product needs, load separation and return flow.

Warehouse and dispatch
How a milk cooling tank works and how capacity is chosen
8 June 2023
How a milk cooling tank works and how capacity is chosen

A tank cools milk through the evaporator in its wall and keeps it even with an agitator. Capacity follows the number of milkings between two collections, not the herd size.

Food quality and shelf life
Measure the seafood handover chain at market
7 June 2023
Measure the seafood handover chain at market

Record elapsed time, product temperature and ice and drainage condition from auction to vehicle; assess quality from evidence.

Transport and routing
Olive oil clouding and winter dispatch
6 June 2023
Olive oil clouding and winter dispatch

Do not confuse a cold-related appearance change with a product defect; check the bottle, label and batch instructions before delivery.

Food quality and shelf life
How to reduce chilled-product waiting during order picking
5 June 2023
How to reduce chilled-product waiting during order picking

Record the time chilled goods spend between picking and handover, then adjust route sequence to the operation.

Retail operations
The morning the milk tank failed
4 June 2023
The morning the milk tank failed

Milking is done, the tank is dead, and the collection truck comes in the afternoon. The decisions made in those hours decide a day's production.

Risk and emergencies
What to check when receiving cheese cultures and rennet
3 June 2023
What to check when receiving cheese cultures and rennet

Storage conditions can vary by culture or enzyme type. Match maker label, shipment records and lot details at receipt.

Food quality and shelf life
Rental vehicles and spot freight: calculate the full cost of an urgent trip
2 June 2023
Rental vehicles and spot freight: calculate the full cost of an urgent trip

Do not judge urgent transport by invoice alone. Record extra labour, waiting and delivery effects, then compare with a permanent-capacity quote.

Transport and routing
Inspect cold-room panel joints using evidence
1 June 2023
Inspect cold-room panel joints using evidence

Do not attribute high energy use to panel joints alone. Review installation drawings, field findings and possible air leakage.

Eutectics and insulation
Why bread goes stale faster in the fridge
31 May 2023
Why bread goes stale faster in the fridge

Staling is mainly starch recrystallising rather than drying, and it speeds up as temperature falls. That is why daily bread is not moved cold, while filled products that need cold travel in a separate volume.

Food quality and shelf life
How to estimate a validation budget from actual data
30 May 2023
How to estimate a validation budget from actual data

Compare quotes, staff hours, test runs and past losses using your own invoices and records.

Pharmaceutical cold chain
Where does a sensor have to sit to measure the real temperature?
29 May 2023
Where does a sensor have to sit to measure the real temperature?

A single sensor in a body reads colder than reality in front of the discharge and warmer beside the door. The point that reflects the product's real state is where the air is refreshed most slowly.

Measurement and traceability
How to monitor produce at a wholesale market
28 May 2023
How to monitor produce at a wholesale market

Record waiting conditions and product temperature at each handoff, then plan the next cooling step from the measurements.

Food quality and shelf life
Cold-pressed juice: without heat treatment the chain is mandatory
27 May 2023
Cold-pressed juice: without heat treatment the chain is mandatory

In cold-pressed juice without heat treatment, shelf life rests on a 5-log process proof and an unbroken cold chain from press to delivery. A worked example shows the pre-cooling load and plate count for 15 litres.

Food quality and shelf life
Are a thermo box and a thermobox the same thing?
26 May 2023
Are a thermo box and a thermobox the same thing?

The names can describe the same thing while the products differ greatly. What separates them is not the name but three features: body material, tray standard and how many uses it is built for.

Containers and equipment
Choose a logger interval for the excursion profile
25 May 2023
Choose a logger interval for the excursion profile

There is no universal minute interval. Trial and validate the setting against product needs, door events and logger capacity.

Measurement and traceability