Cold Storage

Toyota 3-wheel electric forklift moving product in cold storage industry.
Industry

Industry Overview

Cold Storage

Cold storage facilities are vital for preserving perishable goods like food, pharmaceuticals, and temperature-sensitive chemicals. They require precise temperature control to ensure product quality, regulatory compliance, and customer satisfaction. These environments demand specialized solutions for refrigerated and frozen storage, order picking, packing, and distribution to maintain seamless operations under challenging conditions.

Key goals for cold storage operators include maintaining consistent temperatures, maximizing storage capacity, and ensuring worker safety in extreme cold. Balancing speed and accuracy, controlling high energy costs, and leveraging real-time monitoring are critical to preventing product loss and optimizing processes for flawless delivery.

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Pain Points

Industry Challenges

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Safety

  • Icy floors and low visibility can lead to accidents and injuries.
  • Physical strain of working in extreme cold make employee safety a major concern, including frostbite and hypothermia when workers are in inadequately equipped environments.

Total Cost

  • Maintaining low temperatures across large facilities consumes significant energy.
  • Inefficient equipment, poor insulation, or outdated cooling systems can significantly increase operational costs.

Economic Life

  • Extreme temperatures cause wear and tear on forklifts, batteries, and other machinery.
  • Rubber components become brittle, hydraulic systems may thicken, and electronics can fail.

Productivity

  • Equipment failures can disrupt operations, compromise product integrity, and impact delivery schedules.
  • Repairs take longer in extreme temperatures, and downtime can result in product loss. 

Services

  • Standard warehouse technologies often don’t perform well in cold environments. This includes sensors and screens that can malfunction or lose accuracy in low temperatures.
  • Cold storage facilities must comply with stringent food safety or pharmaceutical standards, requiring detailed documentation, real-time monitoring, and precise temperature management to avoid penalties or product recalls.
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