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Intelleflex Corporation, a leader in on-demand Data Visibility for the fresh produce cold chain, has launchedthe Intelleflex Cool Chain Quick Scan.

The tool enables growers, packers, shippers and distributors to discover temperature variations in their cold chains that can affect the quality and freshness of delivered produce.

According to Intelleflex, Cool Chain Quick Scan eliminates guesswork associated with visual inspections and first in-first out inventory; allowing each member of the fresh produce cold chain to monitor the freshness of their produce and use this knowledge to reduce shrink and improve profitability and delivered freshness.

“The programme provides a snapshot of your existing cold chain that helps to quickly and easily identify, measure and document the impact of temperature on fresh produce as it moves from the field, to the packhouse, into distribution, and all the way to the retailer,” Intelleflex said in a press release.

Participants in the Quick Scan programme receive 12 Intelleflex TMT-8500 temperature monitoring tags along with instructions and return packaging.

Participants can simply place the tags with their produce – one tag per pallet load is recommended – and process the pallets as they normally would.

The participants then remove the tags at the pack house or distribution centre and mail them back to Intelleflex for analysis.

Intelleflex, in conjunction with Innovative Fresh, a leading fresh produce consultancy, evaluates the data and provides an analysis of the temperature variations and their impact on the product's shelf-life, freshness and quality, as derived from the sample data.

“Intelleflex temperature tags combine the ease of wirelessly reading core pallet temperatures, critical to calculating current freshness, with wireless temperature monitors that are priced for pallet-level deployments,” said Peter Mehring, CEO of Intelleflex.

“For the first time, these combined features deliver a solution that enables fresh produce owners to optimise their cold supply chain management based on actionable product freshness data.”