June was a super exciting month for Logmore both as a company and as people. R&D boomed, trade fair attendances woke attention, and plenty of new relationships were born. Let's go over the month with Niko and Jarmo.

Shipping goods is usually the most tedious part of the buying and selling process. Whether you’re running an e-commerce business, or you’re interested in shipping a fragile one-off item, it’s important to know the best way to ship fragile items. After all, the last thing that you want to do is to risk something being broken on the way from A to B. The best way to minimise the risk of this is to make sure that your items are properly wrapped and marked. Which is what we’ve got for you here - the ultimate guide to shipping fragile items, and we’ll talk you through what is considered fragile, the materials that you need, and some of the best tips and tricks to making sure your parcel arrives safely.‍

Continuing the theme of QR code comeback in the world, this post discusses the recent rise in their use in Europe. While QR codes are extremely commonplace in Asia already, the western hemisphere is only catching up now.

Over recent years, QR codes have seen significant growth in popularity. From becoming the main avenue of payment in Asia to their recent introduction onto EU medicinal packaging, it looks like these two-dimensional codes are here to stay.

Every now and then it's good to talk about simple things, like what one does and why. In my experience it helps clarify and focus one's own thoughts, and well, in a written, public format like this, the way one's audience perceives those things. So, let's see what I think.

The logistics of transporting fresh produce is very complex, and the members of the supply chain must work together seamlessly so that the produce can make it to the end consumers in perfect condition. They must take into account packaging, temperature, humidity, and other factors to ensure the produce stays fresh and intact.

Two words: "fine drink" - what's the first thing to come to your mind? The odds are that wine would be your answer. Globally known and appreciated, fine wine is surprisingly sensitive and needs to be transported and stored with care.

With such a large amount of temperature-sensitive products being transported daily all around the world, cold chain technology has developed a lot over the years. Now, how do we use the technology we have available to us?

In our previous article in this series, we tackled everything one would need to know about food spoilage: What it is, what causes it, and why it is such a global problem. But how exactly can food spoilage, particularly within the supply chain, be reduced or halted completely? The amount of fresh produce and food in general that never reaches the consumer is absurd and needs to be dealt with.

Food spoilage is a major issue in our economy today. When one thinks about food spoilage, they often think of how food goes bad in homes. It is indeed an issue. Nearly 150,000 tons of food is thrown away in households every day in the US alone.This could measure up to a third of the calories that Americans consume. Out of all types of food, fruit and vegetables are the most likely to be thrown away. While there are certainly things one can do to combat this in our own households, a bigger issue is arising. From farm to store, supply chains are struggling with a food waste issue as well, and it’s on a global scale.

One of the big questions we're asked before a customer buying our data loggers is "why QR and not RFID?" While we're obviously biased as a company, here's a personal explanation, as objectively as possible.

Current AI is like a giant game of telephone. Devices are connected to each other and to available data through the internet of things. You’re probably familiar with it. It’s how you can change the temperature on your thermostat when you’re on vacation out of state. How your home security system can send you a notification if your front door is open. How your phone can recognise which song you are listening to and give you the title and performer without you even asking it. Data is logged and sent to various databases, and that data is used to make sure you get the information you need for a given circumstance. Without data, AI can’t act. In fact, what's slowing down most companies from fully utilising current AI technology is a lack of organised data. Without a doubt, data logging is essential to business success, and here’s why...

We participated in the Finnish Pharmacy Event Apteekkari2019, where the Association of Finnish Pharmacies officially started recommending Logmore as the service for pharmacy temperature monitoring. Since vaccines and other pharma products are very temperature sensitive and the requirements set by the industry are strict, we're both humble and grateful for the honor.

Over the past decade, e-commerce has continued to take over our lives, and it's changing the very foundation of our economy. Due to the growth of online purchasing, this has required supply chain management teams and logistics professionals to find more efficient ways to manage inventory and pump out products at a rapid rate.

As the world continues to become increasingly connected, and internet-of-things (IoT) takes the supply chain industry by storm, organizations have much to gain from the introduction of this new operating approach known as “digital logistics.” Digitization, in its simplest definition, is the process of collecting data from disparate silos or buckets and aggregating it to create a holistic view of individual processes from beginning to end.

Supply chain management forms the backbone of most economies and successful multinational companies today. From humble beginnings to global standards, its relatively short history is summarized in this article.

For most companies, product returns are an inevitable — if unpleasant and potentially costly — part of doing business. Reverse logistics is the process of tracking a product’s life cycle in reverse: from the consumer back to the seller or manufacturer. While a business may not be able to recoup all of the costs associated with a return, a good reverse logistics strategy can help minimise losses and increase customer satisfaction.

Logistics, known for being the "Invisible Industry", is the silent, immense construct that ensures that all of the things we take for granted work. After all, without shipping, storing, distributing, most of us would run out of food fast, not to mention the vast majority of the infrastructure shutting down. Every moment millions of logistics employees work, so that most of us can simply drop at the store to pick up some milk, have heating in our house, and even have electricity.