Mastering DIM Weight: A Strategic Shift for Cold Chain Logistics
In the high-stakes world of cold chain logistics, every inch of space translates to a line item on your freight bill. As shipping carriers continue to adjust their pricing models, understanding and optimizing for Dimensional (DIM) Weight has moved from a “nice-to-have” to a strategic necessity for specialty pharmacies and biopharma manufacturers. Here is how you can master DIM […]
Three Essential Components of a Fail-Safe Cold Chain
A product is only as good as the temperature it travels in. For food and pharmaceutical leaders, a single excursion isn’t just a line-item loss; it is a direct threat to regulatory standing, brand integrity, and patient safety. In an era of increasingly complex global supply chains, “good enough” refrigeration is no longer a viable […]
What Is Cold Chain? Definition, Examples & How It Works
What Is Cold Chain? Every shipment of a vaccine, biologic, or temperature-sensitive medication carries risk. If temperatures drift outside the required range even briefly, products can lose effectiveness, fail compliance standards, or become unusable. That is where cold chain comes in. Cold chain is a temperature-controlled supply chain designed to keep products within a defined […]
$35 Billion on the Line: The Business of Cold Chain Packaging
In the world of logistics, “speed to market” is a primary goal. However, in cold chain, speed is meaningless without temperature stability. As of 2026, managing temperature-sensitive shipments has moved from a warehouse task to a multi-billion-dollar business strategy. If you are new to the world of cold chain, the “math” of your packaging is […]
How to Choose the Right Cold Chain Packaging Solution: A Practical Buyer’s Guide for Temperature Controlled Shipping
Key Takeaways Choosing the appropriate cold chain packaging is critical for safeguarding product quality, ensuring regulatory compliance, and controlling costs. Effective temperature-controlled packaging solutions are engineered to consistently protect product integrity across various shipping routes and conditions. This outlines a practical, step-by-step approach for buyers to select and standardize cold chain packaging that performs reliably […]
Best Cold Chain Solutions for IDNs: Strategies for Operational Resilience and Compliance
For Integrated Delivery Networks, cold chain performance is rarely the primary strategic focus until it becomes a visible problem. A single temperature excursion can result in the loss of vital biologic products, prompting pharmacy leaders to escalate the issue immediately.
Cold Chain Best Practices: 12 Proven Ways to Reduce Temperature Excursions and Protect Product Quality
Executive Summary (Key Takeaways) Temperature excursions are often preventable. Most failures come from repeatable gaps in lane assumptions, refrigerant conditioning, pack out consistency, and last mile exposure. Cold chain best practices help packaging and logistics teams lower excursion rates, ensure consistent shipments, and maintain product quality. Learn more about Veritiv’s cold chain solutions What Causes […]
Redesigning Packouts to Reduce Freight Spend
The Challenge A global biopharma manufacturer ships high-value, temperature-sensitive products across domestic and international markets. Their therapies require strict 2–8°C control, where even brief temperature excursions can put product integrity, compliance, and patient outcomes at risk. Like many companies in the biologics space, the customer leaned on conservative shipping strategies, including frequent overnight services […]
Cold Chain 101: Why Temperature Control Is Critical for Safe Blood Transfusions
Blood transfusion is one of the most essential and lifesaving procedures in modern medicine. Every day, hospitals and healthcare systems rely on red blood cells, plasma, platelets, cryoprecipitate, and whole blood to treat trauma patients, support complex surgeries, manage chronic diseases, and respond to emergencies. While transfusion is common, the process behind safely delivering blood […]
Cold Chain Logistics 101: The Essential Role of Temperature-Controlled Supply Chains for 3PLs Serving Healthcare
Cold chain logistics sits at the center of modern healthcare. From vaccines and biologics to diagnostic reagents and advanced therapies, more products than ever require a specific temperature range to stay safe, stable, and effective. As global demand grows and therapies become more complex, the need for reliable temperature-controlled systems has never been […]